News - Quoted News - Quoted “If it is indeed a static engine test for a new solid or liquid fuel missile, it is yet another loud signal that the door for diplomacy is quickly slamming, if it isn’t already.” —Vipin Narang December 7, 2019 The New York Times “All of the missiles have several things in common....Any one of the missiles would pose a challenge to regional and ROK missile defenses given these characteristics. Together, they pose a nightmare.” —Vipin Narang December 5, 2019 BBC “The bigger line... is that Abe may soon see a ballistic missile under his nose. It seems to suggest that they are gearing up to start testing longer-range systems.” —Vipin Narang November 30, 2019 BBC News “Nothing says I love you like a shakedown.” —Vipin Narang November 15, 2019 CNN “This is Kim’s maximum pressure campaign himself, and it’s keeping the pressure on without ratcheting it up.” —Vipin Narang October 31, 2019 Newsweek “You could slow down a determined state actor with probably the most sophisticated PALs, but it’s only designed to delay.” —Vipin Narang October 25, 2019 Popular Mechanics “Extracting them under these circumstances may be incredibly risky since it would involve removing 50 nuclear weapons from the vaults, moving them on a Turkish base and flying them out of Turkish airspace...They could be vulnerable to accidents, theft or attack.” —Vipin Narang October 14, 2019 The Guardian “If that’s the case, their best strategy is to dangle the hope of a fictional future deal but stall on actual negotiations, let alone crafting or implementing any such deal.” —Vipin Narang October 6, 2019 Reuters “The risk is that testing such a system causes the U.S. to walk away before this weekend, but Kim probably bet that the U.S. is so invested in the talks taking place and making progress ... that the U.S. won’t walk away.” —Vipin Narang October 1, 2019 Reuters “Incentives align on both sides...That makes me think the low-key mention of North Korea, and the emphasis on Iran, was designed to keep the window wide open for working-level talks.” —Vipin Narang September 26, 2019 The New York Times The Economist features Richard Samuels’s new book, “Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community” September 12, 2019 The Economist “These are mobile-launched, they move fast, they fly very low and they are maneuverable... And it’s only a matter of time before those technologies are migrated to longer-range missiles.” —Vipin Narang September 2, 2019 The New York Times “India may not be forever bound by No First Use” —Vipin Narang August 16, 2019 Reuters Prof. Narang speaks to NBC News after Russia’s failed nuclear test and accidents at missile testing site August 12, 2019 NBC News “They’re targeting our forward bases and operating presence in what they believe is...essentially their sphere of influence. But we will be targeting their homeland,” on the difficulty of basing U.S. missiles in Asia —Vipin Narang August 9, 2019 NPR “The worry now is if Kim Jong Un is trying to send a message, and it’s not getting through, he has to dial up the volume.” —Vipin Narang August 2, 2019 CNN “He’s saying it will take more than a photo-op to get things moving.” —Vipin Narang August 1, 2019 The New York Times/Reuters “Trump’s trip to Panmunjom didn’t have its desired effect...There’s no date for working level talks. Instead, they’re still testing—Kim is touring potentially nuclear capable submarines and firing missiles.” —Vipin Narang July 25, 2019 CNN “I have no problem with a stunt that jolts a comatose working level process...But this was picking up the fifteen yards we lost at Hanoi because of Trump’s own hardened maximalist position. If that doesn’t change, this is just theatrics.” —Vipin Narang July 1, 2019 ABC News “The fundamental problem—no working-level meetings and no basic change in at least the US negotiating position—means that any meeting right now is just pointless theater.” —Vipin Narang June 28, 2019 Reuters “The fundamentals are whether the US and North Korea are willing to walk down from their maximalist positions and there is no indication either have.” —Vipin Narang June 27, 2019 CNN “But when Trump arrived at Hanoi, he demanded the whole enchilada—not only the keys to Kim's nuclear kingdom, but his missile and other WMD programs as well—and demanded it up front, before there could be any sanctions relief.” —Vipin Narang June 12, 2019 Newsweek North Korea has been testing ballistic missiles. So why won’t Trump use the B word? Prof. Vipin Narang weighs in. May 27, 2019 Washington Post “There is a lot that is really disturbing here, but the most important bit is ‘Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me’... Kim never promised to unilaterally disarm, and the problem is Trump continues to believe he did.” —Vipin Narang May 25, 2019 Washington Post MEDSL research in the Washington Post, “How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee” May 24, 2019 Washington Post Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Current page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
“If it is indeed a static engine test for a new solid or liquid fuel missile, it is yet another loud signal that the door for diplomacy is quickly slamming, if it isn’t already.” —Vipin Narang December 7, 2019 The New York Times
“All of the missiles have several things in common....Any one of the missiles would pose a challenge to regional and ROK missile defenses given these characteristics. Together, they pose a nightmare.” —Vipin Narang December 5, 2019 BBC
“The bigger line... is that Abe may soon see a ballistic missile under his nose. It seems to suggest that they are gearing up to start testing longer-range systems.” —Vipin Narang November 30, 2019 BBC News
“This is Kim’s maximum pressure campaign himself, and it’s keeping the pressure on without ratcheting it up.” —Vipin Narang October 31, 2019 Newsweek
“You could slow down a determined state actor with probably the most sophisticated PALs, but it’s only designed to delay.” —Vipin Narang October 25, 2019 Popular Mechanics
“Extracting them under these circumstances may be incredibly risky since it would involve removing 50 nuclear weapons from the vaults, moving them on a Turkish base and flying them out of Turkish airspace...They could be vulnerable to accidents, theft or attack.” —Vipin Narang October 14, 2019 The Guardian
“If that’s the case, their best strategy is to dangle the hope of a fictional future deal but stall on actual negotiations, let alone crafting or implementing any such deal.” —Vipin Narang October 6, 2019 Reuters
“The risk is that testing such a system causes the U.S. to walk away before this weekend, but Kim probably bet that the U.S. is so invested in the talks taking place and making progress ... that the U.S. won’t walk away.” —Vipin Narang October 1, 2019 Reuters
“Incentives align on both sides...That makes me think the low-key mention of North Korea, and the emphasis on Iran, was designed to keep the window wide open for working-level talks.” —Vipin Narang September 26, 2019 The New York Times
The Economist features Richard Samuels’s new book, “Special Duty: A History of the Japanese Intelligence Community” September 12, 2019 The Economist
“These are mobile-launched, they move fast, they fly very low and they are maneuverable... And it’s only a matter of time before those technologies are migrated to longer-range missiles.” —Vipin Narang September 2, 2019 The New York Times
Prof. Narang speaks to NBC News after Russia’s failed nuclear test and accidents at missile testing site August 12, 2019 NBC News
“They’re targeting our forward bases and operating presence in what they believe is...essentially their sphere of influence. But we will be targeting their homeland,” on the difficulty of basing U.S. missiles in Asia —Vipin Narang August 9, 2019 NPR
“The worry now is if Kim Jong Un is trying to send a message, and it’s not getting through, he has to dial up the volume.” —Vipin Narang August 2, 2019 CNN
“He’s saying it will take more than a photo-op to get things moving.” —Vipin Narang August 1, 2019 The New York Times/Reuters
“Trump’s trip to Panmunjom didn’t have its desired effect...There’s no date for working level talks. Instead, they’re still testing—Kim is touring potentially nuclear capable submarines and firing missiles.” —Vipin Narang July 25, 2019 CNN
“I have no problem with a stunt that jolts a comatose working level process...But this was picking up the fifteen yards we lost at Hanoi because of Trump’s own hardened maximalist position. If that doesn’t change, this is just theatrics.” —Vipin Narang July 1, 2019 ABC News
“The fundamental problem—no working-level meetings and no basic change in at least the US negotiating position—means that any meeting right now is just pointless theater.” —Vipin Narang June 28, 2019 Reuters
“The fundamentals are whether the US and North Korea are willing to walk down from their maximalist positions and there is no indication either have.” —Vipin Narang June 27, 2019 CNN
“But when Trump arrived at Hanoi, he demanded the whole enchilada—not only the keys to Kim's nuclear kingdom, but his missile and other WMD programs as well—and demanded it up front, before there could be any sanctions relief.” —Vipin Narang June 12, 2019 Newsweek
North Korea has been testing ballistic missiles. So why won’t Trump use the B word? Prof. Vipin Narang weighs in. May 27, 2019 Washington Post
“There is a lot that is really disturbing here, but the most important bit is ‘Chairman Kim will keep his promise to me’... Kim never promised to unilaterally disarm, and the problem is Trump continues to believe he did.” —Vipin Narang May 25, 2019 Washington Post
MEDSL research in the Washington Post, “How a large-scale effort to register black voters led to a crackdown in Tennessee” May 24, 2019 Washington Post
