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	Analysis + Opinion March 6, 2017 Trump’s military budget minus a plan Caitlin TalmadgeThe New York Times President Trump called to revitalize the United States military, with a 10 percent increase in the defense budget. Such proposals make for a snappy sound bite, yet in the absence of a coherent national strategy, arbitrary increases in the defense budget will do little to make America safer, and could make the world more dangerous.
	News@E40 February 28, 2017 Posen receives ISA Distinguished Scholar Award The Center is thrilled to announce that Barry Posen was the recipient of the 2017 International Security Studies Section 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association (ISA). There was a roundtable in his honor at the annual ISA conference in February 2017 in Baltimore, MD.
	Analysis + Opinion February 5, 2017 Making sense of Trump’s travel ban Harvey M. SapolskyE-International Relations The dangerous part stems from the belief that President Trump’s ban, temporary or not, blocked or not on legal grounds, will become a recruiting incentive for terrorists.
	Analysis + Opinion January 26, 2017 Smartening up Japan's defenses Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. SamuelsNikkei Asian Review Targeted spending increases needed to buttress deterrence as threats rise. The balance of power in Asia is shifting rapidly, with important consequences for Japanese security and the U.S.-Japan alliance. The People's Liberation Army has become a formidable military force capable of challenging U.S. power at an increasing distance from the Asian continent.
	Analysis + Opinion January 14, 2017 Guess who we don’t talk about these days? Iran Thomas R. Pickering and Jim WalshThe Charlotte Observer Have you noticed? The nuclear agreement with Iran is no longer in the headlines. Not long ago, Iran’s nuclear program was the central issue in U.S. foreign policy.
	In the News January 9, 2017 Trump's intel bashing Joseph MarksNextgov “When the president of the United States disparages your work, demeans your work, insults the integrity of your work, you wonder why you’re doing it, especially for a government salary,” says Joel Brenner, a senior research fellow at CIS and a former National Security Agency senior counsel.
	News@E40 December 22, 2016 Fall 2016 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 fall 2016 issue is now available.
	Analysis + Opinion December 13, 2016 The End of the Commonwealth John TirmanThe Huffington Post Amid the many controversies attending the election of Donald Trump is one easy to overlook: the mounting assault on “public goods” — public education, public lands, public information and public health, among them.
	précis December 12, 2016 Trump's Victory: What Does It Mean for You? Kenneth Oye On November 16, the Center hosted a Starr Forum on “Trump’s Victory: What Does It Mean for You?” Kenneth Oye, who holds a joint MIT appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Data Systems and Society, and directs the Center’s Program on Emerging Technologies, moderated the discussion. Oye's talk, which touched on economic policy, foreign policy, and beyond, is featured here.
	Analysis + Opinion December 12, 2016 Reports of saving the Pentagon billions are just fake news Harvey M. SapolskyThe National Interest The Balkan teenagers are at it again, this time in the guise of members of the Defense Business Board and consultants from McKinsey, with the claim that their report offering $125 billion in savings was being suppressed by the Department of Defense.