Quoted “What we hope for is that we can respond to the voting challenges in a nonpartisan way, in an era in which any change to how we vote is usually framed in a very partisan manner.” —Charles Stewart III March 14, 2020 The Wall Street Journal “For Trump to get up and go all the way to India … it’s a pretty big deal and a validation for Modi in the face of this withering international criticism.” —Vipin Narang February 22, 2020 LA Times “The thing that weighs against the claim is that it’s a terrible bioweapon. If you were engineering a bioweapon this would have the absolute opposite of the characteristics you would want.” —Vipin Narang February 18, 2020 CNN “The results of the study might be disheartening, but in the realm of misinformation, it is as important to figure out what existing programs don’t work as it is to figure out what programs might work.” —Adam Berinsky February 14, 2020 Scientific American “If you’re going to have the force, make sure it’s safe, secure, and reliable...Some, not all, of the force and the delivery platforms are decades old...it just can’t sit and rot.” —Vipin Narang February 10, 2020 Vox “I’m still betting on Biden. Ultimately, Sanders has a ceiling of around 30 percent. Buttigieg is too raw and untested. This leaves Warren and Biden. But it’s going to be a long slog to the nomination.” —Charles Stewart III February 5, 2020 The New York Times “I really wish and hope that the candidates will recognize that if they don’t defend the system when it can be defended that they are doing harm to democracy and doing harm to devalue the nomination they’re seeking.” —Charles Stewart III February 4, 2020 Federal News Network “So you have a system that you can never use because it buys you a strategic nuclear war. And if you can never actually use it, and the Russians know that, it cannot deter what you want it to.” —Vipin Narang February 4, 2020 CNN “Internet voting might be an inevitability, but...the systems were not yet ready for prime time.” —Charles Stewart III January 23, 2020 The New York Times “The most important takeaway from Iran’s strike is just how precise their short-range ballistic missiles were...The accuracy revolution is real and no longer a monopoly of the United States. This has huge implications for modern conflict.” —Vipin Narang January 15, 2020 The Economist Despite Iran’s announcement that it won’t abide by enrichment levels and quantities set by the JCPOA, “it is still quite far from having enough enriched uranium for a bomb, let alone a functional arsenal because...of the JCPOA.” —Vipin Narang January 5, 2020 CNN “He was a monster, no question...But there’s a consequentialist argument as well.” —Vipin Narang January 4, 2020 The New York Times “The message was loud and clear. This was Kim Jong Un’s maximum pressure campaign on President Trump. Like if you’re not hearing me about changing your calculations and giving sanctions relief and security guarantee and getting rid of the hostile policy, I can show you what long-range missiles look like.” —Vipin Narang December 18, 2019 CNBC “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 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 »
“What we hope for is that we can respond to the voting challenges in a nonpartisan way, in an era in which any change to how we vote is usually framed in a very partisan manner.” —Charles Stewart III March 14, 2020 The Wall Street Journal
“For Trump to get up and go all the way to India … it’s a pretty big deal and a validation for Modi in the face of this withering international criticism.” —Vipin Narang February 22, 2020 LA Times
“The thing that weighs against the claim is that it’s a terrible bioweapon. If you were engineering a bioweapon this would have the absolute opposite of the characteristics you would want.” —Vipin Narang February 18, 2020 CNN
“The results of the study might be disheartening, but in the realm of misinformation, it is as important to figure out what existing programs don’t work as it is to figure out what programs might work.” —Adam Berinsky February 14, 2020 Scientific American
“If you’re going to have the force, make sure it’s safe, secure, and reliable...Some, not all, of the force and the delivery platforms are decades old...it just can’t sit and rot.” —Vipin Narang February 10, 2020 Vox
“I’m still betting on Biden. Ultimately, Sanders has a ceiling of around 30 percent. Buttigieg is too raw and untested. This leaves Warren and Biden. But it’s going to be a long slog to the nomination.” —Charles Stewart III February 5, 2020 The New York Times
“I really wish and hope that the candidates will recognize that if they don’t defend the system when it can be defended that they are doing harm to democracy and doing harm to devalue the nomination they’re seeking.” —Charles Stewart III February 4, 2020 Federal News Network
“So you have a system that you can never use because it buys you a strategic nuclear war. And if you can never actually use it, and the Russians know that, it cannot deter what you want it to.” —Vipin Narang February 4, 2020 CNN
“Internet voting might be an inevitability, but...the systems were not yet ready for prime time.” —Charles Stewart III January 23, 2020 The New York Times
“The most important takeaway from Iran’s strike is just how precise their short-range ballistic missiles were...The accuracy revolution is real and no longer a monopoly of the United States. This has huge implications for modern conflict.” —Vipin Narang January 15, 2020 The Economist
Despite Iran’s announcement that it won’t abide by enrichment levels and quantities set by the JCPOA, “it is still quite far from having enough enriched uranium for a bomb, let alone a functional arsenal because...of the JCPOA.” —Vipin Narang January 5, 2020 CNN
“He was a monster, no question...But there’s a consequentialist argument as well.” —Vipin Narang January 4, 2020 The New York Times
“The message was loud and clear. This was Kim Jong Un’s maximum pressure campaign on President Trump. Like if you’re not hearing me about changing your calculations and giving sanctions relief and security guarantee and getting rid of the hostile policy, I can show you what long-range missiles look like.” —Vipin Narang December 18, 2019 CNBC
“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
