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  1. U.S. military intelligence steps up accusation against Russia over nuclear testing

    Washington Post, Sarah Bidgood

    According to the Washington Post’s recent article on national security, U.S. military intelligence has stepped up accusations against Russia over nuclear testing. The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, located at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, CA, regularly monitors Russia’s Novaya Zemlya test site. According to East Asia Program Director Jeffrey Lewis, who teaches courses on arms control in the MA in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies program, no alarming activity has been detected.

  2. Exclusive: US intel shows Saudi Arabia escalated its missile program with help from China

    CNN, Jeffrey Lewis

    As reported by CNN, the U.S. government has acquired information showing that Saudi Arabia has expanded its missile program with assistance from China. A satellite image from November 2018, captured by Planet Labs at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, shows the apparent ballistic missile site. Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, analyzed the same site in 2019 and saw a similar level of activity.
     

  3. Top North Korean official in trouble for failed Trump summit reappears in public

    Vox, Joshua Pollack

    A well-regarded North Korean official who was sent to a reeducation camp after a failed Trump summit was spotted in public and, according to sources, has been spending time with Kim Jong-un. A popular South Korean newspaper reported that Kim had executed five of his top officials. These claims were tweeted about by Joshua Pollack, a North Korea expert at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, who gave his insights, sorting fact from fiction.
     

  5. Shanahan breaks with Trump over North Korea missile test

    CNN, Jeffrey Lewis

    Recent North Korean missile testing violated United Nations resolutions, according to acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan. President Trump disagreed, saying he didn’t think North Korea violated anything and that he was not concerned about their testing. Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, inspected a missile launch photo from Pyongyang and confirmed that North Korea had, in fact, launched a short-range missile.