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	In the News September 19, 2017 Trump is a wake-up call for the free world Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe On September 14, at the invitation of the Center for International Studies, Kasparov gave a talk on the “Trump-Putin Phenomenon” at a MIT Starr Forum and took questions from the Globe.
	Analysis + Opinion September 15, 2017 Command and control in North Korea: What a nuclear launch might look like Vipin Narang and Ankit PandaWar on the Rocks A new nuclear state, in a major crisis with a conventionally superior nuclear-armed adversary, contemplates and prepares to move nuclear assets in the event it has to use them. Who controls the nuclear forces?
	In the News September 11, 2017 Making sense of nuclear threats “Today it’s very clear North Korea has an asymmetric escalation strategy,” says Vipin Narang, a political scientist at MIT. “We’re in a very unstable phase right now.”
	Analysis + Opinion September 8, 2017 Why Kim Jong Un wouldn’t be irrational to use a nuclear bomb first Vipin NarangThe Washington Post North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is advancing quickly. Soon Kim Jong Un will be able to deliver it to our shores, if he cannot do so already.
	News Release September 7, 2017 Journalist from China joins CIS as the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow Audrey Jiajia Li, a freelance journalist and independent filmmaker based in Guangzhou, China, will use her fellowship to study the use of government propaganda on social media and its impact on the rise of ultra-nationalism in China.
	News Release September 7, 2017 Judge James E Baker joins CIS as a Robert E Wilhelm Fellow James E Baker, former chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, will use his one-year fellowship at MIT to conduct research on emerging technologies and national security challenges.
	Analysis + Opinion September 4, 2017 Welcome to the H-Bomb Club, North Korea Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks After months of anticipation, it finally happened. On Sunday morning, September 3, at precisely noon local time, North Korea detonated its sixth nuclear device ever to test a presumably new thermonuclear bomb design.
	Analysis + Opinion September 1, 2017 Why India did not ‘win’ the standoff with China M. Taylor FravelWar on the Rocks The end of a standoff between India and China over a remote road on the Doklam plateau has prompted a vibrant discussion about the lessons learned. The emerging consensus is that India “won” and China “lost.”
	In the News August 29, 2017 US leadership as a Pacific power: Trump and beyond Mercy A. KuoThe Diplomat Over the past few years most countries in the region—including and especially US allies and partners—have become increasingly skeptical about the future of US leadership in the western Pacific...
	In the News August 25, 2017 Political science debuts on MITx Leda ZimmermanMIT News Evan Lieberman, the Total Chair on Contemporary Africa, creates the first MIT Political Science class for edX, the multi-university online education platform. The course, Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Africa, launches Setember 26.