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	Analysis + Opinion November 22, 2017 Trump intervened with Xi on UCLA players. But what about human rights activists? Audrey Jiajia LiBoston Globe Some may argue that in the “America First” era, the president understandably pays far less attention to the fate of foreign human rights activists than that of US citizens.
	précis November 21, 2017 précis Interview: James E Baker James E Baker, former chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, joined the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) as a Robert E Wilhelm Fellow. In this interview, he discusses gaps in the study of civil military relations; national security issues; and the intersection of emerging technology and national security law.
	Analysis + Opinion November 20, 2017 Nuclear stability, conventional instability: North Korea and the lessons from Pakistan Ankit Panda and Vipin NarangWar on the Rocks This is the twelfth installment of “Southern (Dis)Comfort,” a new series from War on the Rocks and the Stimson Center. The series seeks to unpack the dynamics of intensifying competition — military, economic, diplomatic — in Southern Asia, principally between China, India, Pakistan, and the United States.
	Analysis + Opinion November 17, 2017 Why Zimbabwe's military abandoned Mugabe Philip MartinForeign Affairs Zimbabwe’s recent military putsch is all the more remarkable. For the first time in the country’s 37 years of independence, the military has intervened directly in domestic politics against the wishes of the civilian head of state.
	In the News November 17, 2017 New initiative supported by $3.7 million in grants Resource DevelopmentMIT News OfficeThe MIT Security Studies Program launched today a collaborative program with the Harvard Belfer Center to mentor the next generation of foreign policy scholars with support from the Charles Koch Foundation.
	précis November 16, 2017 Why clerics turn deadly Richard Nielsen is an associate professor of political science at MIT. His new book, Deadly Clerics, published by Cambridge University Press November 2017, explores the radicalization of jihadi clerics in the Arab world. Featured here is an except from the book.
	précis November 15, 2017 Civil-military relations under President Trump Sara Plana, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, discusses the civil-military relations under President Trump, referring to it as the ultimate Huntingtonian experiment.
	Analysis + Opinion November 11, 2017 China, a model for gender equality? The reality would say otherwise Audrey Jiajia LiSouth China Morning Post The glaring absence of women in top national decision-making bodies, and a culture where sexism and misogyny still thrive, mean female empowerment in China still has a long way to go.
	In the News November 11, 2017 Libertarian billionaire Charles Koch is making a big bet on foreign policy Greg JaffeWashington Post Stephen Walt, a professor at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, and Barry Posen, the director of MIT’s Security Studies program, will oversee the Koch-funded program at the two schools.
	In the News November 9, 2017 Why some Muslim clerics become jihadists Peter DizikesMIT News Office What turns people into radical jihadist clerics? A new book by MIT political scientist Richard Nielsen offers a new answer: thwarted career ambitions.