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	In the News March 27, 2019 Mike Pompeo again refuses to blame Kim Jong Un for Otto Warmbier’s death Nick VisserHuffington Post “The administration is trying to square the circle between holding the regime responsible for its treatment of Otto Warmbier, but not criticize Kim directly — who they are trying to keep from testing a satellite launch vehicle, or worse, and to keep the diplomatic process from completely imploding,” Vipin Narang, an associate professor at MIT, told HuffPost.
	In the News March 26, 2019 Wargames and the sources of nuclear restraint Reid B.C. PaulyHarvard Belfer Center Reid Pauly explains how declassified records of wargames played by US policymakers can reveal why nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945.
	In the News March 25, 2019 Co-designing assistive technologies in India Madeline SmithMIT News MIT students connect with premier Indian institutes, hospitals, and students to collaborate on “humanistic” assistive design.
	In the News March 22, 2019 North Korea pulls out of liaison office with the South in blow to warming ties Min Joo Kim and Simon DenyerThe Washington Post Vipin Narang described the latest development as “ominous” but agreed it was more likely a pressure tactic than a sign of an irrevocable rift. “The optimistic view is it is very calibrated signaling designed to get the U.S. to move away from insisting on complete surrender up front,” he said. “The pessimistic reading, which I don’t yet share,” he added, “is that Kim has decided after Hanoi that it’s over and that he’s lost the will to negotiate further, and is now just prepping the battlefield, quite literally, for a return to hostile relations.”
	In the News March 21, 2019 US imposes first N. Korea-linked sanctions since failed summit Steve HermanVoice of America “Insisting on unilateral North Korean disarmament upfront is pushing on the wrong door. We should be pushing to first slow the program, then cap it, and ultimately keep rollback and disarmament the long-term goal,” said Vipin Narang. “But every month that passes without a grand deal is one in which North Korea's nuclear program continues to grow larger — increasing the risk of its own use and proliferation to other countries — and the chances of a deal grow smaller.”
	In the News March 19, 2019 Mapping urban transport Michelle EnglishMIT News Sarah Williams is combining her skills as a geographer, architect, data scientist, and city planner to create data for civic change. Her latest project is funded in part by the Center’s International Policy Lab.
	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.