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	In the News August 25, 2017 Political science debuts on MITx Leda ZimmermanMIT News Evan Lieberman, the Total Chair on Contemporary Africa, creates the first MIT Political Science class for edX, the multi-university online education platform. The course, Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Africa, launches Setember 26.
	In the News August 22, 2017 Tensions on Korean peninsula PressTV-The Debate Jim Walsh discussed North Korea's warning of deepening tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the recent joint military exercises by US and South Korea.
	In the News August 18, 2017 What Robert E Lee wrote to The Times about slavery in 1858 Jacey FortinNew York Times One day in January, a few years before the Civil War, Robert E Lee wrote to The New York Times, seeking a correction, writes former CIS Neuffer fellow Jacey Fortin. Fortin now reports full-time for the The New York Times.
	In the News July 10, 2017 Former head of US counterintelligence on “US-Russian cybersecurity unit” Mary Louise KellyWBUR Morning Edition Joel Brenner, now at MIT, says President Trump's statement that he might partner with Putin on cyber issues is a reversal of decades of well-founded American suspicion of Russia.
	In the News July 9, 2017 Trump's cyber tweets cause dismay, confusion Corey BennettPolitico The attempt at cooperation itself could result in the US exposing even more secrets to a country that has already stolen so many, cautioned former Obama administration official David Edelman, director of the new MIT Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security.
	In the News July 7, 2017 Justin Steil on the Trump administration travel ban Michelle NhuchMIT News Regardless of the Supreme Court’s ultimate conclusion about the legality of the current executive order, its mean-spiritedness, short-sightedness, and damage it has done, and will continue to do, are already evident.
	In the News July 5, 2017 What's changed since the missile test? NPR Here and Now The latest test demonstrates an underlying disconnect in US strategy: North Korea can make missiles faster than we can punish them. Listen to Jim Walsh on NPR's Here and Now.
	In the News June 7, 2017 Brenner on Russian hacking effort Caitlin O'Keefe, Meghna ChakrabartiWBUR Radio Boston Joel Brenner, former NSA Inspector General, discusses the leaked NSA document analyzing a Russian military intelligence cyberattack on a US voting software company; and the alleged leaker, an NSA contractor, who has been arrested.
	In the News May 25, 2017 Halting intelligence WGBH News Jim Walsh, from MIT's Security Studies Program, discusses the effects that intelligence changes could have on the US—and politicians who take the term “beat the press” literally.
	In the News May 24, 2017 Vipin Narang: On the brinkmanship beat Leda ZimmermanMIT News Narang, who specializes in nuclear security, proliferation, and deterrence, is closely monitoring the ongoing rivalry between India and Pakistan, and the alarming, increasingly bellicose sparring between North Korea and the United States...
	In the News May 22, 2017 How political science contributes to national policies on immigration and military conflict MIT SHASS CommunicationsMIT News "It is remarkable that we do not measure the costs of war in any meaningful way," says John Tirman. "I suggest that Congress establish a conflict impact assessment during or after each war to bring home the true costs of armed conflict."
	In the News May 18, 2017 Patching the electric grid Rachel LayneMIT Technology Review “For the sake of efficiencies…we have created tremendous risk for ourselves,” warns Joel Brenner, the principal author of the MIT report on cybersecurity. Now, he says, people are waking up to the danger.
	In the News May 17, 2017 Walsh on North Korea nuclear issues Mark GoldbergGlobal Dispatches James Walsh discusses nuclear diplomacy with North Korea in respect to the recently elected Moon Jae-In as president of South Korea. Listen to the Global Dispatches podcast.
	In the News May 16, 2017 US and Mexico: What’s the way forward? Peter DizikesMIT News Over the past two years, US-Mexico relations have taken a distinctive turn, largely stemming from the agenda President Donald Trump has brought to US politics...The MIT Starr Forum offers a look at how the neighboring countries could revive relations.
	In the News April 20, 2017 Guillemin on the sarin attack in Syria Michelle NhuchMIT News Jeanne Guillemin, a medical anthropologist and a senior fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program, discusses the April 4 attack on Syrian civilians that killed at least 80.
	In the News April 7, 2017 Strike on Syria is defensible but problematic Michael A. CohenBoston Globe Barry Posen comments in the Boston Globe, “…one of the great ironies of Trump’s decision to use force is that is actually in direct support of President Obama’s 2013 negotiated agreement with the Syrian government…”
	In the News April 5, 2017 MIT report to combat cyber threats Colin GrantBBC Joel Brenner, former NSA inspector general and CIS senior research fellow, speaks to BBC reporter Gareth Mitchell about the recent MIT report on cyber security that examines threats to the nation’s infrastructure.
	In the News April 5, 2017 Crisis in Syria WGBH News Carol Saivetz, a senior advisor at MIT’s Security Studies Program, is featured on WBGH's "Greater Boston" to discuss the crisis in Syria.
	In the News April 3, 2017 MIT's experts in Asian security Leda Zimmerman, Emily HiestandMIT News Taylor Fravel, Richard Samuels, and Vipin Narang train the next generation of scholars and security policy analysts; counsel national security officials in the US and abroad; and inform policy through publications and frequent contributions to public debates.
	In the News March 31, 2017 India, long at odds with Pakistan, may be rethinking nuclear first strikes Max FisherThe New York Times This would be more than an arms race, said Vipin Narang, “It’s very scary because all the ‘first-strike instability’ stuff is real…” Shivshankar Menon, India’s national security adviser (2011-2014) and recently at CIS as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow, is also quoted.