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	In the News May 2, 2023 In a time of war, a new effort to help Peter DizikesMIT News MIT-Ukraine program leaders describe the work they are undertaking as they shape a novel project to help a country in crisis.
	Analysis + Opinion May 1, 2023 Sudan’s generals are dragging the country toward disaster Mai Hassan and Ahmed KodoudaForeign Affairs Only civilian leaders can forge a path to piece.
	In the News April 26, 2023 China pushes largest-ever expansion of nuclear arsenal AFPFrance 24 Quoted: "The changes that are taking place or under way are very significant" and "will turn China from a state that has a nuclear retaliatory capability to one that is the world's third major nuclear power", Eric Heginbotham, Principal Research Scientist at MIT's Center for International Studies, told AFP.
	News Release April 25, 2023 America’s 'Grand Delusion' in the Middle East News ReleaseCenter for International Studies The culmination of almost forty years at the highest levels of policymaking and scholarship, “Grand Delusion” is Steven Simon’s tour de force, offering a comprehensive and deeply informed account of US engagement in the Middle East.
	News@E40 April 24, 2023 CIS awards 15 summer study grants Fifteen doctoral students in international affairs at MIT were awarded summer study grants. Each will receive up to $4,000. Suzanne Freeman and Mariel Garcia-Montes were awarded the fourth annual Guillemin prize. The Center is pleased to support the work of an outstanding and varied cohort from across the Institute.
	Analysis + Opinion April 23, 2023 Why security assistance often fails Rachel Tecott MetzLawfare Around the world, the United States relies heavily on security assistance to gain influence and make its allies more formidable. When actual war breaks out, however, many long-time recipients of such assistance fight poorly or otherwise do not seem to have heeded the lessons that U.S. trainers tried to impart.
	Analysis + Opinion April 21, 2023 The threat of civil breakdown is real Steven Simon and Jonathan StevensonPolitico National security officials are still not prepared for a far-right revolt.
	In the News April 21, 2023 Just like yesterday? New critiques of the nuclear revolution Paul C AveryTexas National Security Review Quoted: "This conceptualization largely includes Barry Posen’s discussion of inadvertent escalation resulting from conventional operations that unintentionally degrade the survivability of an opponent’s nuclear arsenal."
	In the News April 20, 2023 A scathing critique of US Middle East policy, from Carter to Biden Andrew ExumThe Washington Post Steven Simon's merciless new history of American engagement in the Middle East from Jimmy Carter to Joe Biden spares few: In the estimation of the author, no American policymakers, across Republican or Democratic administrations, have much to be proud of.
	Analysis + Opinion April 20, 2023 The failed “coup-proofing” behind the recent violence in Sudan Isaac ChotinerThe New Yorker Isaac Chotiner interviews Mai Hassan, Faculty Director of MIT Africa and Associate Professor of Political Science, about the recent violence in Sudan.