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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.
“Nuclear energy is desperate in this country to land business and they see Saudi as one of their few opportunities,” Miles Pomper, senior fellow at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) tells the Daily Beast. He was quoted in an article about a nuclear energy industry coalition’s effort to convince the Trump administration to allow the export of U.S. nuclear tech to Saudi Arabia.
Reuters quotes Professor Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS), in relation to North Korean missile tests in late July.
Long before the new submarine was being built, North Korea began constructing what is likely a new training center near the Sinpo Shipyard for their submariners, to replace the smaller center they previously had nearby. David Schmerler, senior research associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies explains in article published by NKNews.org
Deputy Director of the Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) Kris McGuffie MANPTS ‘19 and alumnus Alex Newhouse MANPTS ‘18 authored an op-ed for the The Hill on the pitfalls of facial recognition technology, and how policy makers should respond
Dr. Jeffrey Lewis shares his analysis of new satellite images showing US military activity in Saudi Arabia on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt.
Analyzing new images from Planet Labs, Dr. Jeffrey Lewis suggests to CNN that the US is preparing to deploy troops and and stealth jets to Saudi Arabia.
