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News@E40January 15, 2020IPL completed 5th annual call for proposalsThe Policy Lab works with MIT researchers who seek to build relationships with the policy community and engage with policymakers. They concluded their fifth call for proposals and had a near record turnout with 40 proposals. Final selections will be made by February 14, 2020. |
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In the NewsJanuary 14, 2020Iran nuclear deal continues to unravelTonya MosleyWBUR Here and NowIran suspended all limits on its production of enriched uranium required by the deal after the American drone strike that killed Iran's top military commander this month. Jim Walsh discusses the implications. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 13, 2020Here’s how to regulate artificial intelligence properlyDavid EdelmanThe Washington PostIf we’re going to govern AI, we need to recognize it for what it is: a tool, with innumerable uses. And that means we need to govern it for the ways people actually use it, and not as a phenomenon in and of itself. |
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In the NewsJanuary 13, 2020How exiled Saudi Arabian activists are quietly building a resistance movementTy JoplinAl BawabaAl Bawaba spoke with Hala Aldosari, a Saudi human rights activist who stands on the vanguard of digitally organizing a resistance movement to the Saudi regime while in exile. |
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In the NewsJanuary 8, 2020What's the path forward on Iran?Tiziana Dearing, Jamie BolognaWBUR Radio BostonNow a senior research fellow at CIS, Joel Brenner—former inspector general of the National Security Agency and head of US counterintelligence in the Obama administration—joins us to make sense of where we are with Iran and what happens next. |
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In the NewsJanuary 8, 2020Trump’s inaccurate statements about the conflict with IranLinda QiuThe New York TimesJim Walsh quoted: Mr Trump’s claim blaming the nuclear accord for Iranian aggression rather than his withdrawal from it is “almost an inverted reality,” said Jim Walsh, a research associate at MIT’s Security Studies Program and an expert on nuclear issues and the Middle East. |
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In the NewsJanuary 8, 2020After Iran strikes back, President Trump indicates a de-escalationJim BraudeWGBH Greater BostonJim Walsh, a senior research associate at MIT’s Security Studies Program, joined Jim Braude to discuss the events of the last week and what else may be on the horizon in US-Iran relations. |
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In the NewsJanuary 8, 2020How an Iranian cyberattack might startMarketplaceDavid Edelman quoted: Iran has promised retaliation following the US killing of its top commander, and one form that could take is cyberattacks. Iran is not considered the most sophisticated cyber actor, but David Edelman said it has attacked and been the target of attacks, so it has an unusual amount of experience with hacking. |
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In the NewsJanuary 7, 2020Jeanne Guillemin, biological warfare expert and senior advisor at MIT, dies at 76Michelle EnglishMIT NewsJeanne Guillemin was described by The New York Times as a “scientific sleuth” and the Washington Post as a “pioneering researcher” in obituaries that lauded her groundbreaking work in biological warfare — a field where men had long outnumbered their female colleagues. |
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In the NewsJanuary 6, 2020Iran drives another stake into the heart of the nuclear dealTim ListerCNNVipin Narang quoted: Vipin Narang, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT, points out that despite Iran's announcement that it won't abide by enrichment levels and quantities set by the JCPOA, "it is still quite far from having enough enriched uranium for a bomb, let alone a functional arsenal because...of the JCPOA." |