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	Analysis + Opinion July 6, 2017 North Korea's ICBM: A new missile and a new era Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks So what? North Korea was nuclear before, it is nuclear after. What’s the big deal? Vipin Narang and Ankit Panda explain in War on the Rocks.
	In the News July 5, 2017 What's changed since the missile test? NPR Here and Now The latest test demonstrates an underlying disconnect in US strategy: North Korea can make missiles faster than we can punish them. Listen to Jim Walsh on NPR's Here and Now.
	News@E40 June 27, 2017 CIS awards 17 summer study grants Seventeen doctoral students in international affairs at MIT were awarded summer study grants. Each will receive up to $3,500. “The awards were made to an outstanding cohort of MIT students from across the Institute. We're so pleased that the appeal of these grants has broadened and students are responding,” said John Tirman, CIS executive director and principal research scientist.
	Analysis + Opinion June 21, 2017 North Korea won't be solved without South Korea Jim WalshFox News Any military action on the Korean peninsula would, by necessity, require South Korean consent if not commitment. If war breaks out, it will be Seoul, not San Francisco, that will carry the brunt of the fighting.
	News@E40 June 21, 2017 A unique partnership Caroline KnoxMIT News The fellows supported by the partnership between the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) and the MIT European Club are tackling global challenges through experiential learning and international collaboration.
	In the News June 7, 2017 Brenner on Russian hacking effort Caitlin O'Keefe, Meghna ChakrabartiWBUR Radio Boston Joel Brenner, former NSA Inspector General, discusses the leaked NSA document analyzing a Russian military intelligence cyberattack on a US voting software company; and the alleged leaker, an NSA contractor, who has been arrested.
	Analysis + Opinion May 30, 2017 Some of the top political science journals are biased against women. Here’s the evidence. Dawn Langan Teele and Kathleen ThelenThe Washington Post For our study in PS, we collected information on all articles published by 10 top journals over the past 15 years. The data shows that they publish a lower proportion of articles written by women than there are women in the discipline as a whole.
	In the News May 25, 2017 Halting intelligence WGBH News Jim Walsh, from MIT's Security Studies Program, discusses the effects that intelligence changes could have on the US—and politicians who take the term “beat the press” literally.
	News Release May 24, 2017 Fravel named acting director of the MIT Center for International Studies M. Taylor Fravel, associate professor of political science and member of the Security Studies Program at MIT, will become acting director of the MIT Center for International Studies while Richard Samuels is on sabbatical leave.
	In the News May 24, 2017 Vipin Narang: On the brinkmanship beat Leda ZimmermanMIT News Narang, who specializes in nuclear security, proliferation, and deterrence, is closely monitoring the ongoing rivalry between India and Pakistan, and the alarming, increasingly bellicose sparring between North Korea and the United States...