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	In the News January 27, 2021 India sticking to S-400 deal with Russia despite threat of possible US sanctions Rezaul H Laskar, Rahul SinghHindustan Times Vipin Narang quoted: “The fact that Turkey didn’t escape CAATSA sanctions suggests the US is very concerned about the S-400 system, and it's probably not just junk. India's insistence to take delivery of its first S-400 batteries later this year therefore sets the Biden administration potentially on a collision course on the sanctions question with India,” Narang said.
	Analysis + Opinion January 27, 2021 A Middle East Forum can help Biden succeed President Joe Biden has yet to outline his overarching strategy for the Middle East. While some in the United States and abroad fret that Biden’s America will disengage from the region and create vacuums that adversaries will exploit the greater likelihood is that the new administration will neither be leaving nor leading in the Middle East.
	In the News January 21, 2021 North Korea’s new sub missile is first step toward a new ICBM Morten Soendergaard LarsenForeign Policy Vipin Narang quoted: “It’s just not survivable against the United States. In any crisis or conflict, I can only imagine that the US Navy or the [South Korean navy] would be there just blanketing the entire coast. I can’t imagine anything is going to survive,” said Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
	In the News January 21, 2021 Biden seeks five more years for last Russia nuclear pact but no 'reset' AFP News Vipin Narang quoted: “The only opponents are those who seek an unlimited arms race. Glad to see the Biden administration dispensing with reckless games of chicken with global security on Day One,” tweeted Vipin Narang. He said the Biden administration can still find other ways to pressure Russia over its concerns on so-called tactical nuclear weapons — which Moscow could deploy in hot conflicts close to home, as opposed to strategic weapons that mostly target the United States. “This buys the sundae without precluding future sprinkles,” Narang said.
	précis January 21, 2021 precis Interview: Erik Lin-Greenberg Erik Lin-Greenberg joined MIT in fall of 2020 as assistant professor in the Department of Political Science. He returns to MIT after receiving his PhD from Columbia University, and his MS and BS in political science from MIT. In this interview, he describes what it's like to be back at MIT, his research on emerging military technology, war gaming, and the role of food in international politics.
	précis January 21, 2021 What’s next? Challenges ahead for President Biden We look towards the future of America during a presidential transition that culminated in a constitutional crisis. President Biden will be flooded with advice as he leads our nation during what many argue is among the darkest chapters in our democracy’s history. Here we offer fresh ideas on a range of foreign policy issues, emotions in politics, and our nation’s persistent racism. The advice is offered by our scholars, and draws on their deep knowledge and experience.
	précis January 21, 2021 Activities Experiencing the culture from afar; Starr Forums explore both domestic and global issues; SSP Wednesday Seminars; Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration; Eight students receive Human Rights and Technology Program fellowships; Twenty years of cultivating tech entrepreneurs; IAP activities; Faculty seed projects.
	précis January 20, 2021 Defining success and mapping the road ahead for public-private partnership and critical infrastructure cybersecurity With talk of cyber Pearl Harbors or digital 9/11s, some of the attention paid to critical infrastructure cybersecurity might border on alarmism, but there is real reason for concern, writes Sean Atkins, a PhD candidate in security studies and international relations. He summarizes a recent CIS event aimed at defining "long term success" for government-industry partnership to secure the critical functions that US national and economic security relies on.
	précis January 20, 2021 A World Bank refresh As the Biden-Harris administration re-introduces America to the world stage, it may discover the greatest opportunity for global leadership lies not in rapprochement with jilted bodies like the World Trade Organization or World Health Organization ... but in reinvigorating a different “world” institution: The World Bank. Steven Koltai, research affiliate of CIS and senior non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains.
	In the News January 19, 2021 How Trump will hand off the 'nuclear football' to Biden Zachary CohenCNN Vipin Narang quoted: “The easiest way to think about it is there is a seamless cutover as to which ‘biscuit’ is valid at noon Wednesday,” according to Vipin Narang, a nuclear policy expert and professor at MIT. “Biden's biscuit would not be valid at 11:59 am, and Trump's would not be valid at 12:01 pm.”