News - Quoted News - Quoted “Denuclearization is a catch-all term that allows both sides to let it mean whatever they want it to mean...It creates a lot of trouble as you approach a summit, because both sides can have very different definitions or notions of what it means.” —Vipin Narang May 3, 2018 The Wall Street Journal “...the mile-wide gaps in the countries’ goals and even their understandings of basic terminology leaves ‘either lots of room for a bargain, or lot of room for a war.’” —Vipin Narang April 23, 2018 The New York Times “The big points aren’t new...It’s not much progress, in my opinion. Though many want to believe it is.” —Vipin Narang April 22, 2018 The Financial Times “This was a smart move by Kim...it still leaves a lot of wiggle room for circumventing the pledges in the future, and nothing in there is irreversible...nothing in there mentions denuclearization, of any variety.” —Vipin Narang April 21, 2018 CBS/AP “This is a very clever semantic pirouette,” he said, adding that just because North Korea had not explicitly asked for U.S. forces to leave did not mean that North Korea had not included that step as part of its demand for “ending hostilities.” —Vipin Narang April 19, 2018 Washington Post Prof. Andrea Campbell discusses the complications of the U.S. tax system with WaPo’s John Sides and the Brookings Institute’s Venessa Williamson. April 12, 2018 John Sides The Washingon Post “We are now beginning to change the narrative such that the families who have had that violence visited upon them now can talk about it and it be understood.” —Melissa Nobles April 9, 2018 Jim Axelrod CBS News “The danger is entering into negotiations with unrealistic expectations that Kim is just going to hand over the keys to his nuclear kingdom. He won’t.” —Vipin Narang April 9, 2018 Monkey Cage/Washington Post ‘Accountability without Democracy’ in the New York Times April 1, 2018 Alisa Zomer MIT GOV/LAB Prof. Suzanne Berger’s work cited in “What Economists Don’t Know About Manufacturing” March 29, 2018 William B. Bonvillian & Peter L. Singer The American Interest “Kim isn’t inviting Trump to relinquish his nuclear weapons. He’s inviting him to be treated as an equal to the United States of America—a goal sought by every Kim since North Korea began its nuclear program.” —Vipin Narang March 9, 2018 The New York Times ‘Accountability Without Democracy’ February 28, 2018 The New York Times Prof. Lily Tsai's book featured in NYTimes, helps us understand why China's once-resisted trend may be turning into deliberate practice. Prof. David Singer cited for work on The Institute’s new sexual harassment policy February 25, 2018 The Boston Globe Prof. Narang speaks with CNN about India test-firing the Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM January 18, 2018 CNN “...Think it can’t happen?” Prof. Narang’s Tweet quoted in the Atlantic January 15, 2018 The Atlantic “There is really no room for error” —Charles Stewart III January 4, 2018 Wired From the article, "A Dead-Simple Algorithm Reveals the True Toll of Voter ID Laws," Stewart discusses the algorithm's critical role in managing voter databases. “If the president orders a valid and authentic order to release nuclear weapons, neither the chief of staff, nor the secretary of defense, nor the chair of the Joint Chiefs could legally stop him.” —Vipin Narang January 4, 2018 U.S. News & World Report “Even if an American first strike knocked out North Korea’s nuclear capacity, millions of South Korean civilians, and American and South Korean soldiers, would be vulnerable to retaliation with conventional or chemical weapons.” —Barry Posen December 14, 2017 The Washington Post “You need both sides to be credible in the good cop-bad cop routine for it to work. There are too many doubts about the weight and credibility of Tillerson.” —Vipin Narang December 13, 2017 CNN “It’s a fantasy that they’re going to willingly give up their nuclear programs so long as Kim is in power.” —Vipin Narang December 9, 2017 The Washington Post “A strategy pursuing forcible denuclearization does not necessarily indicate support for preemptive military action but could use provocative rhetoric in an attempt to bait Kim into a miscalculation or a scenario in which North Korea initiates a US response.” —Vipin Narang December 8, 2017 CNN “They are totally trolling the US...given the total missile mass, you think adding even 1000kg more to the warhead is going to attenuate the range much? Sorry Mar-a-Lago...” —Vipin Narang November 30, 2017 Washington Post European Council on Foreign Relations cites Vipin Narang’s work in discussing a theoretical nuclear doctrine for North Korea November 22, 2017 European Council on Foreign Relations “Kim cannot be both so irrational that he cannot be deterred in general, and so rational that he could be deterred after having been attacked by the United States.” —Barry Posen November 16, 2017 The National Interest “What’s happening now is potentially enormous because it would represent a break with the last 37 years of political rule in Zimbabwe since its independence.” —Philip Martin November 15, 2017 The Daily Beast Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Current page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Next page Next › Last page Last »
“Denuclearization is a catch-all term that allows both sides to let it mean whatever they want it to mean...It creates a lot of trouble as you approach a summit, because both sides can have very different definitions or notions of what it means.” —Vipin Narang May 3, 2018 The Wall Street Journal
“...the mile-wide gaps in the countries’ goals and even their understandings of basic terminology leaves ‘either lots of room for a bargain, or lot of room for a war.’” —Vipin Narang April 23, 2018 The New York Times
“The big points aren’t new...It’s not much progress, in my opinion. Though many want to believe it is.” —Vipin Narang April 22, 2018 The Financial Times
“This was a smart move by Kim...it still leaves a lot of wiggle room for circumventing the pledges in the future, and nothing in there is irreversible...nothing in there mentions denuclearization, of any variety.” —Vipin Narang April 21, 2018 CBS/AP
“This is a very clever semantic pirouette,” he said, adding that just because North Korea had not explicitly asked for U.S. forces to leave did not mean that North Korea had not included that step as part of its demand for “ending hostilities.” —Vipin Narang April 19, 2018 Washington Post
Prof. Andrea Campbell discusses the complications of the U.S. tax system with WaPo’s John Sides and the Brookings Institute’s Venessa Williamson. April 12, 2018 John Sides The Washingon Post
“We are now beginning to change the narrative such that the families who have had that violence visited upon them now can talk about it and it be understood.” —Melissa Nobles April 9, 2018 Jim Axelrod CBS News
“The danger is entering into negotiations with unrealistic expectations that Kim is just going to hand over the keys to his nuclear kingdom. He won’t.” —Vipin Narang April 9, 2018 Monkey Cage/Washington Post
Prof. Suzanne Berger’s work cited in “What Economists Don’t Know About Manufacturing” March 29, 2018 William B. Bonvillian & Peter L. Singer The American Interest
“Kim isn’t inviting Trump to relinquish his nuclear weapons. He’s inviting him to be treated as an equal to the United States of America—a goal sought by every Kim since North Korea began its nuclear program.” —Vipin Narang March 9, 2018 The New York Times
‘Accountability Without Democracy’ February 28, 2018 The New York Times Prof. Lily Tsai's book featured in NYTimes, helps us understand why China's once-resisted trend may be turning into deliberate practice.
Prof. David Singer cited for work on The Institute’s new sexual harassment policy February 25, 2018 The Boston Globe
Prof. Narang speaks with CNN about India test-firing the Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM January 18, 2018 CNN
“...Think it can’t happen?” Prof. Narang’s Tweet quoted in the Atlantic January 15, 2018 The Atlantic
“There is really no room for error” —Charles Stewart III January 4, 2018 Wired From the article, "A Dead-Simple Algorithm Reveals the True Toll of Voter ID Laws," Stewart discusses the algorithm's critical role in managing voter databases.
“If the president orders a valid and authentic order to release nuclear weapons, neither the chief of staff, nor the secretary of defense, nor the chair of the Joint Chiefs could legally stop him.” —Vipin Narang January 4, 2018 U.S. News & World Report
“Even if an American first strike knocked out North Korea’s nuclear capacity, millions of South Korean civilians, and American and South Korean soldiers, would be vulnerable to retaliation with conventional or chemical weapons.” —Barry Posen December 14, 2017 The Washington Post
“You need both sides to be credible in the good cop-bad cop routine for it to work. There are too many doubts about the weight and credibility of Tillerson.” —Vipin Narang December 13, 2017 CNN
“It’s a fantasy that they’re going to willingly give up their nuclear programs so long as Kim is in power.” —Vipin Narang December 9, 2017 The Washington Post
“A strategy pursuing forcible denuclearization does not necessarily indicate support for preemptive military action but could use provocative rhetoric in an attempt to bait Kim into a miscalculation or a scenario in which North Korea initiates a US response.” —Vipin Narang December 8, 2017 CNN
“They are totally trolling the US...given the total missile mass, you think adding even 1000kg more to the warhead is going to attenuate the range much? Sorry Mar-a-Lago...” —Vipin Narang November 30, 2017 Washington Post
European Council on Foreign Relations cites Vipin Narang’s work in discussing a theoretical nuclear doctrine for North Korea November 22, 2017 European Council on Foreign Relations
“Kim cannot be both so irrational that he cannot be deterred in general, and so rational that he could be deterred after having been attacked by the United States.” —Barry Posen November 16, 2017 The National Interest
“What’s happening now is potentially enormous because it would represent a break with the last 37 years of political rule in Zimbabwe since its independence.” —Philip Martin November 15, 2017 The Daily Beast
