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In the NewsDecember 29, 2023Podcast: China’s military strategy since 1949Benjamin Jebb and Alisa LauferModern War InstituteMIT Security Studies Program director M Taylor Fravel joins the Irregular Warfare podcast alongside retired Lieutenant General Charles W Hooper to discuss the history of China's military strategy starting from 1949. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 26, 2023Billionaire-built cities would be better than nothingEdward L Glaeser and Carlo RattiThe New York TimesThe Bay Area needs a lot more housing, and we may need privately built cities to get there. |
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In the NewsDecember 22, 2023Carlo Ratti named curator of 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture ExhibitionPeter DizikesMIT NewsProfessor of the practice and innovative scholar of urban design and dynamics will oversee leading global showcase for architectural work. Ratti is the faculty director for the MIT-Italy Program. |
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In the NewsDecember 21, 2023Minicourse open to the MIT community gives context to the Middle East crisisZach WinnMIT NewsMIT community members can learn more about the Israel-Hamas conflict through a recently developed online course organized by Middle East and North Africa (MENA)/MIT at MIT’s Center for International Studies. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 17, 2023America needs a single integrated operational plan for economic conflict with ChinaGeorge J Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham LawfareLessons from a recent wargame for managing a crisis over Taiwan. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 15, 2023Why the world should still worry about dirty bombsWilliam C Potter, Sarah Bidgood & Hanna NotteForeign AffairsVisions of dirty bombs and radiological terrorism obscured the fact that the threat from radiological weapons was not limited to terrorist groups. |
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Analysis + OpinionDecember 13, 2023America shouldn’t insist on a strategic defeat of RussiaMichael O’Hanlon and Caitlin TalmadgeThe HillMost Americans believe Ukraine has the moral high ground — but that is different from believing Ukraine will get everything it wants at the end of this fight. |
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In the NewsDecember 6, 2023Eric Evans to step down as director of MIT Lincoln LaboratoryZach WinnMIT NewsEric Evans, who is stepping down as director of MIT Lincoln Labortory on July 1, 2024, will hold an appointment on the MIT campus as a senior fellow in the Center’s Security Studies Program. |
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In the NewsDecember 4, 20233 Questions: Melissa Nobles on combating antisemitism and IslamophobiaMIT News OfficeMIT NewsMIT’s chancellor discusses the university's effort to educate the community and combat hate, including a three-session online course organized by the Center for International Studies. |
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News@E40December 4, 2023MISTI-Brazil student attends São Paulo workshop on climate resiliencyViviana RiveraCenter for International StudiesAn multidisciplinary workshop in São Paulo explored sustainabie, urban mobility in the context of the climate crisis. |