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November has been another busy month for the experts of the Monterey Institute’s (CNS), who were sought out by members of the news media from all over the world for their comments about global security challenges in the news.

Nov. 1 - The Washington Post in the article “” quoted , nuclear weapons expert and director of the CNS on the importance of computer modeling for better understanding of how thermonuclear weapons work.

Nov, 2 - In an article about an attempt to create a weapon of mass destruction from castor beans (“”), the Washington Post bases its findings on a quote from , Monterey Institute professor and director of the CNS .

Nov. 4 - The Washington Post again interviews Jeffrey Lewis, this time about global concern regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions, in “.”

Nov. 7 – The U.K. Guardian’s Julian Borger interviewed CNS senior fellow and MIIS Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Avner Cohen for the article “”

Nov. 8 – CNS Scientist-in-Residence was quoted in the official New Scientist blog “.”

Nov. 8 – The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s article “Four accused in terror plot appear in court” uses quotes from Raymond Zilinskas to shed a light of the case against four men accused of plotting to create a weapon of mass destruction out of ricin extracted from castor beans.

Nov. 9 - The publication of the International Atomic Energy Agency report about Iran’s nuclear program caused a number of additional national and international news outlets to seek out experts from MIIS and CNS:

• Two of India’s most prominent publications featured Avner Cohen. India Today quoted him in the article “,” and his writings about the subject were recommended readings in an opinion column in The Hindu titled “.”
• An Associated Press news story widely republished in media outlets throughout the United States and beyond, titled “Engineer: suspected Syria nuke site for textiles” cited a Monterey Institute analysis of satellite imagery of a Syrian industrial complex.
• The Guardian’s Julian Borger quoted Jeffrey Lewis in his .

Nov. 10 - An opinion column “,” in the New York Times by Paul V. Kane prominently features Jeffrey Lewis.

Nov. 11 - Jeffrey Lewis is also featured in the article “,” published in the New Statesman on Veteran’s Day.

Finally, the September issue of the magazine includes a two-page interview with Patricia Lewis, Deputy Director of CNS.