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In the NewsNovember 11, 2017Libertarian billionaire Charles Koch is making a big bet on foreign policyGreg JaffeWashington PostStephen Walt, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Barry Posen, the director of MIT’s Security Studies program, will oversee the Koch-funded program at the two schools. |
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In the NewsNovember 9, 2017Why some Muslim clerics become jihadistsPeter DizikesMIT News OfficeWhat turns people into radical jihadist clerics? A new book by MIT political scientist Richard Nielsen offers a new answer: thwarted career ambitions.
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 9, 2017Trump and Xi forge a friendship with a frightening edgeAudrey Jiajia LiBoston GlobeDespite his China-bashing campaign rhetoric, President Trump is enjoying the warmest reception of his overseas trips — since his inauguration — in Beijing. |
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In the NewsNovember 8, 2017In speech to South Korean assembly, Trump tells the North 'Do not try us'Robin YoungHere & NowHere & Now's Robin Young discusses Trump's South Korea trip with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT). |
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In the NewsNovember 3, 2017Why we should welcome warningsPeter DizikesMIT News OfficeRichard Clarke, the former chief counter-terrorism advisor on the National Security Council, expanded on ideas in his new book, “Warnings,” asserting that specialists…can “see the thing buried in the data that other people don’t see.” |
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In the NewsNovember 3, 2017For families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, Trump visit brings spotlightMotoko RichNew York TImes“The abductee issue pulls at the heartstrings of the general public in a way that no other issue can,” said Richard Samuels, a Japan specialist and the director of the MIT Center for International Studies. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 1, 2017What next for Kurdistan?Aswo Safari and John TirmanThe Huffington PostThe central government of Baghdad all along was threatening the Kurdistan regional government, as did Turkey, Syria, and in particularly Iran. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 26, 2017Ai Weiwei: The enemy of wallsAudrey Jiajia LiThe Boston GlobeAi Weiwei is not an enemy of the state. He is an enemy of walls, physical or virtual, no matter who builds them, Trump or Xi Jinping. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 25, 2017What political science tells us about the risk of civil war in SpainSara PlanaWar on the RocksSpanish stability may well turn on what happens near the regional parliament building in Barcelona’s Barri Gotic—in the shadow of Roman and medieval relics — as Catalan citizens prepare to form human shields to literally block Spanish direct rule. |
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Analysis + OpinionOctober 16, 2017Deadly Overconfidence: Trump thinks missile defenses work against North Korea, and that should scare youAnkit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the RocksCould a president’s overconfidence in U.S. defensive systems lead to deadly miscalculation and nuclear armageddon? Yes. Yes, it could. If Trump believes — or is being told — that American missile defenses are that accurate, not only is he factually wrong, he is also very dangerously wrong. |