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Media coverage of the recent nuclear agreement with Iran also served as a reminder that the Middlebury Institute’s (CNS) includes some of the world’s most renowned experts on nuclear nonproliferation. In the days leading up to and following the July 14 announcement of the agreement, media coverage quoting Institute experts included:

• (Vox, 7/13) quotes , director of the East Asia Nonproliferation program at CNS on the importance of a strong inspections regime.
• (Vice News, 7/13) quotes Lewis on the potential threat of an Israeli airstrike against Iran’s nuclear facilities.
• declares Lewis in an extensive assessment of the agreement (Foreign Policy, July 14).
• (The Conversation, July 14) offers an overview of the agreement and includes a subsection on the scientific side of the deal by CNS Scientist-in-Residence .
• (NBC News, July 14) quotes both Senior Fellow and Professor and CNS Senior Research Associate on continuing proliferation concerns in the region.
• (Vox, July 15) again quotes Jeffrey Lewis on why he thinks the deal is a good one for the United States and its allies.
• “With Iran threat off the table, Israel should resolve Palestinian issue” (Al-Monitor, July 16), a piece by Al-Monitor columnist Akiva Eldar, quotes Cohen again on the prospects for changes in Israel’s stances on nuclear issues in the region as a result of the agreement.
• (Haaretz, 7/17) asks Cohen in an opinion piece written for the daily newspaper Haaretz in Israel.
• (Washington Post, 7/17) offers analysis of the deal and comments from experts including Lewis.
• (Herald Scotland, 7/18) analyzes the potential ripple effects of the agreement through the region, again quoting Prof. Cohen.
• (National Interest, 7/18) is the focus of an opinion piece by Prof. .
• (Christian Science Monitor, 7/22) features comments on the agreement from , executive director of the CNS-operated .

• (Wired, 7/23) includes comments from Dalnoki-Veress about antineutrino detection as a means of verification.

The day the agreement was announced, CNS published to support media coverage of the agreement.

In addition to being the largest nongovernmental organization in the United States devoted exclusively to research and training on nonproliferation issues, the center provides academic and research support for the Institute’s program.