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	In the News October 26, 2023 The three faces of Ataturk Throughline PodcastNPR Lerna Ekmekcioglu, the McMillan-Stewart Associate Professor of History, is featured on NPR’s history podcast Throughline. She talks about learning about the Armenian genocide while growing up as an Armenian in Turkey.
	In the News October 24, 2023 Attempts at blackmail by neighboring European countries: 'Refugees are being used as weapons' Steffen LüdkeDer Spiegel Kelly M Greenhill, director of the Seminar XXI Program, spoke with Der Spiegel about how countries like Belarus, Turkey, and Tunisia are using refugees to advance their own interests, as well as how Europe can respond. Note: Content is in German.
	In the News October 23, 2023 Q&A: Magnifying research impact with policymakers MIT Center for International StudiesMIT News MIT News interviews managing director of the MIT Policy Lab Drew Story. Story discusses the projects and aspirations of the Lab: “The Policy Lab is an impact magnifier for MIT researchers. When scholars want to see their work have an impact on public policy, we empower and support them to do just that.”
	Analysis + Opinion October 20, 2023 How should we think about a mass exodus of Palestinians from Gaza? Elizabeth N Saunders and Kelly M GreenhillGood Authority Mass migration is a common and tragic feature of war. Many people think of it as an unintended consequence of conflict, as people flee for their lives, from guns, tanks, and artillery on the ground and from bombs and missile strikes from the air. This conventional wisdom is correct, but incomplete.
	In the News October 19, 2023 New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads Emily FengNPR Quoted: Director of the Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel says China’s acceleration and expansion of its nuclear weapons program is “a complete transformation” as he talks to NPR about the country’s doubling of warheads.
	In the News October 14, 2023 Local experts decry forced displacement of Gazans John HilliardBoston Globe Quoted: Noora Lori, associate professor of international relations at Boston University and member of the steering committee of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration, is calling for the opening of humanitarian corridors to aid Gazans escaping violent conflict in the area. She states “they’re still under constant shelling, they have no food, water, electricity, nowhere to go, and no safe passage."
	News@E40 October 10, 2023 Violence in Israel and Gaza The Center for International Studies (CIS) endorses the message issued by MIT president Sally Kornbluth. “The brutality perpetrated on innocent civilians in Israel by terrorists from Hamas is horrifying … we are bracing for a prolonged conflict that will also gravely harm or kill many innocent Palestinians in Gaza,” said Kornbluth in a video statement released on Tuesday, October 10.
	In the News October 9, 2023 War in Israel: Military and diplomatic analysis Here & NowWBUR Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program, explains the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and wartime diplomacy.
	In the News October 6, 2023 Empowering students to bring change in the Middle East Zach WinnMIT News The Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET) program’s mission is to empower students to positively impact the Middle East by showing them the value of collaboration as they go through a fast-paced curriculum. The MIT student portion of the program is organized and supported by MISTI.
	In the News October 3, 2023 Fellowship program empowers Nigerian academics to transform engineering education in their local universities Danna LorchMIT News The program, which is coordinated by the MIT Center for International Studies, brings talented Nigerian academics at the postdoctoral level to MIT for a semester-long immersive experience, then sends them back out into the field to teach, research, and grow into influential leadership roles in their higher education system.