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	In the News August 22, 2016 NATO has problems, but Trump won’t fix them Simon WaxmanBoston Review For Barry Posen, NATO and other permanent alliances are not just a financial drain; they also arguably make Americans less safe, writes Simon Waxman in the Boston Review. Posen refers to such security subsidies as “welfare for the rich.”
	Analysis + Opinion August 12, 2016 Here are 4 reasons that South Africa’s ANC lost ground in this month’s elections Nina McMurry, Philip Martin, Evan Lieberman and Daniel de KadtThe Washington Post On Aug. 3, South African municipal elections delivered a startling result. The African National Congress won the majority of votes nationwide, as it has in every election since it brought apartheid to an end in 1994. But this year, for the first time, the ANC looked vulnerable, and secured only 53.9% of votes cast throughout the country, its first result below 60%.
	In the News July 18, 2016 From Turkey to Nice, looking at safety and stability around the globe Here & Now Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti speaks with security analyst Jim Walsh about what instability in that country could mean for the rest of the world, as well as what we’re learning about the recent terrorist attack in Nice, France.
	Analysis + Opinion July 13, 2016 The strategic implications of the South China Sea tribunal’s award M. Taylor FravelThe National Interest On July 12, the tribunal hearing the case issued its ruling that can only be described as a huge win for the Philippines. Digesting all 507 pages of the award will take time, allowing only for preliminary judgments to be made. I discuss several strategic implications.
	News Release June 26, 2016 Posen named Kissinger Chair at Kluge Center Barry Posen has been appointed the next Henry A. Kissinger Chair in Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress John W. Kluge Center. Posen will use the residency to study the implications for the United States of a multipolar international order.
	News@E40 June 16, 2016 Repal 2016 at MIT The Center was the main sponsor of the Third Annual Repal Conference, hosted this year at MIT. Repal is a network of researchers (institutionally affiliated with universities in Latin America, North America, and Europe) interested in promoting and giving greater visibility to new studies in the political economy of Latin America.
	News@E40 June 10, 2016 Rathjens, Professor Emeritus, dies at 90 George W. Rathjens, professor emeritus of political science and a founder of the Security Studies Program, died May 27 at age 90. Trained as a chemist, Rathjens is best known for his contributions to the theory and practice of nuclear arms control. MIT News Story
	News@E40 June 9, 2016 IPL funds 13 MIT projects The International Policy Lab (IPL) concluded its first Institute-wide Call for Proposals this past January. The IPL awarded six fully supported projects ($10,000 plus staff assistance) and seven partially supported projects. Roughly half of these projects address energy and environmental policy, while the rest are equally distributed among international security, biology and health, and big data and privacy policy issues. For a complete list of projects click here.
	In the News June 6, 2016 Mass atrocity Monday, 6/6/2016: Tiananmen Square Kate Cronin-FurmanJustice in Conflict Saturday was the anniversary of the suppression by the Chinese military of mass protests at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Twenty-seven years later, the death toll is still unknown. Beijing’s official estimate puts the figure at 241, but credible reports suggest that over 1,000 people may have been killed.
	News@E40 June 6, 2016 Posen receives lifetime achievement award Each year the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) recognizes a distinguished scholar in International Security Studies with an award for lifetime achievement in International Security Studies. Prior recipients of the award have included Thomas Schelling, Kenneth Waltz, Samuel Huntington, Robert Jervis, and John Mearsheimer. The 2017 Distinguished Scholar Award recipient—our own Barry Posen—will be honored at a special panel at the ISA conference in Baltimore in February 2017. The Center congratulates him on being recognized by the profession for his many contributions to scholarship and teaching.