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	Analysis + Opinion March 1, 2018 With friends like these: Japan-ROK cooperation and US policy Eric Heginbotham and Richard SamuelsThe ASAN Forum Although they share a common ally, history and politics keep Japan and South Korea at arm’s length and severely limit their defense cooperation.
	In the News February 28, 2018 Sessions pushes back on Trump after insult CNN "The fact that the President is upset that Sessions is playing by the book is yet another indication that the President is profoundly ignorant and indifferent to the purposes of the institutions of our government," says Joel Brenner, former NSA inspector general and a senior research fellow at CIS.
	In the News February 27, 2018 Is democracy dying? Peter DizikesMIT News Is democracy dying, in the US and around the world? Why or why not? And if so, what can anyone do about it? These questions were at the heart of the Center’s Starr Forum on Monday evening. The panelists discussed democratic systems of rule and suggested some measures to protect them.
	In the News February 25, 2018 Some colleges are cracking down on student-teacher romances Deirdre FernandesBoston Globe David Singer cited for work on MIT's new sexual harassment policy, “We wanted to make sure the policy was fair,” Singer said. But ultimately, school officials “were concerned about relationships of asymmetry of power.”
	Analysis + Opinion February 20, 2018 South Africa's healthy Democracy: Why Zuma's resignation is a good sign Daniel de Kadt, Evan Lieberman, and Philip MartinForeign Affairs Democracy in South Africa is in tatters. Or at least that’s the widespread view following President Jacob Zuma’s forced resignation on February 14, which ended his almost-nine-year tenure in office.
	News@E40 February 14, 2018 CIS sponsors politics of development series Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Brazil Program, is a co-editor of a new CIS-sponsored series on the politics of development called Cambridge Elements. The first of several forthcoming books is available for free (for a limited time) through Cambridge University Press.
	Analysis + Opinion February 13, 2018 What can we learn from North Korea’s successful nuclearization? Nicholas L. Miller and Vipin NarangThe Texas National Security Review According to most theories of nuclear proliferation, North Korea did not stand much of a chance of successfully acquiring nuclear weapons. Yet here we are, staring down an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)-sized barrel of the world’s 10th nuclear weapons power.
	Analysis + Opinion February 13, 2018 The rise of illiberal hegemony Barry R. PosenForeign Affairs Is US hegemony of any kind sustainable, and if not, what policy should replace it? Trump turns out to be as good at avoiding that question as those he has condemned.
	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.