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	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.
	In the News October 5, 2017 Nuclear and present danger Peter DizikesMIT News “The bad news is that denuclearization is a fantasy,” said Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at MIT, who has written extensively about North Korea’s nuclear program. ... “The good news is, deterrence can work.”
	News@E40 October 2, 2017 Tackling the world’s challenges in the field From Chile to China, current MISTI students submitted one-minute videos and photographs focusing on their international projects and their experiences with different cultures.
	In the News October 2, 2017 Mark Zuckerberg’s China dilemma: To kowtow or not? Audrey Jiajia LiThe Boston Globe Can we really blame Zuckerberg for trying a bit too hard to prove that in facing the wealth of the world’s second largest economy, even a billionaire can be silenced?
	News Release September 30, 2017 Hidden Atrocities: Japanese germ warfare and American obstruction of justice at the Tokyo Trial Cornell University Press In the aftermath of World War II, the Allied intent to bring Axis crimes to light led to both the Nuremberg trials and their counterpart in Tokyo, the International Military Tribunal of the Far East. Hidden Atrocities, a new book by Jeanne Guillemin, goes behind the scenes at the Tokyo Trial to reveal the American obstruction that denied justice to Japan’s victims.
	News Release September 29, 2017 MIT International Policy Lab sends delegation to UN’s Minamata Convention The MIT International Policy Lab (IPL) sent representatives to participate as observers to the first Conference of Parties (COP-1) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, through a delegation led by co-faculty director Noelle Selin.
	Analysis + Opinion September 26, 2017 China’s delicate dance with ‘Rocket Man’ and ‘dotard’ Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Mao Zedong succeeded in joining the nuclear club, and no external force in the world could undermine his grip on power after that.
	News@E40 September 20, 2017 Luce fellowship deadline Oct. 20 Friday, October 20, is the deadline for the Luce Scholars Program. Young scholars from a variety of intellectual fields will be placed in internships throughout Asia. Candidates must have no prior experience in the region. More information
	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?