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“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.”
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.
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.
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.”
“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.
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).
Limited information from Russian authorities about an explosion at a missile test site last week have led to speculation that it involved a top-secret nuclear-powered cruise missile. NPR’s All Things Considered interviews Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).
Russia’s catastrophic test of a nuclear-powered missile proves that a new global arms race will mean new nuclear accidents. Article in Foreign Policy by Jeffrey Lewis, director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies East Asia Nonproliferation Program.
“We have a domestic terrorism definition, but there are no prohibitions against the acts of domestic terrorism” Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) told ABC News. “It’s defined under U.S. law, but there aren’t any penalties subject to it.”
Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center for Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism (CTEC) was interviewed by Voice of America (VOA) Persia regarding the new U.S. Treasury sanctions on the Iranian foreign minister and what it means for his use of Twitter and Instagram.
