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	Analysis + Opinion February 12, 2018 Why North Korea and Iran get accused of nuclear collusion Jim Walsh Bulletin of the Atomic Scientist At first glance, it would seem that Iran-North Korea military or even nuclear cooperation makes “sense.” Both nations face the United States as an adversary, and both have been subject to US and international sanctions.
	Analysis + Opinion February 6, 2018 An adolescent's foreign policy John TirmanHelsinki Times If there’s one thing President Donald Trump demonstrated in his first year in the White House, it is a penchant for disruption. Not the disruption we hear so much about in the tech industry or as a tool of innovation, but just sheer destructiveness.
	News@E40 February 2, 2018 IPL offers public policy communication training The MIT International Policy Lab brought to campus a professional science communication organization, COMPASS, to conduct a day-long training for faculty.
	News@E40 February 1, 2018 MISTI Global Startup Labs celebrates 18 years Caroline KnoxMIT News Initially launched as a pilot program in Kenya, MISTI GSL now offers projects in 10 countries. MIT students travel abroad to help other students launch tech-based companies.
	In the News January 31, 2018 The future of transatlantic relations: A debate Brookings Institution On Wednesday, January 31, the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology hosted a debate on the future of the transatlantic relationship. This debate, convened by the Brookings Institution’s Foreign Policy program and the Charles Koch Institute, in partnership with POLITICO, is the third debate in a series of thematic debates on America’s role in the world.
	News Release January 29, 2018 MIT CIS research scientist Eric Heginbotham PhD 04, LBJ professor Joshua Eisenman, publish book on China's engagement with the developing world “China Steps Out tracks the important shifts in China’s diplomacy, including the increased weight Beijing places on political and economic relationships in the developing world..."
	Analysis + Opinion January 19, 2018 ‘Fire and Fury’ shows Trump’s shifts on China Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe It is clear that in the Trump Administration, neither hawks like Bannon nor doves like the Kushners are interested in challenging Beijing on value issues…
	In the News January 18, 2018 India tests-fires Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM Joshua Berlinger and Nikhil KumarCNN Vipin Narang said Thursday's test did not demonstrate any “new capability, (this) was simply a developmental test before India inducts it into operational service.” It's possible India's armed forces were testing the canister the missile is launched out of, as well as its ejection, flight performance and accuracy -- a “regular technical test in that regard.”
	In the News January 15, 2018 Hawaii and the horror of human error Paul McLearyThe Atlantic Vipin Narang tweeted one scenario on Saturday. “POTUS sees alert on his phone about an incoming toward Hawaii, pulls out the biscuit, turns to his military aide with the football and issues a valid and authentic order to launch nuclear weapons at North Korea. Think it can’t happen?”
	Analysis + Opinion January 9, 2018 A #MeToo movement in China Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post The #MeToo movement is starting to bring about real social change in much of the world, yet its impact in China has been limited even as pioneers try to make a difference.