News + Media

	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.
	In the News January 4, 2024 Inclusive research for social change Kaitlin Provencher \| Institute for Data, Systems, and SocietyMIT News The MIT Student Research Program pairs underrepresented students with opportunities to examine inequity through the IDSS Initiative for Combatting Systemic Racism. Fotini Christia, Ford International Professor of the Social Sciences is the associate director of IDSS and a co-organizer of the initiative.
	In the News December 29, 2023 Podcast: China’s military strategy since 1949 Benjamin Jebb and Alisa LauferModern War Institute MIT 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.
	Analysis + Opinion December 26, 2023 Billionaire-built cities would be better than nothing Edward L Glaeser and Carlo RattiThe New York Times The Bay Area needs a lot more housing, and we may need privately built cities to get there.
	In the News December 22, 2023 Carlo Ratti named curator of 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition Peter DizikesMIT News Professor 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.
	In the News December 21, 2023 Minicourse open to the MIT community gives context to the Middle East crisis Zach WinnMIT News MIT 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.
	Analysis + Opinion December 17, 2023 America needs a single integrated operational plan for economic conflict with China George J Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham Lawfare Lessons from a recent wargame for managing a crisis over Taiwan.
	Analysis + Opinion December 15, 2023 Why the world should still worry about dirty bombs William C Potter, Sarah Bidgood & Hanna NotteForeign Affairs Visions of dirty bombs and radiological terrorism obscured the fact that the threat from radiological weapons was not limited to terrorist groups.
	Analysis + Opinion December 13, 2023 America shouldn’t insist on a strategic defeat of Russia Michael O’Hanlon and Caitlin TalmadgeThe Hill Most 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.