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Ambassador Mohamed Shaker (src: CNS)

In Remembrance of Ambassador Mohamed Shaker

It is with great sadness that we learned that Amb. Shaker passed away at the age of 85.

Webinar Series: Snooping on North Korea from Monterey

VIDEO: See how CNS experts use language, satellite photos, and 3D models to monitor North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs.

Richard Engel of NBC News interviews Jeffrey Lewis in Monterey.

NBC News Features Innovative Work of CNS Researchers

“Middlebury isn’t a secret department of the CIA, the NSA, – it is part of a liberal arts college. There are no spies here, just a team of researchers working what is known as open source intelligence.”

Jeffrey Lewis on PBS Newshour

CNS “Sleuths” Featured on PBS Newshour

VIDEO: The open-source analysts show Miles O’Brien how to decode North Korean propaganda.

William Potter, Masako Toki

Celebrating 15 Years of Disarmament and Nonproliferation Education

CNS experts on the need to inform and empower citizens for peace.

CNS New Tools Courseware

CNS Publishes New Tools Education Courses Online

Topics include satellite imagery analysis, geographic information systems, virtual reality 3D simulation, and more.

Anatoly Antonov

New Russian Ambassador to US Meets with Middlebury Institute Students

VIDEO: Seminar with the new Russian Ambassador to the United States.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, and Karinne Gordon, Pacific Grove High School

CIF Students as Youth Communicators for a World without Nuclear Weapons

For the second year in a row, four CIF students were invited to present their work at the prestigious conference in Hiroshima.

Jeffrey Lewis

With Technology, These Researchers Are Figuring Out North Korea’s Nuclear Secrets

Did North Korea just test another missile engine? Satellite images suggest it did.

North Korea boasts about its nuclear weapons program by releasing photos and videos of its missiles. But in them are tiny clues to their true capability. A team of US analysts, working outside the government, shows how they decode these images to determine when North Korea is bluffing—and when it is showing true power.

Wall Street Journal Video Spotlights CNS “Decoders”

Cutting-edge intelligence tools aren’t just for governments anymore.