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	Analysis + Opinion June 12, 2018 North Korea is a nuclear power. Get used to it. Vipin Narang and Ankit PandaThe New York Times North Korea has arrived as a nuclear power, and there is no going back. Once the reality-show theatrics of the Singapore summit meeting subside, we are left with the reality that North Korea was just recognized as a de facto nuclear weapons power.
	In the News June 11, 2018 Who has Kim Jong Un's 'nuclear button' in Pyongyang while he's away? Josh SmithReuters “Its command and control structure while Kim is traveling is unlikely to be robust enough for him to be able to reliably issue or stop launch sequences,” says Vipin Narang. He said that was because North Korea was likely to have configured its nuclear forces to permit rapid authorization to launch in order to offset the risk of a first strike from the United States.
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	In the News June 11, 2018 Singapore summit preview Meghna Chakrabarti and Jamie BolognaWBUR It may take years to determine the success of the summit, but experts discuss what to watch for and what they expect to see out of the historic meeting.
	In the News June 11, 2018 What to expect from President Trump’s first meeting with Kim Jong Un Larry MantleAirTalk It will be the first time a North Korean leader has met with a sitting US president, despite decades of tense relations. Experts in national security and the Koreas discuss expectations ahead of tonight’s summit.
	In the News June 8, 2018 Despite good faith on Singapore meeting, discord remains between US, Japan Xinhua CIS Director Richard Samuels said: “He (Trump) has given every reason for Tokyo to fear that Washington will compromise their security by cutting a deal that doesn't include short range missiles and that effectively acknowledges the DPRK as a nuclear weapons state. Abe has few cards to play to forestall that.”
	In the News June 7, 2018 Why certain types of elections favor extreme candidates KellogInsight The study, based on the research of Fotini Christia and several other social scientists, cannot say whether district or at-large elections are better, but it is clear that voting systems can influence who ends up in power.
	News@E40 June 7, 2018 CIS welcomes new administrative officer The Center is pleased to welcome John Congdon as its new administrative officer. He comes to MIT from the UMass Medical School, where he worked as the administrative manager in the Office of Faculty Affairs.
	News@E40 June 7, 2018 MISTI is... Lily KeyesYouTube Faces of MIT: On the last day of class, students finish the statement, "MISTI is..."
	News@E40 June 6, 2018 CIS congratulates the graduates The Center congratulates the Class of 2018 from its Security Studies Program. Lena Andrews, Marika Landau-Wells, and Timothy Wright each received a PhD in political science at MIT. We wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors.