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In the NewsDecember 25, 2019Book Review: Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since1949Suyash Desai Strategic AnalysisBook review of Taylor Fravel's latest book, Active Defense: China’s Military Strategy since 1949, the book fills a major gap in the study of the Chinese military strategy since 1949. |
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In the NewsDecember 25, 2019Ep 124: Nuclear war, deterrence and peacePavan SrinathThe Pragati PodcastVipin Narang joins Pavan Srinath on Episode 124 of The Pragati Podcast to dive into the world of nuclear weapons and strategy. He shares the evolution of our understanding of nuclear strategy from early ideas of mutually assured destruction. |
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In the NewsDecember 24, 2019A look at the fallout from the Jamal Khashoggi case in Saudi ArabiaAri ShapiroNPR | All Things ConsideredNPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Hala Aldosari, Saudi human rights activist and fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies, about the fallout from the Jamal Khashoggi case in Saudi Arabia. |
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In the NewsDecember 23, 2019Weakened and unstable Trump gives Korea the jittersDonald KirkDaily BeastVipin Narang quoted: “Reversible steps are being reversed, and North Korea is essentially ‘renuclearizing,’” says Vipin Narang at MIT. Narang says the latest tests of launch facilities at the Sohae site near the Chinese border are “for the development of a new strategic system” even though the site had been “cosmetically dismantled as a “denuclearization step.’” |
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In the NewsDecember 22, 2019Jeanne Guillemin, who exposed Soviet anthrax lab, dies at 76Katharine Q “Kit” SeelyeNew York TimesJeanne Guillemin, an eminent medical anthropologist and scientific sleuth who helped expose a secret biological warfare lab in the Soviet Union as the source of a lethal anthrax outbreak, died on Nov 15 at her home in Cambridge, Mass. |
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In the NewsDecember 19, 2019Special Duty, "Best of Books 2019" by Foreign AffairsForeign AffairsRichard Samuels’s Special Duty, an engrossing history of Japanese intelligence, was selected by Foreign Affairs editors and book reviewers as "The Best of Books for 2019." An excerpt of Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community is featured here in the Center’s newsletter précis.
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In the NewsDecember 18, 2019Kim Jong Un may have faced ‘domestic hard line pressure’CNBCVipin Narang spoke to CNBC and said China and Russia could have agreed to let Kim Jong Un to test missiles, but not nuclear weapons. North Korea is “waves away” from reopening nuclear testing, he said. |
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In the NewsDecember 18, 2019Africa insiders: Tiny Gambia stands up for the RohingyaAfrica Insiders | Shola LawalAfrican ArgumentsA case of alleged genocide brought against Myanmar by The Gambia in defence of the Rohingya people was heard last week. The Gambia’s Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou led the delegation at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague while Myanmar leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, spoke for Myanmar. |
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News@E40December 18, 2019MIT Center for International Studies January 2020 IAP offeringsThe Center for International Studies is excited to share five unique opportunities for the 2020 MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP). |
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In the NewsDecember 18, 2019North Korea could gift the US a long-range missile for Christmas, MIT professor saysGrace ShaoCNBCVipin Narang, associate professor of political science at MIT, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has been sending a message to US President Donald Trump as Pyongyang tested more short-range missiles throughout the summer and fall than in any other year in its history. |