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précis

May 1, 2011

End Notes

Endnotes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff.  This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.

précis

May 1, 2011

End Notes

End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.

Analysis + Opinion

April 20, 2011

Using refugees as weapons

Kelly GreenhillNew York Times

In the early days of what grew into the Libyan uprising, Muammar el-Qaddafi summoned European Union ministers to Tripoli and issued an ultimatum: Stop supporting the protesters, or I’ll suspend cooperation on migration and Europe will be facing a human flood of from North Africa. Given Libya’s history as an attractive transit point for North Africans seeking entry to Europe, it was a credible threat. For one thing, it has worked to varying degrees at least four times in the last decade alone.

News@E40

April 13, 2011

Anderlini becomes CIS senior fellow

Sanam Naraghi Anderlini is one of the world's most respected experts on gender and security. She currently serves as the Senior Gender, Peace, and Security Advisor on the UN's Mediation Standby Team. She is the co-founder of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN), a US-based NGO dedicated to supporting civil society activism in peace and security in conflict-affected countries. She was lead author on the joint CIS-ICAN study, "What the Women Say: Participation and UNSCR 1325," which was launched at the US Mission to the UN in October 2010. Read More.

Analysis + Opinion

April 8, 2011

When intervention is easy

Harvey Sapolsky & Ben FriedmanPhiladelphia Inquirer

For post-Cold War America, military adventures forever beckon - and their lessons are quickly forgotten.

David Miliband

News Release

April 7, 2011

David Miliband, former Foreign Secretary to the UK, joins MIT Center for International Studies

The MIT Center for International Studies announces today that Rt Hon David Miliband MP will join CIS as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow in Residence from April 11–April 15, 2011. Miliband was the Foreign Secretary for the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and is an alumnus of the Department of Political Science at MIT.

News@E40

April 7, 2011

David Miliband joins CIS

Rt Hon David Miliband MP is joining CIS as a Robert E. Wilhelm fellow in residence from April 11 – April 15, 2011. Miliband was the foreign secretary for the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and is an alumnus of the MIT Department of Political Science. While at CIS, Miliband will give a public talk on the war in Afghanistan. He also will meet with faculty and students across the institute who share his interest in international affairs and global environmental issues. In addition, he will visit undergraduate classes in political science, participate in workshops with doctoral students, and meet individually with post-graduate students to learn more about their work. Press release.

In the News

March 24, 2011

Japan after the quake

WBUR: On Point

Japan is no stranger to natural disaster and struggling back.  From shogun, samurai days and far earlier, the Japanese have faced earthquake and tsunami and war, and famously persevered. But some epic events have changed Japan, within that perseverance. 

In the News

March 23, 2011

Cold water from the Taliban

Christian CarylRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Outpost's recent piece on the idea of opening a diplomatic office for the Taliban in Turkey has inspired quite a bit of comment. Now we've received some feedback from a source who boasts a long track record of good access to Taliban leaders. One of RFE/RL's reporters just caught up with Rahim Ullah Yousafzai, an executive editor at the Pakistan newspaper "The News International," and asked him about the story.

In the News

March 22, 2011

Egypt: the path forward

By M. Shafik Gabr

The legitimate demands of the Egyptian protestors have been heard loud and clear, and an irrevocable process of change is now underway. But we should have no illusions.

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