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	In the News March 1, 2024 Developers got backing for affordable housing. Then the neighborhood found out. Jason DeParleThe New York Times Quoted: “A lot has changed in American life over the past 50 years, but the hostility to affordable housing has remained surprisingly durable,” said Justin Steil, associate professor of law and urban planning and steering member of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration.
	In the News March 1, 2024 Climate change and military power: Hunting for submarines in the warming ocean Andrea Gilli, Mauro Gilli, Antonio Ricchi, Aniello Russo, Sandro CarnielTexas National Security Review Quoted: "In his prominent work Restraint: A New Foundation for US Grand Strategy, Barry Posen summarizes a widespread view among traditional security studies scholars, noting that there 'might be an argument that such problems [like climate change] strongly affect the sovereignty, territorial integrity, power position, and safety of the United States…[but] this needs to be demonstrated, not assumed.'"
	In the News February 28, 2024 'Tech Titan' aims to serve Julie FoxMIT Technology Review Sudhakar Kesavan spent nearly 40 years at consulting firm ICF, serving as CEO from 1999 to 2019, and recently created the MIT-IIT Kanpur Seed Fund to foster more collaboration between India and MIT.
	In the News February 28, 2024 Learning and listening in Amazonia Talia KhanMIT Technology Review Talia Khan, a former MISTI MIT-Brazil student, documented their experience returning to the Amazon rainforest with 80 fellow MIT musicians.
	In the News February 27, 2024 Japan’s national security strategy: The role of alliance and partnerships Stimson Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, visiting scholar at the MIT Security Studies Program, will discuss on the impacts of Japan’s National Security Strategy on Tokyo’s security cooperation with Washington and other like-minded partners.
	In the News February 23, 2024 Nourishing the mind, hand, and stomach Angelina ParrilloMIT News MIT senior Branden Spitzer explains how his love of food and cooking unlocked his interest in materials science and engineering. Through MISTI, Branden has spent time in the UK, Brazil, and South Africa, and is studying in Denmark this semester.
	In the News February 23, 2024 How misinformation and disinformation spread, the role of AI, and how we can guard against them Taylor McNeilTufts Now Director of the Seminar XXI program, Kelly M Greenhill, shows how to tell the true from the false, and what it means for politics.
	In the News February 23, 2024 Video: Can Ukraine keep up the fight against Russia, two years after the invasion? GBH News Carol Savietz, senior advisor for MIT's Security Studies Program, joined Gautam Mukunda to discuss the state of the war after nearly two years, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and hundreds of billions in foreign aid from the US.
	In the News February 19, 2024 Video: Navalny's widow to carry on his work in Russia CTV News Faculty co-director of MIT-Ukraine program Elizabeth Wood speaks on the future of the Russian president election and European sanctions in the context of Alexei Navalny's death.
	In the News February 15, 2024 New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do better Carlo RattiBoston Globe MIT-Italy faculty director Carlo Ratti explains how Boston could adopt and improve on New York's congestion pricing to reduce traffic.