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The Center for Terrorism, Extremism, and Counter-terrorism (CTEC) Director Jason Blazakis discussed the use of social media by President Trump and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif with the Washington Post, and its result of de-escalating overt military action last week, after the Iranian ballistic missile attack on Iraqi bases housing U.S. and Coalition forces.
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) expert Jeffrey Lewis discussed US nuclear policy with Business Insider, saying, “In any other circumstance, I would have argued that the norm against using nuclear weapons is so strong there’s no chance that a president would use a nuclear weapon. At the end of the day, though, it’s just a norm. And this president delights in smashing norms.”
Miles Pomper, Senior Fellow at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) was mentioned in Wired discussing Iran’s nuclear weapons plans.
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director and Middlebury Institute professor Jason Blazakis recently spoke with RIA Novosti correspondent Grigory Dubovitsky on counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and the Russian Federation. Blazakis emphasized that cooperation on counterterrorism matters can help build trust and normalize relations between the two nations.
Center for Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Director and Middlebury Institute professor Jason Blazakis recently chatted with Chris Woodyard of USA Today about the recent Monsey, New York stabbing and White Settlement, Texas attack. He reiterated that now is the time for a domestic terrorism statute.
The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies expert Jeffrey Lewis was quoted by Reuters for the New York Times’ article discussing Russia’s new hypersonic missiles. Lewis voiced his skepticism about the missiles being able to escape detection.
North Korea never halted efforts to build powerful new weapons, experts from the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation told the Washington Post. “No one thinks they developed all these systems in a few months,” said Jeffrey Lewis, a weapons expert and professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
“I think the U.S. failure to resolve the issue of North Korea’s nuclear challenge is having a corrosive effect, along with a lot of other things, on the core idea that the U.S. is the indispensable partner for Seoul and Tokyo,” Jeffrey Lewis, Middlebury Institute professor and arms control expert at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation tells TIME Magazine.
Middlebury Institute professor and Director of the Center for Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Jason Blazakis recently analyzed the implications of designating Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations in an op-ed for Defense One, calling it a “bad old idea”. “While adding the cartels to the FTO list makes for a good sound bite and will play well within the American electorate, a closer look at the implications paints a different picture.” said Blazakis.
Using virtual reality (VR) to show the possible impact of sea level rise and climate change on specific communities - using data to visually demonstrate scenarios and solutions - the work of Middlebury Institute Adjunct Faculty and Center for the Blue Economy Fellow Juliano Calil was featured on Morning Edition on NPR.
