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	Analysis + Opinion July 21, 2023 Kishida’s trip to Middle East focuses on energy, defense cooperation Mina PollmannThe Diplomat There are ironies involved in both, given that fossil fuels ties Japan and the region together more than shared liberal values.
	Analysis + Opinion July 20, 2023 Rwanda plan is in legal limbo, but history shows such migration deals are unlikely to disappear Fiona B Adamson and Kelly M GreenhillThe Conversation Migration “deals”, as historical analysis shows, are almost never just about migration. Rather, they are more often quid pro quo arrangements linked to other domestic and foreign policy goals.
	Analysis + Opinion July 13, 2023 Pushing on an open door: Japan’s evolutionary security posture Eric Heginbotham, Samuel Leiter & Richard J SamuelsThe Washington Quarterly Japan’s responses to changing international circumstances reflect longstanding political and bureaucratic desires as much as objectively framed requirements.
	Analysis + Opinion July 11, 2023 Japan takes another step toward expanding defense exports Mina PollmannThe Diplomat The LDP-Komeito coalition is working to overcome internal differences on loosening the existing restrictions.
	In the News July 5, 2023 3 Questions: International collaborations in a shifting geopolitical climate Office of the Associate Provost for International ActivitiesMIT News Professor Fotini Christia, director of the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center and chair of the International Advisory Committee, reflects on the committee’s work.
	News@E40 June 28, 2023 MISTI internships begin Sabina Van MellCenter for International Studies Over 600 MIT students have traveled abroad this summer with MISTI programs.
	In the News June 26, 2023 MIT climate and sustainability interns consider aviation emissions and climate change MISTIMIT News Over 600 students embark on MISTI experiences across 25 countries, with 20% of placements dedicated to climate and sustainability.
	In the News June 24, 2023 MIT chancellor: What are the challenges facing higher education? Al Jazeera Melissa Nobles, chancellor of MIT, talks to Al Jazeera about diversity and equal opportunity in the US education system.
	Analysis + Opinion June 18, 2023 Can you sanctions-proof a government? Caileigh GlennLawfare Sanctions are an important US and allied policy instrument, but one that often fails to achieve the most ambitious policy objectives. Using Russia as an example, Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow Caileigh Glenn assesses the different ways that targets of sanctions can push back and examines the limits of sanctions and how they might be made more effective.
	In the News June 17, 2023 What can Joe Biden do about Benjamin Netanyahu? Bernard AvishaiThe New Yorker Quoted: “There are plenty of reasons for Americans to care” about what Netanyahu’s coalition is doing, but “there just aren’t that many reasons for the administration to do anything,” said Steven Simon, a former Middle East adviser to the White House of Obama and the author of the recently published “Grand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East,” told me.