Security Issues in Syria, Iran and North Korea Draw Media to CNS Experts
The world-class experts at the Monterey Institute’s (CNS) are in high demand in national and international media whenever there is breaking news related to matters of security and weapons of mass destruction. On December 14, 2012, Reuters, the Washington Post, National Public Radio (NPR) and the Inter Press Agency each published stories featuring a CNS expert:
- quotes Visiting Fellow Bilal Saab in story about intelligence related to the threat of the Assad regime in Syria using chemical weapons.
- quotes Senior Research Associate in a news wire about a discussions between the IAEA and Iran about allowing UN inspectors to visit sites with suspected nuclear applications.
- quotes Scientist-in-Residence Yousaf Butt and mentions his detection of mistakes in a graph published by the Associated Press allegedly showing evidence of Iranian computer modeling of nuclear weapons yield. (Butt is also quoted on the same topic in the The Washington Post.)
- Finally, many Americans woke up to hear , director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, on NPR’s popular explaining what he thinks the North Korean rocket launch this week tells us about Iran’s role. In his view, Iran is now assisting North Korea with their rocket technology.
Earlier this month, CNS experts were featured in numerous other media outlets such as BBC News, the Christian Science Monitor and Newswire explaining complex security issues and commenting on breaking news. On December 5, Deputy Director was a guest on exploring and explaining the threat of chemical weapons in Syria.
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