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In the NewsDecember 3, 2019NATO summit begins amid tensionsRobin YoungWBUR Here & NowRobin Young gets the latest from security analyst Jim Walsh on the 70th anniversary gathering of NATO counterparts in London. |
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In the NewsDecember 3, 2019North Korea warns it's up to the US to decide what 'Christmas gift' it will getJesse JohnsonThe Japan TimesVipin Narang quoted: “Maybe the end of the year deadline was the rope Kim was given to see if Trump could deliver fruit,” said Vipin Narang, a North Korea expert and professor of international relations at MIT. “And then if not: the new way. Which is the old way with ICBMs.” |
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In the NewsDecember 2, 2019Saudi Arabia embraces western sports to rehabilitate global imageAlan RappeportThe New York TimesHala Aldosari quoted: “I see all of this more as a way for the government to generate revenues from things other than oil than a genuine effort by the government to grant freedom,” said Hala Aldosari, a Saudi scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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In the NewsNovember 30, 2019North Korea threatens Japan with 'real ballistic missile'BBC NewsVipin Narang quoted: "The North Koreans are playing a semantics game, basically, and by the same token so is Abe. When he said ballistic missile he's clearly trying to signify these tests are a violation of UN Security Council resolutions," he told the BBC. |
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In the NewsNovember 29, 2019Intelligence reforms: time for a Japanese James BondPeter Tasker, Arcus ResearchJapan ForwardRichard Samuels new book, Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community, is compared to Ian Fleming's James Bond spy novels and what the capacity is and has been for the Japanese intelligence community. |
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précisNovember 27, 2019Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence CommunityRichard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Center for International Studies. In Special Duty, he dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Featured here is an excerpt from the preface of his book. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 25, 2019Opinion: Saudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jamJohn TirmanLos Angeles TimesSaudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jam, writes John Tirman, the executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies. |
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In the NewsNovember 25, 2019Shola Lawal and others win big at TFAA 2019Olamide AyeniPulse.ngCIS Neuffer fellow, Shola Lawal, won The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) Prize For Journalism. For thirteen years, The Future Awards Africa has been a catalyst towards building a new tribe of citizens who are bound by their potentials, relentless, hard work and united by their soaring achievements. |
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In the NewsNovember 23, 2019BOOK REVIEW | ‘Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community’ by Richard J SamuelsJune Teufel DreyerJapan ForwardAuthor Richard J Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has combined his impressive knowledge of Japanese history with a deep understanding of intelligence operations to produce this critical yet sympathetic treatment of Japan’s intelligence community. |
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In the NewsNovember 20, 2019SMA debate: Why shouldn’t South Korea pay more for its defense?Doug BandowThe National InterestVipin Narang quoted: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Vipin Narang tweeted: “Nothing says I love you like a shakedown.” |