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	In the News March 16, 2017 Rex Tillerson, in Japan, says US needs ‘different approach’ to North Korea Motoko RichThe New York Times “It’s pretty clear that there’s a perfect storm brewing for mischief in East Asia right now,” said Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies at MIT.
	Analysis + Opinion March 16, 2017 Syria Showdown: will Trump be pressured into putting Turkey first, America second? Barry R. PosenThe National Interest Turkey may retaliate against the United States if its desire to recapture Raqqa is denied, writes Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Security Studies Program.
	Analysis + Opinion March 12, 2017 Is it time for our dealmaker in chief to talk with North Korea? Jim Walsh Fox News Opinion North Korea’s recent missile tests will put new pressure on the Trump administration to choose a strategy for dealing with this pesky proliferator.
	In the News March 11, 2017 Why US antimissile system in South Korea worries China Chris BuckleyThe New York Times “China is probably confident in its ability to be able to retaliate, but given the size and sophistication of US nuclear forces and the steady development of ballistic missile defenses, coupled with China’s small nuclear arsenal, the margin for error is thin,” said Taylor Fravel and Fiona Cunningham.
	Analysis + Opinion March 9, 2017 US-Japan relationship: past, present, and future Richard Samuels Richard Samuels spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the past, present, and future of the US-Japan relationship. Samuels has written widely on Tokyo’s grand strategy, on the events of 3/11 in Fukushima, and is now working on a book on the Japanese intelligence community. Read transcript
	In the News March 8, 2017 CIA scrambles to contain damage from WikiLeaks documents Matthew Rosenberg, Scott Shane, and Adam GoldmanThe New York Times Investigators say that the leak was the work of a disaffected insider. Joel Brenner, senior research fellow at CIS and formerly the country’s top counterintelligence official, suggests that the intelligence agencies need to assess the advisability of sharing secrets widely inside their walls.
	News@E40 March 8, 2017 MIT-Israel welcomes new faculty advisor Caroline KnoxMIT News MIT professor Eran Ben-Joseph, head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, has joined the MIT-Israel Program’s current faculty director, Christine Ortiz, the Morris Cohen Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, as the program’s co-director.
	In the News March 7, 2017 FBI prepares for new hunt for WikiLeaks’ source Devlin BarrettThe Washington Post “Anybody who thinks that the Manning and Snowden problems were one-offs is just dead wrong,’’ said Joel Brenner, former head of U.S. counterintelligence at the office of the Director of National Intelligence. Brenner is a senior research fellow at CIS.
	Analysis + Opinion March 6, 2017 Trump’s military budget minus a plan Caitlin TalmadgeThe New York Times President Trump called to revitalize the United States military, with a 10 percent increase in the defense budget. Such proposals make for a snappy sound bite, yet in the absence of a coherent national strategy, arbitrary increases in the defense budget will do little to make America safer, and could make the world more dangerous.
	News@E40 February 28, 2017 Posen receives ISA Distinguished Scholar Award The Center is thrilled to announce that Barry Posen was the recipient of the 2017 International Security Studies Section 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association (ISA). There was a roundtable in his honor at the annual ISA conference in February 2017 in Baltimore, MD.