North Korea Expert Jeffrey Lewis Imagines Nuclear War in New Novel
The most terrifying thing about the new novel by Professor Jeffrey Lewis about a nuclear war with North Korea “is how much of it is true,” says The Economist.
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Summer Intensive Language Program Graduates Celebrate “Moment Where Everything Really Clicked”
The Middlebury Institute’s eight-week summer language course helped 102 students significantly advance their proficiency in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Students Help Draft New Trade Law for Myanmar
Three students assisted two faculty members in the Institute’s International Trade and Economic Diplomacy Program in drafting new trade legislation for the nation of Myanmar.
Institute Hosts U.S., Russian Experts for High-Level Workshop on Nonproliferation and Disarmament
The Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies hosted a workshop featuring Governor Jerry Brown and current and former U.S. and Russian officials.
Institute Faculty on Interpreters at Trump-Putin Summit
The recent one-on-one meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents turned the spotlight on the role of “the only other American in the room”—the president’s interpreter.
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Institute Team Locates Site of Covert North Korean Uranium Enrichment
A team of researchers at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies has located the likely site of North Korea’s covert uranium enrichment plant using open source information.
Student Paper Awarded “Most Innovative Research” at Professional Symposium
A paper by two recent graduates of the Institute’s TESOL program was awarded “Most Innovative Research” at the UC Davis Symposium on Language Research.