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Middlebury Institute researcher Joshua Pollack wrote an opinion piece about why America’s decision to refrain from imposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine is necessary to avoid catastrophic escalation.
Graduate Research Assistant Steven De La Fuente spoke with the New York Times about his analysis of new radar satellite imagery from western Ukraine showing an attack on an airport.
Veteran New York Times national security reporter Thom Shanker, who studied Russian at the Institute, traces key moments of the past decades.
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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.
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.
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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A team of 13 Middlebury Institute students took the top prize in the Department of Homeland Security’s Invent2Prevent competition, which challenged them to innovate against violence and terrorism.
| by Stephen Diehl and Andrew Cassel
A fourth-semester International Policy and Development student, Patton is gaining professional experience through her practicum with the United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs.
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