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	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.
	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.”
	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@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.
	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.