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	In the News November 29, 2017 North Korea's recent, and possibly most powerful missile test Vipin Narang, associate professor of political science and nuclear strategy expert, spoke with the BBC, Foreign Policy, and the New York Times, to discuss implications of Pyongyang's missile test last night.
	précis November 29, 2017 Briefings New initiative supported by $3.7 million in grants; Nuclear and present danger; Journalist from China joins CIS; MIT International Policy Lab (IPL) issues third call for proposals.
	Analysis + Opinion November 29, 2017 Beijing’s cruel eviction of its migrant workers Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post As a society urbanises, its “hardware” and “software” should both improve. Manual workers should be respected and cherished, not repaid with arrogance, discrimination and humiliation.
	In the News November 29, 2017 Trump promises new sanctions after North Korea's latest missile test WBUR Here and Now President Trump tweeted that major new sanctions will be imposed after North Korea's latest missile test. Jim Walsh puts the launch into context.
	Analysis + Opinion November 22, 2017 Trump intervened with Xi on UCLA players. But what about human rights activists? Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Some may argue that in the “America First” era, the president understandably pays far less attention to the fate of foreign human rights activists than that of US citizens.
	précis November 21, 2017 précis Interview: James E Baker James E Baker, former chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, joined the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) as a Robert E Wilhelm Fellow. In this interview, he discusses gaps in the study of civil military relations; national security issues; and the intersection of emerging technology and national security law.
	Analysis + Opinion November 20, 2017 Nuclear stability, conventional instability: North Korea and the lessons from Pakistan Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks This is the twelfth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a new series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition — military, economic, diplomatic — in Southern Asia, principally between China, India, Pakistan, and the United States.
	In the News November 17, 2017 New initiative supported by $3.7 million in grants Resource DevelopmentMIT News OfficeThe MIT Security Studies Program launched today a collaborative program with the Harvard Belfer Center to mentor the next generation of foreign policy scholars with support from the Charles Koch Foundation.
	Analysis + Opinion November 17, 2017 Why Zimbabwe's military abandoned Mugabe Philip MartinForeign Affairs Zimbabwe’s recent military putsch is all the more remarkable. For the first time in the country’s 37 years of independence, the military has intervened directly in domestic politics against the wishes of the civilian head of state.
	précis November 16, 2017 Why clerics turn deadly Richard Nielsen is an associate professor of political science at MIT. His new book, Deadly Clerics, published by Cambridge University Press November 2017, explores the radicalization of jihadi clerics in the Arab world. Featured here is an except from the book.