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	In the News February 4, 2025 Aligning AI with human values MIT News Audrey Lorvo, a computer science, economics, and data science major, is researching AI safety, which seeks to ensure increasingly intelligent AI models are reliable and can benefit humanity. Lorvo participated in MISTI internships in Chile and France.
	In the News January 31, 2025 BRICS in focus: A conversation with Dr. Mihaela Papa Center for Strategic and International Studies Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, discusses the significance of BRICS and its evolving role in reshaping global governance in an episode of the ChinaPower podcast, hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
	In the News January 29, 2025 'Shock and awe': Trump moves faster than last time to impose agenda CBC News Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and a member of the Center’s Security Studies Program, discusses President Donald Trump's possible strategies regarding Canada and Greenland.
	News Release January 28, 2025 CIS expands MIT-Lithuania collaboration Center for International Studies The Center for International Studies (CIS) is delighted to announce a new pledge agreement with Vytautas Magnus University, representing a consortium of major Lithuanian universities, national companies, businesses, and research institutions. The agreement was signed on January 28 at a ceremony held at Lithuania’s Presidential Palace, with the US ambassador attending in person, while MIT representatives participated virtually from MIT.
	News Release January 27, 2025 Taiwanese journalist joins CIS as its Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow The fellowship, sponsored in part by the Center for International Studies (CIS), gives female and non-binary journalists working in the field of human rights and social justice the opportunity to pursue academic research at MIT and hone their reporting skills at The Boston Globe and The New York Times.
	News Release January 24, 2025 Pranay Vaddi joins the Center for Nuclear Security Policy as its first Senior Nuclear Fellow Center for International Studies The Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP), newly launched by the Security Studies Program, is pleased to announce that Pranay Vaddi has joined CNSP as the inaugural Senior Nuclear Fellow.
	In the News January 21, 2025 Posen feautured on "The Dialogue Project: America and the World" 92NY Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and a member of the Center’s Security Studies Program, appeared on The Dialogue Project: America and the World, where he discussed the balance between global ambitions and domestic priorities.
	In the News January 17, 2025 The BRICS bloc is growing — and Trump’s tariff threat isn’t expected to put off aspiring members CNBC The Center's director of research and principal research scientist Mihaela Papa is quoted: “A key policy shift with the incoming Trump administration is its explicit treatment of BRICS as an entity."
	In the News January 16, 2025 Realistic recommendations for Trump II Defense Priorities Security Studies Program alums Benjamin Friedman, Kelly Grieco, Joshua Shifrinson, and Ford International Professor of Political Science Barry Posen offer policy recommendations for the upcoming Trump administration aimed at advancing US national interests.
	In the News January 6, 2025 Europe needs shared defense capabilities Lars Frølund and Fiona MurrayProject Syndicate The European Union and the United Kingdom must build shared defense capabilities to help the region meet the security challenges ahead, argues Fiona Murray, faculty director of the Center's MIT-UK program and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan.