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	Analysis + Opinion May 17, 2019 Time to pull US nuclear weapons out of Turkey Harvey M SapolskyDefense One Storing nuclear weapons close to trouble is a bad idea, and giving Ankara a shared finger on the nuclear trigger is rapidly losing its charm.
	In the News May 17, 2019 To contain Iran, Trump’s newest line in the sand looks a lot like Obama’s David E. SangerThe New York Times “They were so committed to leaving the deal, because it had been negotiated by the Obama administration, that they did it without thinking through the predictable consequences,” said Vipin Narang. “The old agreement had flaws — many of them,” Mr. Narang said. “But by ripping it up, they opened up a Pandora’s box,” because so many in Iran also had chafed at the deal because of the nuclear production it gave away.
	News@E40 May 16, 2019 MIT Policy Lab launches MITx course on policy outreach Center for International StudiesMIT News The new online course aims to help researchers engage with public policymakers.
	News@E40 May 16, 2019 CIS 2019 spring newsletter précis, the MIT Center for International Studies newsletter, covers the wide range of Center activities and tracks the accomplishments of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. The spring 2019 issue is now available.
	News@E40 May 16, 2019 CIS congratulates the graduates The Center congratulates the Class of 2019 from its Security Studies Program. Fiona Cunningham, Reid Pauly, and Ketian Zhang have graduated or are graduating in this commencement cycle. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.
	Analysis + Opinion May 16, 2019 Why North Korea is testing missiles again Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangForeign Affairs After 522 days without a ballistic missile test, North Korea is at it again. On May 4, two months after the failed Hanoi summit, Pyongyang fired a new type of solid-fuel short range ballistic missile and tested two separate multiple rocket launch systems.
	précis May 14, 2019 End Notes End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.
	précis May 14, 2019 Active Defense: China's Military Strategy Since 1949 Taylor Fravel is the Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT. His new book, Active Defense, illuminates China's past and present military goals and how the nation sought to achieve them. Featured here is an excerpt from the book.
	précis May 14, 2019 PhD student Kacie Miura on the domestic roots of Chinese assertiveness As US-China relations have deteriorated, it has become all too easy to attribute China's foreign policy behavior to hostile or revisionist intentions. Doing so, however, risks exacerbating spiral dynamics that cut to the core of the security dilemma between the two states.
	précis May 14, 2019 Briefings Learning to study a painful past; Saudi scholar and activist Hala Aldosari joins CIS as the Robert E Wilhelm Fellow; MIT Policy Lab launches EdX course on policy outreach; Sarah Williams on mapping urban transport.