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	In the News March 25, 2022 Biden's plan to 'secure N Korea nukes' as Kim's new missile puts US mainland 'in reach’ Callum HoareExpress Quoted: Vipin Narang, a North Korea nuclear specialist at MIT, sent a warning about the possibility of provoking World War 3 if the plan is rolled out. He said: “The million-dollar question is: When do you invoke the OPLAN and what indicators do you rely on to do so? Because one country's`securing the country´operation can look to the other nation like an invasion plan. And then, all hell can break loose.”
	In the News March 25, 2022 Traveling the world to make a global impact Anna-Rose StemberMISTI For decades, MIT students have traveled abroad over Independent Activities Period (IAP) or in the summer for enriching global experiences through MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). This year, dozens of students became MISTI’s first IAP travelers abroad since the start of the pandemic.
	Analysis + Opinion March 24, 2022 NATO’s military presence in Eastern Europe has been building rapidly. Ada PetriczkoNew York Times Even before NATO officials announced plans on Wednesday to increase the alliance’s military strength in Eastern Europe, the allies had already stepped up the number of troops stationed in the region in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
	In the News March 24, 2022 With US focus on Ukraine, North Korea launches a powerful new ICBM Choe Sang-HunThe New York Times Quoted: North Korea is the first United States adversary since the Cold War to test both an ICBM and a claimed hydrogen bomb, according to Vipin Narang, an expert on nuclear proliferation at MIT.
	Analysis + Opinion March 22, 2022 Ukraine war: Experts debate NATO's role Barry Posen and Stephen RademakerMunk Debates “For 20 years, we’ve basically dismissed Putin. We've treated Russian security interests as essentially a problem to be waved away. And we've continued in the direction that brought us here right now,” argues Posen. Rademaker disagrees, and explains that “what changed in Ukraine was a consequence of Russian policy, Russian bullying, and Russian mishandling of the relationship with their closest neighbor. That is not America's doing, that is not NATO's doing, that is Russia's doing.”
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Reviving war-game scholarship at MIT Eyal HanflingMIT News Political scientists are increasingly considering how the method of war gaming can be improved and used in research and pedagogy. For scholars of interstate war and nuclear weapons, war gaming is an especially promising research tool.
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Here’s what Western leaders need to remember about Zelensky’s emotional appeals Roger PetersenBulletin of the Atomic Scientists The war in Ukraine is fought with bullets, bombs, and rockets—and also with images and words. At the center of this conflict, President Volodymyr Zelensky has strategically deployed the latter to trigger emotions among his fellow Ukrainians, Russian foes, and Western supporters.
	In the News March 21, 2022 China and Russia’s military relationship likely to deepen with Ukraine war Christian ShepherdThe Washington Post Quoted: These constraints suggest that “supplies are mostly likely in the short term — if Beijing makes the strategic decision to move even closer to Moscow,” said M Taylor Fravel, director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2022 Russian forces abducted four Ukrainian journalists, a union says. Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times Russian armed forces on Monday took four Ukrainian media workers from their homes in Melitopol, a city in southeastern Ukraine, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine said in a news release.
	Analysis + Opinion March 20, 2022 Poland will propose a NATO peacekeeping mission for Ukraine at the alliance’s meeting this week. Ada PetriczkoThe New York Times Poland will formally propose a plan to organize an international peacekeeping mission in Ukraine at an emergency NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, an idea that is at odds with the alliance’s official stance and one the United States rejected on Sunday.