News + Media

	In the News November 7, 2019 The importance of academics engaging with policymakers MIT News Jonathan Gruber, professor of economic, cites the importance of initiatives like the MIT Policy Lab, which helps academics focus their energy on influencing public policy.
	In the News November 7, 2019 An interview with Dr Scott Sagan and Dr Vipin Narang Conversations on Peaceful Change Conversations on Peaceful Change is a series of interviews initiated by the Global Research Network on Peaceful Change (GRENPEC). On this occasion, Dr TV Paul, the Founding Director of GRENPEC and the James McGill Professor of International Relations at McGill University, interviews Dr Scott Sagan, Caroline SG Munro Professor of Political Science at Stanford University, and Dr Vipin Narang, Associate Professor of Political Science at MIT on the future of nuclear order.
	In the News November 5, 2019 Over 1,000 MIT students, researchers to India in last two decades News18 A recent event organized by the Indian Embassy highlighted the activities of the MIT-India Program and discussed a path forward to achieve greater collaboration with MIT to meet future science and technology goals in India.
	In the News October 31, 2019 Kim Jong Un is pushing his own 'maximum pressure' campaign against Donald Trump with latest missile test, experts say David BrennanNewsweek Vipin Narang quoted: Narang said he would not expect to see any of these tested before the end of 2019. "It's better for Kim just to let the clock run out and then see what happens at the end of the year," he suggested. But after that, "all bets are off."
	Analysis + Opinion October 29, 2019 Baghdadi’s martyrdom bump Santiago Segarra, Ali Jadbabaie, and Richard NielsenForeign Policy It is clear that the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi will damage the organizational and strategic capacity of the already beleaguered Islamic State. But will it meaningfully undermine the popularity of Baghdadi’s militant ideas?
	Analysis + Opinion October 28, 2019 Tirman featured at “Tyranny Comes Home” symposium John Tirman10z US Politics It was recently reported that the United States government is denying passports to citizens who were Hispanic people, who were born or who earned citizenship, and lived near the border with Mexico.
	In the News October 25, 2019 Could someone actually steal a US nuke? Joe PappalardoPopular Mechanics Vipin Narang quoted: “There are risks when you move things,” says Narang. “They're actually probably more secure in the vaults at the moment. The US is kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. We should've moved them out a long time ago, but moving them now is probably riskier than just keeping them in the vault.”
	In the News October 24, 2019 Picture from Washington: Not so rosy on Kashmir Anita JoshuaThe Telegraph Vipin Narang quoted: “The US Congress’s concerns are intense, and not going away. This isn’t just a liberal media creation,” he said. On Monday, foreign minister S Jaishankar had blamed the “English-speaking liberal media” for unfair reporting on the changes made to Article 370.
	In the News October 24, 2019 The Cybersecurity 202: SCIF fight shows lawmakers can be their own biggest cybersecurity vulnerability Joseph MarksThe Washington Post Joel Brenner quoted: “If people in Congress who make the laws don’t follow the rules, why should anybody else?” Joel Brenner, former head of US counterintelligence during the Obama administration, told me. “Foreign intelligence agencies make a living off people who think they’re too important to follow rules like this.”
	Analysis + Opinion October 22, 2019 Trump's asylum policy is a death sentence for Africans fleeing violence Shola LawalThe Boston Globe While media coverage of the migrant crisis at the border has focused on the thousands of asylum seekers from Central America, little has been reported about the waves of migrants from African countries attempting to cross.