News + Media

	précis November 1, 2012 End Notes End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.
	précis November 1, 2012 précis Interview: Philip Khoury, associate provost Philip Khoury, associate provost, discusses with précis foreign policy in the Middle East, MIT's relationship to the policymaking community, and how an engineering school benefits the humanities and social science community.
	précis November 1, 2012 Alliance formation in civil wars By Fotini Christia Fotini Christia, assistant professor of political science, argues that "alliance formation [in civil wars] is tactical and motivated by a concern with victory and the maximization of wartime returns..." précis features an excerpt from her recent book.
	précis November 1, 2012 Publicity-driven accountability in China By Greg Distelhorst Can strong authorities be made accountable to weak constituencies? If so, how? Greg Distelhorst, a PhD candidate in political science, shows how media liberalization improves government accountability even in a strong, authoritarian state like China.
	In the News October 17, 2012 Where the Arab spring has not yet sprung Christian CarylForeign Policy The spirit of rebellion continues to simmer in the Middle East and North Africa. But you won’t see much about it in the headlines.
	News@E40 October 17, 2012 Rovner wins ISSS best book award The International Security Studies Best Book Award Selection Committee announced the selection of Joshua Rovner, Fixing the Facts: National Security and the Politics of Intelligence (Cornell University Press, 2011) as the recipient of this year's prize. "Forty-seven very good books were nominated, but Dr. Rovner's book was the unanimous choice for its outstanding contribution—both methodologically and substantively—to the understanding of a challenging and understudied area of our field," said the Committee.
	News@E40 October 11, 2012 Nobel winner helped launch MIT France The 2012 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to two researchers for their work with light and matter at the fundamental level. Serge Haroche, of the the Collège de France and the École Normale Supérieure shares the award with David J. Wineland, of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado. Haroche, who lives in Paris, was a founding member of the MIT-France Program Advisory Board. His work on the Board, starting in 2003, helped launch the success of the MIT-France Program.
	Analysis + Opinion October 4, 2012 The delusion of limited intervention in Syria Brian T. HaggertyBloomberg With Turkey’s decision to shell targets in Syria in retaliation for a mortar attack that killed five civilians inside the Turkish border, there are new signs that Syria’s civil war could escalate into a broader conflict.
	Analysis + Opinion October 4, 2012 The perils of diplomatic disengagement Ambassador Timothy Carney, Tara MallerForeign Policy After the recent unrest at embassies in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, and Tunisia and the killing of U.S. ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, there may be mounting pressure in upcoming weeks or months to permanently shut down embassies or rupture diplomatic relations.
	In the News October 3, 2012 An idealist on death row Christian CarylForeign Policy Why the desperate fate of a little-known Sudanese human rights activists poses some fundamental questions about what it means to be human.