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In the NewsDecember 2, 2019Saudi Arabia embraces western sports to rehabilitate global imageAlan RappeportThe New York TimesHala Aldosari quoted: “I see all of this more as a way for the government to generate revenues from things other than oil than a genuine effort by the government to grant freedom,” said Hala Aldosari, a Saudi scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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In the NewsNovember 30, 2019North Korea threatens Japan with 'real ballistic missile'BBC NewsVipin Narang quoted: "The North Koreans are playing a semantics game, basically, and by the same token so is Abe. When he said ballistic missile he's clearly trying to signify these tests are a violation of UN Security Council resolutions," he told the BBC. |
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In the NewsNovember 29, 2019Intelligence reforms: time for a Japanese James BondPeter Tasker, Arcus ResearchJapan ForwardRichard Samuels new book, Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community, is compared to Ian Fleming's James Bond spy novels and what the capacity is and has been for the Japanese intelligence community. |
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précisNovember 27, 2019Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence CommunityRichard Samuels is Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Center for International Studies. In Special Duty, he dissects the fascinating history of the intelligence community in Japan. Featured here is an excerpt from the preface of his book. |
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In the NewsNovember 25, 2019Shola Lawal and others win big at TFAA 2019Olamide AyeniPulse.ngCIS Neuffer fellow, Shola Lawal, won The Future Awards Africa (TFAA) Prize For Journalism. For thirteen years, The Future Awards Africa has been a catalyst towards building a new tribe of citizens who are bound by their potentials, relentless, hard work and united by their soaring achievements. |
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Analysis + OpinionNovember 25, 2019Opinion: Saudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jamJohn TirmanLos Angeles TimesSaudi money in US horse racing is the sport’s next moral jam, writes John Tirman, the executive director of the MIT Center for International Studies. |
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In the NewsNovember 23, 2019BOOK REVIEW | ‘Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community’ by Richard J SamuelsJune Teufel DreyerJapan ForwardAuthor Richard J Samuels, director of the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has combined his impressive knowledge of Japanese history with a deep understanding of intelligence operations to produce this critical yet sympathetic treatment of Japan’s intelligence community. |
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In the NewsNovember 20, 2019SMA debate: Why shouldn’t South Korea pay more for its defense?Doug BandowThe National InterestVipin Narang quoted: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Vipin Narang tweeted: “Nothing says I love you like a shakedown.” |
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In the NewsNovember 19, 2019Greater Boston: Vindman testifies about Trump's Zelensky call and Volker revises his testimonyWGBH Greater BostonCarol Saivetz, senior advisor at MIT’s Security Studies Program, joins Jim Braude on Greater Boston to discuss the latest developments with the impeachment hearings and recent testimony from top Ukraine expert Lt Col Alexander Vindman, Vice President Pence adviser Jennifer Williams, National Security Council official Tim Morrison, and former special Ukraine envoy Kurt Volker. |
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In the NewsNovember 19, 2019Lamborghini and MIT pave the way for the electric supercar of the futureMIT NewsSerenella Sferza, MIT-Italy Program co-director, praises the MIT-Italy-Lamborghini partnership as a perfect example of how MISTI opens avenues for research and innovation that include meaningful student experiences. |