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Pragati Podcast

In the News

December 25, 2019

Ep 124: Nuclear war, deterrence and peace

Pavan SrinathThe Pragati Podcast

Vipin 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.

Hala Aldosari

In the News

December 24, 2019

A look at the fallout from the Jamal Khashoggi case in Saudi Arabia

Ari ShapiroNPR | All Things Considered

NPR'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.

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

In the News

December 23, 2019

Weakened and unstable Trump gives Korea the jitters

Donald KirkDaily Beast

Vipin 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.’”

Jeanne Guillemin

In the News

December 22, 2019

Jeanne Guillemin, who exposed Soviet anthrax lab, dies at 76

Katharine Q “Kit” SeelyeNew York Times

Jeanne 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.

Best of Books 2019 Foreign Affairs

In the News

December 19, 2019

Special Duty, "Best of Books 2019" by Foreign Affairs

Foreign Affairs

Richard 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.

 

students attending a lecture/event

News@E40

December 18, 2019

MIT Center for International Studies January 2020 IAP offerings

The Center for International Studies is excited to share five unique opportunities for the 2020 MIT Independent Activities Period (IAP).

President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un stand on North Korean soil while walking to South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on June 30, 2019, in Panmunjom, Korea.

In the News

December 18, 2019

North Korea could gift the US a long-range missile for Christmas, MIT professor says

Grace ShaoCNBC

Vipin 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.

Vipin Narang

In the News

December 18, 2019

Kim Jong Un may have faced ‘domestic hard line pressure’

CNBC

Vipin 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.

Gambia’s Justice Minister Abubacarr Tambadou speaks on the first day of hearings in a case against Myanmar alleging genocide against the minority Muslim Rohingya population at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Credit: UN Photo/ICJ-CIJ/Frank van Beek.

In the News

December 18, 2019

Africa insiders: Tiny Gambia stands up for the Rohingya

Africa Insiders | Shola LawalAfrican Arguments

A 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.

precis newsletter

News@E40

December 17, 2019

CIS 2019 fall 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 fall 2019 issue is now available.

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