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	In the News September 7, 2023 Evaluating the Ukraine counteroffensive GBH News Carol Saivetz, senior advisor in the Security Studies Program, joined GBH News to give her assessment on the Ukraine counteroffensive launched against Russia.
	In the News August 25, 2023 Questions remain after presumed death of Wagner chief NECN Carol Saivetz, senior advisor in the Security Studies Program, discusses the aftermath of the Wagner Group plane crash in Russia with political commentator Sue O’Connell.
	In the News August 23, 2023 Podcast: Prigozhin plane down Dan ReaWBZ News Radio1030 Professor of Soviet and Post-Soviet History Elizabeth Wood joins Dan Rea's podcast to explain Russia's Wagner Group plane crash and the history of the mercenary group's leader Yevgeny Prigozhin.
	In the News August 23, 2023 Can the Philippines peacefully settle territorial disputes with China in the West Philippine Sea? Rommel C BanlaoiEurasia Review Quoted: SSP director M Taylor Fravel's study on China found evidence of the country settling territorial disputes through peaceful resolutions and demonstrated patience. As argued in this op-ed by Rommel C Banlaoi, the same can happen with China's territorial disputes with the Philippines.
	In the News August 22, 2023 Apekshya Prasai: Up in arms Leda ZimmermanMIT Political Science Apekshya Prasai, a PhD candidate in MIT’s Department of Political Science, studies how rebel groups subvert entrenched patriarchal structures, ideas and norms and the role women play in this process.
	In the News August 18, 2023 Should the west keep arming Ukraine or push for peace? Emma AshfordForeign Policy Quoted: “Military history suggests the challenges here are also more daunting than have been commonly understood—at least among the public in the West.” Ford International Professor of Political Science Barry Posen suggests that the difficulty of Ukraine’s fight to take back territory is not fully understood by the West in his article in Foreign Policy on Ukraine’s “breakthrough problem.”
	In the News August 18, 2023 KBS Documentary: 'Pachinko' and Min Jin Lee KBS Former CIS director Richard J Samuels was interviewed in a recent Korean documentary on the author Min Jin Lee.
	News@E40 August 15, 2023 GDL Summer internship program gives promising political science students a chance to shine MIT Political ScienceMIT News Four current undergraduates from US universities and two current master’s students at African universities mixed research assistant work and their own independent research projects, professionalizing their presentation of research and exchanging information with each other and Department of Political Science faculty.
	In the News August 9, 2023 China's military shake-up: Power play or strategy shift? Yuchen Li in TaipeiDeutsche Welle Quoted: Director of the Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel told Germany broadcaster Deutsche Welle that China’s recent military leadership replacements show that "leadership positions in the party remain precarious, even after more than 10 years of Xi [Jinping's] rule and consolidation of power."
	In the News August 7, 2023 Using social media to raise awareness of women’s resources Peter DizikesMIT News Director of the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center and CIS affiliate Fotini Christia successfully led an experiment that shows effective ways to spread resources for women facing domestic violence in Egypt.