Institute, CNS Experts Quoted Widely on Trump Tweets on Nuclear Policy, North Korea

As President-elect Donald Trump continues to tweet about sensitive issues such as nuclear policy and North Korea, the media are adding context to the public conversation with analysis from policy experts at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS).

Faculty and staff associated with CNS and the Institute’s Master of Arts in Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies program were quoted widely in recent media coverage, including Avner Cohen, Melissa Hanham, Jeffrey Lewis, Joshua Pollack, and Miles Pomper. Highlights of the coverage include the following:

• The Guardian (UK): North Korea able to test intercontinental ballistic missile this year, say experts (1/5/17) - Melissa Hanham
• Politico: Is Kim Jong Un Trying to Tell Donald Trump Something? (1/4/17) - Joshua Pollack
• Christian Science Monitor: North Korea has frustrated three US presidents. What’s left for Trump to try? (1/4/17) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Los Angeles Times: Nuclear experts to Trump: More than tweets needed to stop North Korea (1/4/17) - Melissa Hanham
• New York Times (via Reuters: Trump’s North Korea red line could come back to haunt him (1/3/17) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Haaretz (Israel): Are We Really Giving an Impulsive Novice Like Trump the Nuclear Codes? (1/3/17) - Avner Cohen
• NPR - National Public Radio: In Renewed Focus On Nuclear Deterrence, Nonproliferation Expert Recalls A Close Call (12/31/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Yonhap News Agency (Korea): Trump unlikely to invite N.K. leader over for burgers, says U.S. expert (12/29/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Fox News: Are liberals overreacting to Trump’s tweets? (12/27/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Washington Post: Could Trump help unleash nuclear catastrophe with a single tweet? (12/26/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• New York Times: Trump, Promising Arms Race, Could Set World on Uncertain Path (12/23/16) - Joshua Pollack
• The New Yorker: World War Three, By Mistake (12/23/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• VICE News: “Let it be an arms race” (12/23/16) - Joshua Pollack
• CNBC: Trump on nuclear weapons tweet: ‘Let it be an arms race’ (12/23/16) - Miles Pomper
• The Atlantic: Could Trump’s Tweets Spark a Nuclear Arms Race? (12/22/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• Yahoo Finance: ‘Total catastrophe’: Experts say Trump’s position on nuclear proliferation would be a disaster (12/22/16) - Jeffrey Lewis
• New York Times: Trump’s Nuclear Weapons Tweet, Translated and Explained (12/22/16) - Joshua Pollack
• US News & World Report: Trump: U.S. Must ‘Strengthen and Expand’ Nuclear Capability (12/22/16) - Avner Cohen

Institute faculty and staff experts will undoubtedly continue to serve as a resource for the media and public at large as these and other vital policy conversations continue in the months and years ahead.