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	News@E40 June 10, 2019 Untangling the social dynamics of water Abdul Latif Jameel Water and Food Systems LabMIT News Andrea Beck, a PhD candidate in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and a J-WAFS Fellow for Water Solutions, is studying the dynamics of water operator partnerships. Her work is supported in part by MISTI-Netherlands, MISTI-Africa, and through a Summer Study Grant at CIS. “They’ve been great resources,” she says.
	Analysis + Opinion June 7, 2019 Learning to embrace an unequal alliance Mina Pollmann Tokyo Review To keep the military alliance between the US and Japan sustainable and effective during the tumult of a global power transition, both sides need to update how they think about the “grand bargain” that underlies it.
	In the News June 1, 2019 Pompeo visits elite event as Trump policies raise questions Matthew Lee and Jamey Keaten \| APThe Washington Post “What we have is an administration that is behaving like a unilateralist wrecking ball,” said Ken Oye, an MIT political science professor on sabbatical in Switzerland, who came to protest. He predicted those are the meeting “are likely to be telling him ‘that you’re not serving American interests or international interests more broadly defined. You’re making a mistake, and here are the reasons why we believe so.’”
	In the News May 31, 2019 The BradCast Brad Friedman Independent investigative journalism, broadcasting, trouble-making and muckraking with Brad Friedman of BradBlog.com, with special guest MIT nuclear proliferation expert Vipin Narang.
	In the News May 27, 2019 North Korea has been testing ballistic missiles. So why won’t Trump use the B word? Simon DenyerThe Washington Post Vipin Narang said the South Korean government may be playing “fast and loose” with semantics. “The trajectory of the KN-23 is low, so sometimes referred to as a quasi-ballistic missile, which may give them just enough semantic wiggle room to say, ‘It’s not an SRBM,’ ” he said, referring to a short-range ballistic missile. “But it is.”
	In the News May 25, 2019 Trump appears to contradict Bolton on North Korea, expresses ‘confidence’ in Kim Simon Denyer and Ashley ParkerThe Washington Post “There is a lot that is really disturbing here, but the most important bit is ‘Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me,’” Vipin Narang wrote. “Kim never promised to unilaterally disarm, and the problem is Trump continues to believe he did. THAT is why this is so dangerous.”
	In the News May 24, 2019 Modi’s definitive win may mean a more assertive India Seema ModyCNBC “Modi’s muscular national security approach just received overwhelming approval. We should expect to see more of it in the next five years,” said Vipin Narang. Narang noted that the Indian leader could use the present opportunity to “improve the defense forces and acquisition process” for his country — or he could aim to settle scores with Pakistan.
	Analysis + Opinion May 23, 2019 Even conservative Iranians want closer ties to the United States Fotini Christia, Elizabeth Dekeyser, Dean KnoxForeign Policy For most in the country, Washington isn’t the archenemy—at least for now.
	News@E40 May 21, 2019 Policy Lab's Noelle Selin testifys at hearing on “Undermining Mercury Protections: EPA Endangers Human Health and the Environment” Noelle Selin, Policy Lab co-faculty director, testified at a hearing entitled, “Undermining Mercury Protections: EPA Endangers Human Health and the Environment.” The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee held the hearing on May 21 to examine the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent proposal that says limiting mercury and other air toxics from coal and oil-fired power plants is not “appropriate and necessary” under the Clean Air Act.
	In the News May 21, 2019 Iran stance is straight from Trump's North Korea playbook Joshua BerlingerCNN “It seems very clear that at least the President's strategy is to ramp up the temperature with, and pressure on Iran, to get them to renegotiate the JCPOA, which he believes was flawed because it allowed Iran to have a (clearly regionally aggressive) foreign policy and some remnants of a defense capability (i.e. missiles) and sunset clauses on enrichment caps,” said Vipin Narang.