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	Analysis + Opinion September 15, 2020 Important Iraqi archives are now back in Baghdad. Where were they, and what happens now? What makes these documents so important — and a source of controversy? They detail the crimes of an authoritarian state, from the collaborations of citizens to the predations of state officials.
	Analysis + Opinion September 13, 2020 Seven bad options to counter state sponsorship of proxies Sara PlanaLawfare Iran, Russia and other countries often use proxies as a way to fight the United States and its allies while advancing their own influence. Fighting proxy war, however, is often more complicated than confronting traditional aggression. Sara Plana details a range of responses to proxy war and notes their many limitations. (Daniel Byman).
	News@E40 September 11, 2020 The Center's bi-annual magazine is now available précis, the Center's bi-annual magazine, features essays and the wide range of activities of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. The spring/summer 2020 edition is now available for download.
	In the News September 11, 2020 China and India agree to ‘disengage troops’ in Himalayas Amy KazminThe Financial Times Vipin Narang quoted: “The bottom line is we have to see what happens on the ground,” said Vipin Narang. “Until there is physical disengagement on the ground, you could still get an accident that forces one or both sides into a conflict that they don’t want.”
	In the News September 11, 2020 The 9/11 Commission Report, the pandemic and the future of Homeland Security Carrie CorderoLawfare Chappell Lawson and Alan Bersin write in a new volume they have edited along with Juliette Kayyem, that the new report will likely “bring significant disruption and confusion with little expectation of operational improvement.”
	In the News September 10, 2020 India and China meet to defuse Himalayan border tensions Amy KazminThe Financial Times Vipin Narang heavily quoted: “I don’t think that either side really wants to risk a war over these positions along the line of actual control but we now have a lot of friction points,” he said. “The problem isn’t that one side starts a war intentionally. The risk is that they stumble into war.” But he added that expectations for the talks were muted. “I don’t think anybody expects there to be a massive breakthrough,” he said. “The best-case scenario is that both sides walk away with a detailed framework of how to disengage.”
	In the News September 9, 2020 Fresh Pangong lake face-off complicates Jaishankar-Wang’s face-to-face meet Rezaul H LaskarHindustan Times Vipin Narang quoted: “I don’t think either India or China have an incentive to go to war over the border dispute, but the increasing intensity and persistence of friction, along with air activity and the presence of loaded firearms may cause them to ‘stumble’ into war,” he said. “An advertent or inadvertent incident at a local flashpoint could now really fuel a broader conflict that neither government wants, as the forces continue to come into contact with each other,” Narang added.
	In the News September 7, 2020 Pictures and videos show California burning as more wildfires break out across state Aristos Georgiou Newsweek Vipin Narang quoted: “This is not a nuclear blast. It is California on fire,” MIT professor Vipin Narang wrote in a post showing the image on Twitter.
	In the News September 6, 2020 Russia 'thinks they can get away with' poisoning Navalny Fox News Jim Walsh discusses the suspected poisoning of Russian activist Alexei Navalny and Trump's response to the allegation.
	In the News September 4, 2020 Images suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile—think tank David BrunnstromReuters Vipin Narang quoted: “North Korea already tested a PKS-3 SLBM last October. And it didn’t cross Trump’s redline then, and is unlikely to this time. Trump won’t care,” Vipin Narang, a non-proliferation expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, wrote on Twitter.