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	Analysis + Opinion December 18, 2018 Want NATO allies to boost defense spending? Don’t build Fort Trump Barry R. PosenDefense One Basing an American division in Poland will reduce allies’ incentive to build up their own forces.
	In the News December 11, 2018 Khashoggi’s friends, other foreigners, are being watched. The US can do little about it Tim Johnson and Stuart LeavenworthMiami Herald “Persons in the United States are legally and effectively protected against unlawful surveillance by American government at every level, but are not legally or effectively protected from surveillance … by foreign governments or persons. Intuitively, this is a peculiar state of affairs,” said Joel Brenner, a former senior counsel at the NSA.
	précis December 10, 2018 End Notes End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.
	In the News December 7, 2018 Trump moving ahead with second Kim summit despite working-level frustrations Conor FinneganABC News But it's not technically a violation of the declaration Trump and Kim signed at the Singapore summit because North Korea "never said it would" disarm, as Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at MIT, tweeted Wednesday.
	précis December 6, 2018 Van Evera revisits World War I One hundred years ago on November 11, 1918, the Allied Powers and Germany signed an armistice bringing to an end World War I. Stephen Van Evera, Ford International Professor of Political Science and an expert on the causes of war, revisits the Great War and discusses key insights for today one century after its bitter end.
	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.”
	précis December 5, 2018 Briefings Populism: A case-by-case study; Reducing gun violence; New conversations with MIT students about identity while abroad.
	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.”