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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 5, 2017Making sense of Trump’s travel banHarvey M. SapolskyE-International RelationsThe dangerous part stems from the belief that President Trump’s ban, temporary or not, blocked or not on legal grounds, will become a recruiting incentive for terrorists. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 26, 2017Smartening up Japan's defensesEric Heginbotham and Richard J. SamuelsNikkei Asian ReviewTargeted spending increases needed to buttress deterrence as threats rise. The balance of power in Asia is shifting rapidly, with important consequences for Japanese security and the U.S.-Japan alliance. The People's Liberation Army has become a formidable military force capable of challenging U.S. power at an increasing distance from the Asian continent. |
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Analysis + OpinionJanuary 14, 2017Guess who we don’t talk about these days? IranThomas R. Pickering and Jim WalshThe Charlotte ObserverHave you noticed? The nuclear agreement with Iran is no longer in the headlines. Not long ago, Iran’s nuclear program was the central issue in U.S. foreign policy. |
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In the NewsJanuary 9, 2017Trump's intel bashingJoseph MarksNextgov“When the president of the United States disparages your work, demeans your work, insults the integrity of your work, you wonder why you’re doing it, especially for a government salary,” says Joel Brenner, a senior research fellow at CIS and a former National Security Agency senior counsel. |
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News@E40December 22, 2016Fall 2016 CIS newsletterprécis, the Center’s newsletter, covers the wide range of Center activities and tracks the accomplishments of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. It is published twice yearly, once during each academic semester. The fall 2016 issue is now available. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 13, 2016The End of the CommonwealthJohn TirmanThe Huffington PostAmid the many controversies attending the election of Donald Trump is one easy to overlook: the mounting assault on “public goods” — public education, public lands, public information and public health, among them. |
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précisDecember 12, 2016Trump's Victory: What Does It Mean for You?Kenneth OyeOn November 16, the Center hosted a Starr Forum on “Trump’s Victory: What Does It Mean for You?” Kenneth Oye, who holds a joint MIT appointment in the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Data Systems and Society, and directs the Center’s Program on Emerging Technologies, moderated the discussion. Oye's talk, which touched on economic policy, foreign policy, and beyond, is featured here. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 12, 2016Reports of saving the Pentagon billions are just fake newsHarvey M. SapolskyThe National InterestThe Balkan teenagers are at it again, this time in the guise of members of the Defense Business Board and consultants from McKinsey, with the claim that their report offering $125 billion in savings was being suppressed by the Department of Defense. |
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In the NewsDecember 9, 2016Japan’s pivot from Obama to TrumpJoshua HuntThe New YorkerAbe’s visit to Trump Tower in November went against the wishes of Obama’s White House, according to a Japanese media report, which cited an unnamed diplomatic source. But Richard Samuels, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of CIS, says that Abe’s team “did what they had to do, quickly and well.” |
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précisDecember 8, 2016BriefingsPosen named Kissinger Chair at Kluge Center; Lourdes Melgar awarded Robert E. Wilhelm Fellowship; Human rights journalist joins CIS; George W. Rathjens, 90, Professor Emeritus of Political Science. |