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	In the News September 9, 2024 Do record gold prices open the door for BRICS+ dedollarisation? Quoted: The demand of BRICS+ central banks for gold is "undeniably a significant factor" contributing to higher prices, says Mihaela Papa, director of research and a principal research scientist at CIS. That demand is coming together with other factors that make gold more attractive as a safe-haven asset, including rising geopolitical risk, fluchuations in US interest rates, and concerns about inflation, she says.
	In the News September 5, 2024 Malaysian PM meets Putin in Russia to expand collaboration despite US sanctions Quoted: For Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, Malaysia’s move towards BRICS “… reveals a more Moscow-friendly and Beijing-friendly stance.”
	In the News September 4, 2024 Enabled by a significant gift, MIT’s Security Studies Program launches the Center for Nuclear Security Policy With $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security.
	In the News September 3, 2024 Nurturing success Jody Mou Mariya Grinberg, assistant professor of political science and a faculty member of SSP, was one of the professors honored as "Commited to Caring" for their support of graduate students.
	In the News September 2, 2024 China’s defense spending: the $700 billion distraction Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and director of the Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel, CIS research affiliate George J Gilboy, and CIS principal research scientist and co-director of the Wargaming Lab at SSP Eric Heginbotham discuss the flawed estimates of China's annual defense spending and its widespread use in Congress, the media, and defense circles.
	News Release August 30, 2024 John Githongo joins CIS as the 2024-25 Robert E Wilhelm fellow Center for International Studies The Center is honored to announce that John Githongo has joined CIS as its prestigious Robert E Wilhelm fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year. Githongo is among the world's leading voices on the relationship between corrupt democracies, development, and poverty in the modern world. His many honors and awards include being selected by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the world’s 100 top global thinkers. He is regarded as a leading light in the Transparency movement--a global initiative focused on freeing the world of corruption.
	In the News August 8, 2024 Pathways to Political Science Summer Research Program hosts second cohort of interns In June and July, the Global Diversity Lab hosted its second cohort of Pathways to Political Science Summer Research interns. Pathways@GDL is sponsored in partnership with the MIT Summer Research Program (MSRP) and funded by the Department of Political Science, the Center for International Studies and MIT-Africa.
	News Release August 8, 2024 Mihaela Papa joins CIS as director of research Center for International Studies Mihaela Papa, PhD, joined CIS on August 1, 2024, as both the director of research and as a principal research scientist. Papa comes to CIS from the Fletcher School’s Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at Tufts University, where she was a senior fellow, co-founded and led the Rising Power Alliances project, and taught on sustainable development and global governance.
	In the News July 31, 2024 How the US and its allies can rebuild economic security Edlyn V. Levine and Fiona Murray For the US and, especially, its allies in NATO, a particular problem has emerged: a “missing middle” in technology investment. ... Without this middle-ground commitment, the United States and its partners lack the production know-how that will be crucial for tomorrow’s batteries, the next generation of advanced computing, alternative solar photovoltaic cells, and active pharmaceutical ingredients. Read the latest from Fiona Murray, who is the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan and the faculty director of the Center's MIT-UK Program.
	In the News July 31, 2024 With tensions rising in the Middle East, what role can the US play? Jim Walsh, SSP senior researcher associate, discusses tensions in the Middle East after the death of a Hezbollah commander in Lebanon and a Hamas political leader in Iran. Both countries are blaming Israel for the attack. Concerns abound globally that an all-out war could occur in the region soon. The US is among those nations concerned, he says.