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	News Release January 28, 2025 CIS expands MIT-Lithuania collaboration Center for International Studies The Center for International Studies (CIS) is delighted to announce a new pledge agreement with Vytautas Magnus University, representing a consortium of major Lithuanian universities, national companies, businesses, and research institutions. The agreement was signed on January 28 at a ceremony held at Lithuania’s Presidential Palace, with the US ambassador attending in person, while MIT representatives participated virtually from MIT.
	News Release January 27, 2025 Taiwanese journalist joins CIS as its Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow The fellowship, sponsored in part by the Center for International Studies (CIS), gives female and non-binary journalists working in the field of human rights and social justice the opportunity to pursue academic research at MIT and hone their reporting skills at The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
	News Release January 24, 2025 Pranay Vaddi joins the Center for Nuclear Security Policy as its first Senior Nuclear Fellow Center for International Studies The Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP), newly launched by the Security Studies Program, is pleased to announce that Pranay Vaddi has joined CNSP as the inaugural Senior Nuclear Fellow.
	In the News January 17, 2025 The BRICS bloc is growing — and Trump’s tariff threat isn’t expected to put off aspiring members CNBC The Center's director of research and principal research scientist Mihaela Papa is quoted: “A key policy shift with the incoming Trump administration is its explicit treatment of BRICS as an entity."
	In the News January 16, 2025 Realistic recommendations for Trump II Defense Priorities Security Studies Program alums Benjamin Friedman, Kelly Grieco, Joshua Shifrinson, and Ford International Professor of Political Science Barry Posen offer policy recommendations for the upcoming Trump administration aimed at advancing US national interests.
	In the News January 2, 2025 Dual-use is a strategy, not a category (nor a trap) Gene Keselman and Fiona MurrayWar on the Rocks Fiona Murray, faculty director of the Center's MIT-UK program and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, argues that dual-use must be understood as a strategy with clear language and strategic framework.
	In the News December 19, 2024 Making classical music and math more accessible MIT News Holden Mui, senior at MIT, credits the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program with offering multiple opportunities for travel and teaching. “I’ve been on three MISTI trips during IAP [Independent Activities Period] to teach mathematics,” he says.
	In the News December 12, 2024 New study examines American attitudes on global climate policies Center for International Studies A recent study in Climatic Change led by MIT professors Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh, co-authored with MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoc Erin Walk PhD ‘24, explores US public opinion on global climate policies considering our nation’s historic role as a leading contributor of carbon emissions.
	In the News December 11, 2024 Hope and fear in Syria Elizabeth Parker-MagyarJournal of Democracy Elizabeth Parker-Magyar PhD '24 is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a member of the Center's Global Diversity Lab. She will join Yale University’s Department of Political Science as an assistant professor in July 2025. In this article, she analyzes the potential paths for Syria's reconstruction after the fall of the regime led by Bashar al-Assad.
	In the News December 9, 2024 After the fall of Assad's regime, what lies ahead for the Syrian people? WBUR Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Security Studies Program (SSP), discusses the sudden rebel victory in Syria, and its implications for the Middle East and outside powers.