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	In the News December 3, 2019 NATO summit begins amid tensions Robin YoungWBUR Here & Now Robin Young gets the latest from security analyst Jim Walsh on the 70th anniversary gathering of NATO counterparts in London.
	In the News December 3, 2019 North Korea warns it's up to the US to decide what 'Christmas gift' it will get Jesse JohnsonThe Japan Times Vipin Narang quoted: “Maybe the end of the year deadline was the rope Kim was given to see if Trump could deliver fruit,” said Vipin Narang, a North Korea expert and professor of international relations at MIT. “And then if not: the new way. Which is the old way with ICBMs.”
	In the News December 2, 2019 Saudi Arabia embraces western sports to rehabilitate global image Alan RappeportThe New York Times Hala Aldosari quoted: “I see all of this more as a way for the government to generate revenues from things other than oil than a genuine effort by the government to grant freedom,” said Hala Aldosari, a Saudi scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	In the News November 30, 2019 North Korea threatens Japan with 'real ballistic missile' BBC News Vipin Narang quoted: "The North Koreans are playing a semantics game, basically, and by the same token so is Abe. When he said ballistic missile he's clearly trying to signify these tests are a violation of UN Security Council resolutions," he told the BBC.
	In the News November 29, 2019 Intelligence reforms: time for a Japanese James Bond Peter Tasker, Arcus ResearchJapan Forward Richard Samuels new book, Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community, is compared to Ian Fleming's James Bond spy novels and what the capacity is and has been for the Japanese intelligence community.
	précis November 27, 2019 Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community Richard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Center for International Studies. In Special Duty, he dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Featured here is an excerpt from the preface of his book.
	Analysis + Opinion November 25, 2019 Opinion: Saudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jam John TirmanLos Angeles Times Saudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jam, writes John Tirman, the executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies.
	In the News November 25, 2019 Shola Lawal and others win big at TFAA 2019 Olamide AyeniPulse.ng CIS Neuffer fellow, Shola Lawal, won The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) Prize For Journalism. For thirteen years, The Future Awards Africa has been a catalyst towards building a new tribe of citizens who are bound by their potentials, relentless, hard work and united by their soaring achievements.
	In the News November 23, 2019 BOOK REVIEW \| ‘Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community’ by Richard J Samuels June Teufel DreyerJapan Forward Author Richard J Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has combined his impressive knowledge of Japanese history with a deep understanding of intelligence operations to produce this critical yet sympathetic treatment of Japan’s intelligence community.
	In the News November 20, 2019 SMA debate: Why shouldn’t South Korea pay more for its defense? Doug BandowThe National Interest Vipin Narang quoted: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Vipin Narang tweeted: “Nothing says I love you like a shakedown.”