| by Jason Warburg
Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Philipp Bleek will serve as an expert on a forthcoming National Academy of Sciences study on assessing and improving strategies for countering the threat of WMD (weapons of mass destruction) terrorism.
Dr. Philipp Bleek, professor of Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies, was recently interviewed by Fox Business about the potential consequences of Russia using chemical weapons in Ukraine.
Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ’16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, recently penned a Foreign Policy article about the implications of the war in Ukraine on nuclear arms control.
| by Emily Cipriani and Clara Clymer
Employers and students connected over language services industry internships and full-time positions at the Middlebury Institute’s annual Translation, Interpretation, and Localization Management Career Fair.
USA Today reports that Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Senior Research Associate Dave Schmerler observed construction at a North Korean nuclear test site that has been closed since 2018.
| by Emily Cipriani
Three Institute students recently won awards in the Yunshan Cup, a Chinese interpretation competition.
Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Middlebury Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, wrote an Op-Ed for the Los Angeles Times and The Mercury News, in addition to providing an interview for MSNBC, about the option of adding Russia to the U.S. government’s state sponsors of terrorism list.
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