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	News@E40 June 5, 2018 Unity makes strength: MIT expands ties with Belgium MIT News A new partnership between MIT and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) in Flanders, Belgium, seeks to build bridges between researchers at both institutions, and between the Dutch and French-speaking regions of Belgium.
	In the News June 4, 2018 Students spearhead “women working in security” conference Ryan Evans, Usha Sahay, Sara Plana, Rachel Tecott, Alex Bick, Alice Friend, and Kathleen HicksWar on the Rocks PhD candidates Sara Plana and Rachel Tecott spearheaded a major conference that was sponsored and hosted by CSIS and the Kissinger Center at SAIS. The topic, the future of force, aims to be the first in a program series called the Future of Strategy Forum that features women doing important work in national and international security.
	In the News June 1, 2018 As Trump talks trade and nukes, China quietly tightens its grip on the South China Sea Clay DillowCNBC “The US is trying to stop China from doing something it’s already doing,” said Taylor Fravel, associate professor of political science and the Center’s acting director. “That’s harder than stopping it from doing something it hasn’t done yet.”
	News@E40 May 31, 2018 A conversation about cybersecurity issues Khatuna Burkadze has been a Fulbright scholar at the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) for the past academic year. While at MIT, she implemented a project on cybersecurity issues and shares about her work in the following interview.
	In the News May 31, 2018 What a Trump-Kim deal may look like, from good to bad to worse David Tweed, Toluse Olorunnipa, and Justin Sink Bloomberg News “It is costless for Kim to say I am not going to do nuclear or missiles tests for now because frankly they are a stage in their cycle where they don’t need to,” said Vipin Narang.
	In the News May 30, 2018 Vipin Narang in the news Nuclear strategy expert Vipin Narang spoke with several media outlets about President Trump's withdrawl from the Iran Deal and the implications it has on North Korea, speculating about the expectations both leaders have for the upcoming June 12th summit in Singapore between Kim and Trump.
	In the News May 30, 2018 US military renames largest area of operations William GalloVOA Taylor Fravel, associate professor of political science and the Center’s acting director, says the name change to “Indo-Pacific Command” from “Pacific Command” is also likely intended to signal support for the US administration’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy.”
	News@E40 May 29, 2018 Spring 2018 CIS newsletter précis, the Center’s newsletter, covers the wide range of Center activities and tracks the accomplishments of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. It is published twice yearly, once during each academic semester. The spring 2018 issue is now available.
	In the News May 28, 2018 US-North Korea summit like Trump’s “reality tv-show finale”: Vipin Narang By Eleanor HallThe World Today The recent meeting of the two Korean leaders has boosted the prospects that the June 12 summit will go ahead. Vipin Narang featured on The World Today.
	In the News May 27, 2018 US officials meet with North Koreans despite uncertainty surrounding Trump-Kim summit Anna Fifield and Joby WarrickThe Washington Post “This is a great step,” said Vipin Narang, noting that the summit preparation was best handled by experts behind the scenes rather than in public forums such as Twitter. “This is how progress is made, and the best chance to have a summit, and one that yields meaningful outcomes,” Narang said.