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In the absence of sanctions relief (or any progress at all on transforming US relations). North Korea “is going gangbusters” on its missile program, Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director of the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program tells NPR, regarding reports on North Korea’s imminent—and large—military aircraft show.
If Iran restarts enrichment at Fordow, it will be “relatively harder to reverse [course], since once nuclear material is fed into a centrifuge you cant do anything else with it other than enrichment,” Chen Kane, director of the CNS Middle East Nonproliferation program tells The Independent.
Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the CNS Eurasia Nonproliferation Program spoke to NBC Nightly News about the importance of Planet Labs satellite imagery. “Being able to track granular changes on the ground is so important in producing nuanced analyses, especially in the nonproliferation space.”
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Research Associate Michael Duitsman MANPTS ‘15 explains the capability of the sub-launched Bulava missile Russia tested this week (from near the site of the failed Skyfall test) to BusinessInsider with help from 3D models.
How powerful are the U.S. nuclear weapons in Turkey? How secure are they? Why are they there? And do they have “Kiss it Khrushchev” written on them? Middlebury Institute Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director the CNS East Asia Nonproliferation Program discusses all this—and what to do about them—on CBC Radio One.
| by Miles Pomper
Miles Pomper, senior fellow at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies breaks down the complex issue of U.S. nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey for The Conversation.
“Erdogan is playing to an anti-American domestic audience with his nuclear rhetoric, but is highly unlikely to pursue nuclear weapons.” - The New York Times quotes Jessica C. Varnum, an expert on Turkey at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in front page article. “There would be huge economic and reputational costs to Turkey, which would hurt the pocketbooks of Erdogan’s voters.”
| by Sarah Bidgood
The Bomb in College Classrooms - We’re not teaching students enough about weapons of mass destruction — and it shows, warns Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies in Inside Higher Ed.
The Boston Herald reached out to Sharad Joshi, associate professor in the Middlebury Institute’s Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies degree program to provide commentary on the consequences of hundreds of fighters, affiliated with the Islamic State, breaking free from camps in Northern Syria after attacks from Turkey on the Kurds who were guarding them.
The StraitTimes of Singapore interviewed Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center for Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism about a recent report he coauthored for the Soufan Center on “White Supremacy Extremism.” Blazakis told the paper that, “The ground in Ukraine is fertile for white males with a sense of grievance and disenfranchisement, who believe multiculturalism is degrading white value.”
