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	In the News August 7, 2020 Why the Beirut blast created a mushroom cloud Erik OlsenPopular Science Vipin Narang quoted: “We did not see anything remotely like that in Beirut,” says Vipin Narang. The Beirut fireball’s vivid red color sets it apart from the aftereffects of an atom bomb, too. “It’s characteristic of NO compounds,” Narang says, which are by-products of ammonium nitrate explosions.
	In the News August 6, 2020 Hiroshima's legacy 75 years later WBUR WBUR's Here and New host Robin Young speaks with JIm Walsh about the first use of an atomic weapon and the state of nuclear weapons today.
	Analysis + Opinion August 5, 2020 Pandemic politics: How the Future Strategy Forum amplifies the expertise of women Sara Plana and Rachel TecottInternational Affairs Blog In a new International Affairs blog published here, Sara Plana and Rachel Tecott reflect on the work of the Future Strategy Forum (FSF). The FSF amplifies the voices of national security experts from under-represented backgrounds.
	In the News August 4, 2020 New North Korea ICBM report suggests Pyongyang can hit US with nukes David BrennanNewsweek Vipin Narang heavily quoted: Narang said the UN report should be read as "further evidence that North Korea is consolidating its nuclear weapons force, improving and augmenting it to improve survivability, retaliatory power, and penetration. In other words, North Korea is making the technological improvements we would expect any other nuclear weapons power to make," he explained. "And that's precisely what they want us to acknowledge."
	Analysis + Opinion August 3, 2020 Why President Truman insisted on unconditional surrender Richard SamuelsThe New York Times Every August, newspapers are dotted with stories of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, accompanied by a well-picked-over — but never resolved — debate over whether atomic bombs were needed to end the Asia-Pacific war on American terms. What is left to learn 75 years (and with so much spilled ink) later?
	In the News August 2, 2020 Putin's virus disinformation campaign against Americans Fox News Jim Walsh joins Arthel Neville on 'America's News HQ' to discuss the implications of Putin's virus disinformation campaign aimed at Americans.
	Analysis + Opinion July 30, 2020 Training the Covid-19 cohort: Adapting and preserving social science research Fotini Christia, Chappell LawsonSSRC Fotini Christia and Chappell Lawson address changes in research and impacts of the pandemic on fieldwork. They trace the shifts in research focus that it has produced and find opportunities in newly broadened methodologies, but warn of the dangers of neglecting non-Covid research and the traditional fieldwork that still remain essential to social science.
	News@E40 July 27, 2020 Erik Lin-Greenberg joins MIT as assistant professor Security Studies Program The Center welcomes Erik Lin-Greenberg to MIT as assistant professor of political science and as the newest faculty member of the Security Studies Program. His research examines how emerging military technology affects conflict dynamics and the regulation and use of force.
	In the News July 27, 2020 Shining a light on the quantum world Fernanda FerreiraMIT News With funding from MISTI, physicists at MIT and in Israel collaborate to improve understanding and use of quantum light.
	In the News July 23, 2020 Fellowship is at the heart of emergency response in Nigeria MISTIMIT News When Amir Bature came to MIT from Bayero University Kano (BUK) in Nigeria as part of the Empowering the Teachers (ETT) program, he was amazed at his shift in perspective during his time on campus. “The first time we arrived at MIT, there were a lot of things where we said ‘no, this is impossible.’ But before we left, it was all possible!” He had no idea that he would soon be applying this mindset to a public health crisis in his home country of Nigeria.