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| by Washington Post
“Bottom line: Most terrorists are already here — they are American citizens these days” - Middlebury Institute Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism was interviewed in Washington Post story on claims that terrorist are entering the United States via the Mexican border.
| by Jason Blazakis and Nate Rosenblatt
We believe there are a variety of demographics, beliefs, intentions, levels of organization, and propensity to commit acts of violence represented in the Capitol arrests. And, while President Donald Trump’s rhetoric brought these individuals together, it would be a mistake to label them with a broad-brush stroke and conclude that they are all extremists who see violence as a tool for political change. Instead, the Biden administration should treat the Jan. 6 cases going forward with more nuance. Not all Capitol rioters were violent, not all Capitol rioters were extremist, and not all Capitol rioters were part of a mass movement. - Nate Rosenblatt, and Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism argue in op-ed published by War on the Rocks.
| by CNBC
“The IRGC in general places a lot of emphasis on using missiles to project power,” said Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia nonproliferation program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey. The missile city is “indicative of how much importance the IRGC Navy places on conventional missiles in projecting its power into the Gulf.” - from CNBC
| by Jeffrey Lewis and Foreign Affairs
If the Biden administration is serious about reviving arms control agreements with Russia and bringing China into the fold, it will need to compromise on the missile defenses it has built up over the past two decades, Middlebury Institute Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Professor Jeffrey Lewis argues in Foreign Affairs.
| by Jason Blazakis and Los Angeles Times
“The most radical QAnon believers exhibit traits that have manifested among dangerous cults and doomsday groups — a willingness to dismiss their own individuality for a perceived greater good.” Middlebury Institute Professor Jason Blazakis, director of the Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism writes about the cult of Qanon and similarities to cults of the past in The Los Angeles Times.
| by Lovely Umayam MANPTS '13 and New York Times
“He’s a security guard. I work in nuclear security. The pandemic swept away my sense that we can really protect the ones we love from anything.” Middlebury Institute Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies alumna Lovely Umayam MANPTS ‘13 writes in the New York Times.
| by Reuters
Washington doesn’t “have much of a window into what they are doing and they seem to have slowed down on a lot of things like minimizing their highly enriched uranium stocks,” - CNS Senior Fellow quoted in widely published Reuters article on calls for Biden administration policy on global nuclear strategy.
| by The Economist
In this deep dive into the future of ocean sustainability under new U.S. leadership by The Economist, Middlebury Institute International Environmental Policy Professor Jason Scorse, director of the Center for the Blue Economy shares his expertise and optimism that economic benefits of climate action might lead to bipartisan support.
| by Science Magazine
“If Fakhrizadeh wanted Iran to build a bomb, his ‘martyrdom’ at the hands of a foreign power will make that outcome far more likely,” Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies Professor and Director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at Jeffrey Lewis tells Science Magazine.
| by Alex Newhouse
“Parler’s fate will hinge on what its members do over the next few months,” Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism Research Lead and Middlebury Institute graduate Alex Newhouse MANPTS ‘18 writes about how the social media site Parler brings together mainstream conservatives, anti-Semites and white supremacists for The Conversation.
