News + Media
In the NewsJanuary 3, 2020Qassem Soleimani long targeted the United StatesSean Philip CotterBoston HeraldJim Walsh quoted: “Soleimani was a central figure in Iran — he was Iran’s military representative to the Middle East,” Jim Walsh, an expert on terrorism and the Middle East at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told the Herald. “There was sort of a cult of personality about him, and people thought of him as being talented.” |
|
In the NewsJanuary 3, 2020Qassem Soleimani, top Iranian general, killed in US airstrike in BaghdadPeter O'Dowd WBUR Here & NowPeter O'Dowd speaks with security analyst Jim Walsh about the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad, which is expected to have larger repercussions. |
|
In the NewsJanuary 1, 2020George W Bush slips in and out of town as Poodle napsNick WelshSanta Barbara IndependentJohn Tirman interview and research heavily referenced in piece about mortality rates and cost of war. |
|
In the NewsJanuary 1, 2020A look at the national security challenges facing the US in 2020Robin YoungWBUR Here & NowRobin Young speaks with security analyst Jim Walsh about the stalled nuclear talks with North Korea and the US embassy protests in Baghdad. |
|
In the NewsJanuary 1, 2020North Korea signals end of nuclear-test suspension, promises 'new' weaponAlexander SmithNBC NewsVipin Narang, a politics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who focuses on nuclear weapons, tweeted the potential to negotiate on this issue is "the door we should urgently push on." |
|
Analysis + OpinionDecember 30, 2019Is a new nuclear age upon us?Nicholas L Miller, Vipin NarangForeign AffairsThe year 2019 has been an inflection point for three key features of a new nuclear age: renewed nuclear competition; the emergence of new nuclear powers; and a greater tolerance for escalation among existing nuclear powers. |
|
In the NewsDecember 30, 2019North Korea’s improved missile systems spark ‘deadline’ concernsEdward WhiteFinancial TimesVipin Narang quoted: Vipin Narang, a nuclear policy expert at MIT, said advancements across “mobility, survivability, reliability [and] penetrability” were a “nightmare” for missile defence systems across the region. “All of this has happened under the cover of this long-range missile moratorium . . . North Korea is developing both elegant and brute force ways to beat missile defences.” |
|
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. |
|
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. |
|
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. |