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   What We Know About the Saudi Oil Attacks

   September 20, 2019

   Jeffrey Lewis, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, told the Wall Street Journal that the publicly available evidence backing up the direction of the missiles and drones hasn’t been conclusive. Drones can loiter and fly in circles, and photos of the facilities struck by missiles didn’t convincingly show the direction of the strikes, he said. Without a publicized radar track showing the trajectory of the weapons, he said, their origin would be difficult to definitively determine.

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   Images suggest N.Korea building ballistic subs

   September 19, 2019

   Dave Schmerler MANPTS ‘15, senior research associate at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies using satellite images from Planet Labs, shares his analysis that suggests North Korea may be preparing to deploy a ballistic missile-capable submarine with NHK, Japan’s National Broadcasting Organization.

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   AP Analysis: Saudi Oil Attack Part of Dangerous New Pattern

   September 17, 2019

   The Associated Press quoted Fabian Hinz, a researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in widely published article about an attack on Saudi oil production sites and suspicions about involvement from Iran.  “Previous Houthi drone strikes against oil facilities tended to result in quite limited damage which could be an indication that a different weapons system was used this time.”

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   U.S. Blames Iran for Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities

   September 14, 2019

   “The attack has been quite surprising” for the amount of damage it caused, said Fabian Hinz, an arms researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey to the Wall Street Journal about coordinated strikes on the heart of Saudi Arabia’s oil industry on September 14th, 2019. “We have seen quite a few drone and missile attacks against Saudi  infrastructure, but in most cases the actual damage caused has been quite minimal,” said Mr. Hinz.

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   Russian nuclear missile with ‘unlimited’ range to be ready by 2025, US intelligence says

   September 11, 2019

   “Russia is committed to a massive investment in new systems like this to defeat U.S. missile defenses. We are stumbling toward an arms race,” Jeffrey Lewis, adjunct professor at the Middlebury Institute and nuclear weapons expert at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

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   Market-based policies work to fight climate change, from India to Jamaica

   September 10, 2019

   International Environmental Policy Professor Jason Scorse, director of the Middlebury Institute’s Center for the Blue Economy, writes in The Conversation that conservative governments’ support for reducing carbon emissions acts as an economic stimulator.

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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.