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	In the News March 19, 2019 Trump officials privately bracing for North Korea's next move Kylie Atwood and Zachary CohenCNN “We may not know until it's on the stand,” according to Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at MIT, focusing on nuclear proliferation and strategy, who told CNN that it entirely depends on the type of engine and the payload it is carrying.
	In the News March 18, 2019 After the Cold War, an uncertain peace Peter DizikesMIT News In a recent MIT Starr Forum, Michael McFaul, former US ambassador to Russia, explores tensions between the two countries.
	Analysis + Opinion March 18, 2019 The geography of Gulenism in Turkey Tugba Bozcaga, Fotini Christia Foreign Policy Any government would have reason for concern if a group with undemocratic motivations such as the Gulen movement reached enormous capacity in bureaucracy and social services.
	In the News March 14, 2019 Commerce and coercion Leda ZimmermanMIT Political Science Responding to disputes with foreign powers, China does not speak with one voice, finds political science doctoral candidate Kacie Miura.
	In the News March 12, 2019 A trilogy of decency: Posen, Mearsheimer, Walt and the US grand strategy Jose A Zorrilla Political Insights Ambassador Jose A Zorrilla offers a review of Barry Posen's Restraint, as the first of three books offering comprehensive grand strategy to US foreign policy.
	Analysis + Opinion March 12, 2019 The Hanoi Summit – we asked Se Young Jang what happens next in US-North Korea relations Se Young JangThe National Interest “Washington and Pyongyang need to promptly resume working-level negotiations and restore trust in each other as negotiating partners.”
	In the News March 11, 2019 Trump’s diplomacy with Kim dims as both sides return to hard-line positions John Hudson The Washington Post “If we’re going to stay firm on the maximalist position, it’s hard to see where we go from here because there’s no way Kim is going to accept this,” said Vipin Narang, a North Korea expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	In the News March 11, 2019 A top US diplomat just laid out the new approach to North Korea. It’s doomed. Alex WardVox “If we don’t move off this position, we have nowhere to go,” MIT nuclear expert Vipin Narang told me. “There’s no zone of agreement if we insist on everything — I mean everything, complete surrender — up front.”
	Analysis + Opinion March 10, 2019 Trump aside, what’s the US role in NATO? Barry R PosenThe New York Times President Trump has many bad ideas. Reconsidering America’s role in NATO isn’t one of them. NATO’s founding mission has been achieved and replaced with unsuccessful misadventures.
	In the News March 8, 2019 A top Trump official may have just doomed US-North Korea talks Alex WardVox “Insisting on disarmament as a condition for peace will lead to exactly the opposite of disarmament and peace,” tweeted MIT nuclear expert Vipin Narang.