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	In the News November 8, 2017 In speech to South Korean assembly, Trump tells the North 'Do not try us' Robin YoungHere & Now Here & Now's Robin Young discusses Trump's South Korea trip with Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh (@DrJimWalshMIT).
	In the News November 3, 2017 Why we should welcome warnings Peter DizikesMIT News Office Richard 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.”
	In the News November 3, 2017 For families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, Trump visit brings spotlight Motoko 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.
	Analysis + Opinion November 1, 2017 What next for Kurdistan? Aswo Safari and John TirmanThe Huffington Post The central government of Baghdad all along was threatening the Kurdistan regional government, as did Turkey, Syria, and in particularly Iran.
	Analysis + Opinion October 26, 2017 Ai Weiwei: The enemy of walls Audrey Jiajia LiThe Boston Globe Ai 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.
	Analysis + Opinion October 25, 2017 What political science tells us about the risk of civil war in Spain Sara PlanaWar on the Rocks Spanish 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.
	Analysis + Opinion October 16, 2017 Deadly Overconfidence: Trump thinks missile defenses work against North Korea, and that should scare you Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks Could 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.
	In the News October 13, 2017 Trump will decertify the Iran nuclear deal. What does that mean? WBUR Here and Now Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the MIT Security Studies Program, tells Here & Now's Robin Young that President Trump's move is largely symbolic.
	Analysis + Opinion October 10, 2017 Women will soon be issuing fatwas in Saudi Arabia. This isn't as groundbreaking as you'd think. Richard A. NielsenThe Washington Post Within days of the reversal of Saudi Arabia’s infamous driving ban for women, the Saudi government announced that women will be authorized as muftis to give state-sanctioned Islamic legal rulings. Yet those hoping that this move extends women’s rights in the kingdom will probably be disappointed.
	News Release October 5, 2017 MIT International Policy Lab (IPL) issues third call for proposals to faculty and researchers The Center announces today the third Call for Proposals from the International Policy Lab (IPL), which helps MIT faculty develop the policy implications of their research and thus better inform the global policymaking community.