Middlebury Institute Experts Quoted in Coverage of North Korea ICBM Launch
Faculty and staff experts from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey and its James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) were featured heavily in national and international media coverage of North Korea’s July 4 test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
The research team at the Middlebury Institute and CNS includes some of the world’s leading non-governmental experts studying North Korea’s nuclear program. Highlights of the coverage follow, with the expert quoted noted in parentheses, including Andrea Berger, Shea Cotton, Melissa Hanham, Jeffrey Lewis, Joshua Pollack, and Laura Rockwood.
- “North Korea and Its Weapons Programs Are Now a Fact of Life”
New York Times, 7/7/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea Has An ICBM, And Things Could Still Get A Lot Worse”
The Daily Caller, 7/6/17 (Joshua Pollack, Melissa Hanham, Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea’s New Missile Can Probably Nuke the U.S., Making Kim Jong Un Stronger Than Ever”
Newsweek, 7/6/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea ICBM test highlights U.S. missile defenses”
Politico, 7/6/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “US Increases Pressure on North Korea After Missile Test”
ABC News (Australia), 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “UN to Meet on North Korea After U.S. Confirms Rocket Was ICBM”
Bloomberg, 7/5/17 (Andrea Berger) - “Kalter: ICBM Milestone leaves U.S. little leeway”
Boston Herald, 7/5/17 (Joshua Pollack) - “Growing Threat of North Korea”
CBC (Power & Politics), 7/5/17 (Andrea Berger) - “As It Happens (North Korea latest)”
CBC Radio, 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “North Korea state media celebrates ‘gift’ to ‘American bastards’”
CNN, 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “U.S. to Classify North Korean Missile as ‘Brand New’”
CNN, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “Will Trump continue with ‘strategic patience’ on North Korea?”
CTV Canada 7/5/17 (Andrea Berger) - “Trump Needs to Confront Beijing: North Korean Missiles Fly on Chinese Technology”
The Daily Beast, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “Mapped: The Countries with the World’s Most Dangerous Missiles”
Foreign Policy, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “Trump Twists in The Wind as North Korea’s Nuclear Capability Grows”
Huffington Post, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “When this broadcaster makes a rare appearance, North Koreans know it’s serious”
Los Angeles Times, 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “U.S. says North Korea’s ICBM launch is ‘a new escalation of the threat to the United States’ and the world”
Los Angeles Times, 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “After North Korea Missile Test, What Does Kim Jong Un Really Want?”
NBC News, 7/5/17 (Andrea Berger) - “North Korea’s Nuclear Push Is Just One Piece of a Nationwide Building Boom”
New York Times, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “After North Korea’s ICBM Launch, Now What?”
NPR, 7/5/17 (Andrea Berger) - “U.S. missile shield not yet ready for North Korean nukes”
Politico, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “Kim Jong-un taunts Donald Trump after launching ballistic missile capable of reaching the US”
The Sun (UK) 7/5/17 (Shea Cotton) - “North Korea isn’t crazy. It’s insecure, poor, and extremely dangerous”
Vox, 7/5/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “After North Korean missile test, US scrambles to avert ‘catastrophe’”
WJLA TV, Washington, DC, 7/5/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “North Korea hails ‘ICBM test’ success”
BBC News, 7/4/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “North Korea Missile”
BBC News, 7/4/17 (Laura Rockwood) - “U.S. Threatens Trade with Countries over Support for North Korea”
Bloomberg, 7/4/17 (Andrea Berger) - “North Korea tests missile it claims can reach ‘anywhere in the world’”
CNN, 7/4/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “China won’t bail out Trump on North Korea”
CNN, 7/4/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea Announces ICBM Launch”
(Flash required) — CNN, 7/4/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “North Korea’s Nuclear and America Has No Plan to Stop It”
The Daily Beast, 7/4/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea fires ballistic missile”
The Guardian via AFP, 7/4/17 (Shea Cotton) - “North Korean claim of successful ICBM test likely to raise alarm in Tokyo — and Anchorage”
Japan Times, 7/4/17 (Shea Cotton) - “U.S. Confirms North Korea Fired Intercontinental Ballistic Missile”
New York Times 7/4/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea fires longest-range ballistic missile capable of reaching Alaska”
Pakistan Today, 7/4/17 (Shea Cotton, Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea just test-launched a missile capable of hitting Alaska”
Quartz, 7/4/17 (Shea Cotton) - “North Korea missile test puts ball in USA’s court”
RFI: Radio France Internationale, 7/4/17 (Laura Rockwood) - “U.S. says North Korea’s ICBM launch is ‘a new escalation of the threat to the United States’ and the world”
San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/4/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “North Korea’s successful test of an intercontinental missile is a test for Trump”
Vox, 7/4/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea Says It Successfully Test-Fired an ICBM”
Wall Street Journal, 7/4/17 (Shea Cotton) - “North Korea missile launch marks a direct challenge to Trump administration”
Washington Post, 7/4/17 (Melissa Hanham) - “Experts: North Korea’s missile was a ‘real ICBM’ — and a grave milestone”
Washington Post, 7/4/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “North Korea Claims Its First Successful Launch of an ICBM”
Bloomberg, 7/3/17 (Jeffrey Lewis) - “Tillerson Confirms North Korea Missile An ICBM, Calls For Global Action”
NPR, 7/3/17 (Melissa Hanham)
This story will be updated; please check back.
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