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	précis December 5, 2018 Briefings Populism: A case-by-case study; Reducing gun violence; New conversations with MIT students about identity while abroad.
	précis December 5, 2018 Activities Human Rights & Technology Fellowship Program; MIT-Japan goes full STEAM ahead; Journalist Una Hajdari joins CIS; Starr Forums; SSP Wednesday Seminars; and more.
	In the News December 5, 2018 North Korea: secret missile site revealed in new satellite images The Guardian “North Korea isn’t disarming. It never said it would,” Vipin Narang wrote on Twitter. “[Trump] has to be well aware of these developments. He just doesn’t care. Kim pretends to disarm and Trump pretends to believe him. That’ll get everyone to halftime.”
	In the News December 4, 2018 Russia isn't complying with an arms control treaty--so the US is threatening to rip it up Alex WardVox “Punching out isn’t going to bring them into compliance, and now lets them justify a buildup even more while painting us as the bad guys,” said Vipin Narang, who is quoted in this piece.
	In the News December 3, 2018 Has Pakistan bought Chinese SH-15 Howitzer for its 'miniaturized' nuclear shells? Nagesh NarayanaInternational Business Times Vipin Narang was quoted as saying, “I should clarify one thing: I have no doubt SPD would love a nuclear artillery shell—it's literally in its DNA—but we are talking about a warhead 1/8th size of Nasr and that's not easy without a test. So I'm very skeptical they have one ... yet.”
	Starr Forum Report December 1, 2018 Populism, a case-by-case study Never before have discussions about populism been more central in the debates in our societies, and never before have they drawn more interest from academics and brought attention to those who have studied the phenomenon over the years.
	News@E40 November 30, 2018 Human Rights & Technology Fellows announced for 2018-19 In its inaugural year, the Human Rights & Technology Program has awarded six research fellowships to MIT undergraduates. Their projects are expansive, and include field work in Africa and South Asia and a variety of topics. Four of them in different ways address the human right to health care or healthy environments and how technology can ensure good outcomes.
	In the News November 29, 2018 Populism: a case-by-case study Una HajdariMIT News MIT Starr Forum panel discusses extreme forms of populism that have endangered basic civil liberties and spawned intolerant rhetoric.
	précis November 28, 2018 précis Interview: Admiral Scott Swift Admiral Scott Swift, the former commander of the US Pacific Fleet, discusses important lessons learned during his more than 40 years of service in the US Navy. The admiral joined CIS as the 2018 Robert Wilhelm Fellow and is using this time at MIT to study key challenges facing US and global security.
	précis November 28, 2018 The other side of the COIN Counterinsurgency, or COIN, in its contemporary American incarnation, grew out of the inability of existing US doctrine to contain the insurgency in Iraq, says Matthew Cancian, a PhD student in security studies and international relations.