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   3-D Printers Could Help Spread Weapons of Mass Destruction

   September 10, 2019

   “This is the proverbial wicked problem,” remarks Middlebury Institute Adjunct Professor and Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies Export Control Nonproliferation Program Robert Shaw, in Scientific American. The article delves into new research by a multi-institutional research group on the WMD proliferation challenges presented by 3D printing led by Shaw, and his colleagues Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, and Miles Pomper.

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   North Korea says it will resume talks but adds pressure with new launches

   September 9, 2019

   “Going by what they’ve said so far, they’re not too concerned about effects on talks with the U.S.,” said Joshua Pollack, an expert at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies told Reuters. “Trump has given them a pass on short-range missiles,” he said. “Instead, they have indicated their displeasure with Seoul.”

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   Enthusiasm builds for 'Blue New Deal' after climate town hall

   September 8, 2019

   “We’re trying to step into this void because most of the climate plans are really focused on the big manufacturing and industrial emitters and the big terrestrial sources of pollution,” said Jason Scorse, director of the Center for the Blue Economy “an early crafter of the Blue New Deal approach”, tells The Hill.

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   Radioactive Barges Are Killing the Vibe on This Russian Beach After Deadly Missile Blast

   September 3, 2019

   Russian nuclear powered missile tests don’t yet indicate a serious danger to locals, Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress adjunct professor and scientist-in-residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) told VICE News. But there’s not enough data yet to know what the levels are like on the barges themselves.

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   Yes, Oui, Si, and Hai: Interpreters ready for Tokyo Olympics

   August 30, 2019

   “Behind every language is a mentality,” The Associated Press featured Conference Interpretation alumnus Alexandre Ponomarev MACI ‘00, chief interpreter at the Tokyo Olympics next year.“I believe in acquiring a language you also acquire a certain mentality.”

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   Iranian Rocket Launch Ends In Failure, Imagery Shows

   August 29, 2019

   
   Dave Schmerler MANPTS ‘15 Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies alumnus and senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) shared images showing an Iranian rocket that appears to have exploded on the launch pad Thursday with National Public Radio (NPR)
   The imagery from the commercial company Planet  shows smoke billowing from the pad at the Imam Khomeini Space Center in northern Iran. 
    

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   ARGUMENT: White Supremacists Want a Dirty Bomb

   August 16, 2019

   In this piece in Foreign Policy the authors argue that, “There is no longer any question of whether the country is facing the rise of domestic white supremacist terrorists. The question is how far they will go.” To make their argument, Will Cathcart and Joseph Ari Epstein sought the expert opinions of CNS experts Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress and Miles Pomper.
   
    

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   Fast, low and hard to stop: North Korea’s missile tests crank up the threat level

   August 15, 2019

   The Washington Post sought out the expertise of Dr. Ferenc Dalnoki-Veress, scientist-in-residence at Middlebury Institute of International Studies for analysis of the latest North Korean missile tests. 
   As Veress explained it, “ballistic missile flies in a predictable arc defined by gravity, just like a baseball thrown high into the air, making it easier to catch. The KN-23 is like a knuckleball — fast, low, unpredictable and almost impossible to catch.”

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   Fallout:PBS NewsHour

   August 13, 2019

   “The easiest way to think about this missile is as a mini nuclear Chernobyl,” Dr. Jeffrey Lewis shared his insights on the recent failed missile test in Russia that caused a spike in radiation levels on PBS NewsHour.

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    U.S. Officials Suspect New Nuclear Missile in Explosion That Killed 7 Russians

    August 12, 2019

    American intelligence officials are racing to understand a mysterious explosion that released radiation off the coast of northern Russia last week. The New York Times quotes Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).