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	In the News October 8, 2019 A look at Japan’s evolving intelligence efforts Peter DizikesMIT News A new book, by MIT political scientist Richard Samuels, examines the past and future of Japanese intelligence services in a rapidly shifting world.
	In the News October 6, 2019 North Korea doubts US will have alternative plans inside two weeks Ju-min Park, Josh SmithReuters Vipin Narang quoted in Reuters: Vipin Narang added that North Korea is also buying time to continue to expand and improve its missile and nuclear force, and negotiate the terms by which it is accepted as a nuclear weapons power. “If that’s the case, their best strategy is to dangle the hope of a fictional future deal but stall on actual negotiations, let alone crafting or implementing any such deal,” Narang said.
	In the News October 5, 2019 Opening the arsenal The Economist Owen Cote quoted: The jl-2 does not have the range of the DF-41. It could "at best attack Seattle" says Owen Cote of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, because the noisy Jin-class subs would struggle to range beyond the Yellow Sea without being detected. But China is developing new missiles and subs to remedy this.
	In the News October 4, 2019 North Korea escalates missile tests Peter O'DowdWBUR Here & Now This week, North Korea confirmed it test-fired a new type of a ballistic missile, a significant escalation from the short-range tests it has conducted since May. Jim Walsh speaks with Here & Now about what the new tests and escalations might mean.
	News@E40 October 4, 2019 Narang receives the ISSS "Emerging Scholar" award We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor Vipin Narang has won this year’s “Emerging Scholar” award from the International Studies Association’s International Security Section.
	Analysis + Opinion October 3, 2019 With trophy hunting, wildlife loses Shola LawalThe Boston Globe I know at least five Nigerians, including myself, who have had to throw large chunks of beef in the trash as we approached US customs officials. US border policies don't allow the import of meat products from African countries because they may carry diseases. That's fair.
	In the News October 3, 2019 Group of former intelligence community watchdogs call for protecting whistleblowers Project on Government Oversight (POGO) A group of former intelligence community inspectors general, including Joel Brenner, former inspector general at the National Security Agency, have signed an open letter calling on Congress to protect the whistleblower from retaliation and unwarranted attacks, while also supporting Atkinson’s handling of the situation.
	In the News October 2, 2019 One year on, shadow of Khashoggi’s killing stalks Saudi prince Ben HubbardThe New York Times Wilhelm Fellow Hala Aldosari quoted: “Khashoggi is always going to be a stain on Mohammed bin Salman,” said Hala Aldosari, a Saudi scholar and fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies. “It is not going to go away.”
	In the News October 1, 2019 North Korea fires ballistic missile, possibly from submarine, days before talks Joyce Lee, Chang-Ran KimReuters Vipin Narang quoted: “The risk is that testing such a system causes the US to walk away before this weekend, but Kim probably bet that the US is so invested in the talks taking place and making progress ... that the US won’t walk away.”
	Analysis + Opinion September 30, 2019 Japan’s whack-a-mole foreign policy Richard J SamuelsThe Boston Globe Japanese leaders have recently faced a furious barrage of foreign policy and national security challenges, some of their own making. Each has presented itself as if a game of whack-a-mole—some in which the unhidden and unpredictable hand of President Trump has been prominent.