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	In the News September 28, 2021 North Korea fires short-range missile eastward into sea, South Korean military says Michelle Ye Hee Lee and Andrew JeongThe Washington Post Quoted: The September tests “are consistent with what we would expect for a maturing nuclear power seeking survivability and penetrability,” said Vipin Narang, a nuclear security expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	In the News September 28, 2021 Why the governing party election is the main event in Japan Motoko RichThe New York Times Quoted: Independents don’t see much point in voting. “They’re not going to be mobilized if the opposition doesn’t have something to offer them,” said Richard Samuels, a Japan specialist who directs the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	News@E40 September 27, 2021 An archive of CIS public forums on 9/11 held the day after the attacks through today CIS scholars discuss 9/11: This playlist includes several public forums held a day, a week, and a year after the September 11, 2001, events and features our scholars discussing the terrorist attacks.
	News@E40 September 27, 2021 Call for proposals for fellowship program in human rights and technology In its fourth year, the fellowship program in human rights and technology invites proposals from both MIT undergraduate and graduate students. The program will support students’ research, participation in a working group, and other activities. Proposals are due October 25 by 5 PM.
	Analysis + Opinion September 24, 2021 The Texas abortion law has an Eastern European ring to it Ada PetriczkoThe Boston Globe Since Texas effectively banned most abortions, I've been in a state of perpetual deja vu. The media coverage and the language used at both ends of the political spectrum all ring close to home. Weirdly so, given that home is 5,000 miles away from Texas.
	In the News September 22, 2021 France, striving for global power, still struggles to get it Max FisherThe New York Times Quoted: “That independent streak, the Gaullist streak that has led to nuclear weapons independence, is true in the commercial realm, also,” said Vipin Narang, an MIT political scientist. “Their fingerprints were all over every country of concern during the Cold War,” he added, referring to new nuclear states like Israel and India. “The French have been ruthless in their arms dealings in the past,” Mr Narang said. While he understood Paris’s rage, he added, “When somebody else plays this same game, the French get upset.”
	In the News September 21, 2021 A nuclear threat from the Taliban? Thirteen Vipin Narang discusses the global buildup of nuclear weapons and legacy of mutual assured destruction.
	Analysis + Opinion September 21, 2021 Private eyes in the sky Erik Lin-Greenberg and Theo MilonopoulosForeign Affairs Erik Lin-Greenberg and Theo Milonopoulos discuss how commercial satellites are transforming Intelligence in a recent article in Foreign Affairs.
	News@E40 September 20, 2021 CIS welcomes incoming fellows The Center for International Studies welcomes new visiting fellows each academic year, hosting a variety of scholars, researchers, journalists, military and other esteemed colleagues.
	Analysis + Opinion September 20, 2021 Will America ever reckon with the human cost of the Afghanistan war? John TirmanDAWN It is difficult to know if Americans would care more if they knew more. But one modest remedy is for Congress to empower an agency to calculate the human costs of war in real time and hold regular hearings that demand accountability from the president for the consequences of US war making.