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| by Lovely Umayam MANPTS '13 and New York Times
“He’s a security guard. I work in nuclear security. The pandemic swept away my sense that we can really protect the ones we love from anything.” Middlebury Institute Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies alumna Lovely Umayam MANPTS ‘13 writes in the New York Times.
| by Reuters
Washington doesn’t “have much of a window into what they are doing and they seem to have slowed down on a lot of things like minimizing their highly enriched uranium stocks,” - CNS Senior Fellow Miles Pomper quoted in widely published Reuters article on calls for Biden administration policy on global nuclear strategy.
| by The Economist
In this deep dive into the future of ocean sustainability under new U.S. leadership by The Economist, Middlebury Institute International Environmental Policy Professor Jason Scorse, director of the Center for the Blue Economy shares his expertise and optimism that economic benefits of climate action might lead to bipartisan support.
| by Science Magazine
“If Fakhrizadeh wanted Iran to build a bomb, his ‘martyrdom’ at the hands of a foreign power will make that outcome far more likely,” Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Professor and Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at CNS Jeffrey Lewis tells Science Magazine.
| by Alex Newhouse
“Parler’s fate will hinge on what its members do over the next few months,” Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism Research Lead and Middlebury Institute graduate Alex Newhouse MANPTS ‘18 writes about how the social media site Parler brings together mainstream conservatives, anti-Semites and white supremacists for The Conversation.
| by Foreign Policy
A significant strategic shift is necessary is in the application of terrorism sanctions Professor Jason Blazakis, director of Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism argues in Foreign Policy.
| by Forbes Magazine
Monday’s missile defense test—via an SM-3 Block IIA— by the US “makes it extremely hard to imagine limiting missile defenses in an arms control agreement,” Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at CNS tells Forbes.
| by Vice
Aram Shabanian MANPTS ´21, a graduate student of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies explains the significance of a music video in the latest conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia in this article published by VICE.
For insights into the world of cyber-enabled financial crime - check out this great interview with Middlebury Institute Professor Moyara Ruehsen, head of the Financial Crime Management program.
| by Avner Cohen and Mikael Kelly MANPTS '20
How the Winners of the Coronavirus Crisis Could Start a New World Order - Middlebury Institute Professor Avner Cohen and alumnus Mikael Kelly MANPTS ‘20 co-wrote an in-depth exploration of a changing world order published today in Haaretz. This piece was born out of a “fantastic” final paper Kelly wrote for one of his classes says Cohen, who also wants to celebrate Kelly’s achievement as a Presidential Management Fellow who will be starting his new position at the CDC on Monday!
