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In the NewsJuly 9, 2017Trump's cyber tweets cause dismay, confusionCorey BennettPoliticoThe attempt at cooperation itself could result in the US exposing even more secrets to a country that has already stolen so many, cautioned former Obama administration official David Edelman, director of the new MIT Project on Technology, the Economy, and National Security. |
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In the NewsJuly 7, 2017Justin Steil on the Trump administration travel banMichelle NhuchMIT NewsRegardless of the Supreme Court’s ultimate conclusion about the legality of the current executive order, its mean-spiritedness, short-sightedness, and damage it has done, and will continue to do, are already evident. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 6, 2017North Korea's ICBM: A new missile and a new eraAnkit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the RocksSo what? North Korea was nuclear before, it is nuclear after. What’s the big deal? Vipin Narang and Ankit Panda explain in War on the Rocks. |
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In the NewsJuly 5, 2017What's changed since the missile test?NPR Here and NowThe latest test demonstrates an underlying disconnect in US strategy: North Korea can make missiles faster than we can punish them. Listen to Jim Walsh on NPR's Here and Now. |
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News@E40June 27, 2017CIS awards 17 summer study grantsSeventeen doctoral students in international affairs at MIT were awarded summer study grants. Each will receive up to $3,500. “The awards were made to an outstanding cohort of MIT students from across the Institute. We're so pleased that the appeal of these grants has broadened and students are responding,” said John Tirman, CIS executive director and principal research scientist. |
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News@E40June 21, 2017A unique partnershipCaroline KnoxMIT NewsThe fellows supported by the partnership between the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) and the MIT European Club are tackling global challenges through experiential learning and international collaboration.
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Analysis + OpinionJune 21, 2017North Korea won't be solved without South KoreaJim WalshFox NewsAny military action on the Korean peninsula would, by necessity, require South Korean consent if not commitment. If war breaks out, it will be Seoul, not San Francisco, that will carry the brunt of the fighting.
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In the NewsJune 7, 2017Brenner on Russian hacking effortCaitlin O'Keefe, Meghna ChakrabartiWBUR Radio BostonJoel Brenner, former NSA Inspector General, discusses the leaked NSA document analyzing a Russian military intelligence cyberattack on a US voting software company; and the alleged leaker, an NSA contractor, who has been arrested.
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Analysis + OpinionMay 30, 2017Some of the top political science journals are biased against women. Here’s the evidence.Dawn Langan Teele and Kathleen ThelenThe Washington PostFor our study in PS, we collected information on all articles published by 10 top journals over the past 15 years. The data shows that they publish a lower proportion of articles written by women than there are women in the discipline as a whole. |
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In the NewsMay 25, 2017Halting intelligenceWGBH NewsJim Walsh, from MIT's Security Studies Program, discusses the effects that intelligence changes could have on the US—and politicians who take the term “beat the press” literally. |