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	In the News January 24, 2024 Calculating the costs of war Kathryn M O'Neill MIT Technology Review Security Studies Program alum Neta Crawford works to reveal the full cost of military activity to show that the only way to prevent war is through society rejecting armed conflict as an acceptable way to resolve disputes.
	News@E40 January 22, 2024 In memory of Lawrence McCray Center for International Studies Throughout his life, Lawrence McCray took paths less traveled
	Analysis + Opinion January 19, 2024 Preparing for the uncertain future of US-Russia arms control Sarah BidgoodPerry World House Despite their intense rivalry, Washington and Moscow have a long history of successful cooperation to reduce the threats posed by nuclear weapons.
	précis January 19, 2024 Director's note Evan Lieberman reflects on the last few months at CIS after his recent appointment as its new director. He began his term with a look back to the Center’s origins, born of the politics of the Cold War. More than seven decades later, this past continues to echo loudly as we confront a new, arguably much more complex set of realities, he says.
	In the News January 18, 2024 AXIAN Telecom partners with the MIT-Africa Program’s education initiative in Ivory Coast AXIAN TelecomZawya The MISTI MIT-Africa program has partnered with AXIAN Telecom to launch a new and empowering Global Teaching Labs initiative in Ivory Coast.
	In the News January 18, 2024 Pakistan and Iran launch airstrikes at each other, raising regional tensions Peter O'DowdWBUR Peter O'Dowd speaks with SSP senior research associate Jim Walsh about what's at stake in the greater Middle East as Pakistan and Iran take military action against each other.
	In the News January 18, 2024 Podcast: The weaponization of migration World Affairs Council of New Hampshire Kelly M Greenhill, director of the MIT-Seminar XXI Program, discusses the how and why of migration as a "hybrid warfare tactic."
	News@E40 January 16, 2024 Global experiences over IAP Sabina Van MellCenter for International Studies Over IAP 2024, MISTI is sending 610 MIT students to nearly 30 locations.
	News@E40 January 11, 2024 The best of books 2023: Foreign Affairs includes both Noah Nathan and Yasheng Huang Foreign Affairs’ editors and book reviewers selected the very best of the hundreds of books on international politics, economics, and history that were featured in the magazine in 2023. Yasheng Huang's The rise and fall of the EAST: How exams, autocracy, stability, and technology brought China success, and why they might lead to its decline and Noah Nathan's The scarce state: Inequality and political power in the hinterland were among their picks.
	In the News January 8, 2024 Planting the seeds of change: How UAE rulers fuelled mangrove growth in the 90s Anjana SankarThe National 2024 Neuffer Fellow Anjana Sankar discusses Abu Dhabi's long-standing commitment to mangrove conservation and how Australian researcher Ronald Loughland, who played a key role in studying and planting mangroves in Abu Dhabi, highlighted the emirate's significant efforts in increasing mangrove forest area by about 50% between 1990 and 2021.