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Analysis + OpinionJuly 21, 2023Kishida’s trip to Middle East focuses on energy, defense cooperationMina PollmannThe DiplomatThere are ironies involved in both, given that fossil fuels ties Japan and the region together more than shared liberal values. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 20, 2023Rwanda plan is in legal limbo, but history shows such migration deals are unlikely to disappearFiona B Adamson and Kelly M GreenhillThe ConversationMigration “deals”, as historical analysis shows, are almost never just about migration. Rather, they are more often quid pro quo arrangements linked to other domestic and foreign policy goals. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 13, 2023Pushing on an open door: Japan’s evolutionary security postureEric Heginbotham, Samuel Leiter & Richard J SamuelsThe Washington QuarterlyJapan’s responses to changing international circumstances reflect longstanding political and bureaucratic desires as much as objectively framed requirements. |
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Analysis + OpinionJuly 11, 2023Japan takes another step toward expanding defense exportsMina PollmannThe DiplomatThe LDP-Komeito coalition is working to overcome internal differences on loosening the existing restrictions. |
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In the NewsJuly 5, 20233 Questions: International collaborations in a shifting geopolitical climateOffice of the Associate Provost for International ActivitiesMIT NewsProfessor Fotini Christia, director of the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center and chair of the International Advisory Committee, reflects on the committee’s work. |
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News@E40June 28, 2023MISTI internships beginSabina Van MellCenter for International StudiesOver 600 MIT students have traveled abroad this summer with MISTI programs. |
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In the NewsJune 26, 2023MIT climate and sustainability interns consider aviation emissions and climate changeMISTIMIT NewsOver 600 students embark on MISTI experiences across 25 countries, with 20% of placements dedicated to climate and sustainability. |
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In the NewsJune 24, 2023MIT chancellor: What are the challenges facing higher education?Al JazeeraMelissa Nobles, chancellor of MIT, talks to Al Jazeera about diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system. |
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Analysis + OpinionJune 18, 2023Can you sanctions-proof a government?Caileigh GlennLawfareSanctions are an important US and allied policy instrument, but one that often fails to achieve the most ambitious policy objectives. Using Russia as an example, Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow Caileigh Glenn assesses the different ways that targets of sanctions can push back and examines the limits of sanctions and how they might be made more effective. |
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In the NewsJune 17, 2023What can Joe Biden do about Benjamin Netanyahu?Bernard AvishaiThe New YorkerQuoted: “There are plenty of reasons for Americans to care” about what Netanyahu’s coalition is doing, but “there just aren’t that many reasons for the administration to do anything,” said Steven Simon, a former Middle East adviser to the White House of Obama and the author of the recently published “Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East,” told me. |