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	Analysis + Opinion February 11, 2012 Cutting aid to Africa won't help gay rights Jackee Budesta BatandaBoston Globe Despite its objections to anti-homosexuality bills, the United States is wrong to make LGBT discrimination the heart of its foreign aid policy. In cases where embargoes have been imposed on countries, it is ordinary people - not government officials - who face the brunt of the embargoes.
	News@E40 February 10, 2012 Meet the PEGS fellows The Center's Program on Environmental Governance and Sustainability (PEGS) offers fellowships for full-time graduate students enrolled at MIT. The theme for the current fellowship is synergies to promote environmental quality and sustainable development.
	News@E40 February 9, 2012 IUCIM and CIS honor Sharon Stanton Russell Sharon Stanton Russell, a mainstay of migration studies at MIT and the Inter-University Committee on International Migration, was honored with a IUCIM symposium and dinner on February 7 at CIS. Russell, who had a long association with the late CIS director Myron Weiner, a leading migration theorist, has been a leader of IUCIM for fifteen years. She has made major contributions to migration studies, including pioneering work on remittances for the World Bank. Among other works, she was co-editor with Weiner of Demography and National Security. Russell has also had long associations with the University of Sussex, the United Nations, and the National Academy of Sciences. The Feb 7 symposium featured presentations by six Committee members: Karen Jacobsen (Tufts), Nazli Choucri (MIT), Robert Lucas (Boston U.), Peggy Levitt (Wellesley), John Harris (Boston U.), and Luise Druke (Harvard Law School). Michael Teitelbaum, another collaborator on cutting edge research with Russell, led a number of accolades at the dinner.
	Analysis + Opinion January 18, 2012 Russia's anti-Putin protests Elizabeth WoodBoston Globe Will these protests lead to regime change, or will Putin hold on? Will they have long-term effects on the Russian political scene, or will they fizzle out?
	Analysis + Opinion January 3, 2012 The forgotten wages of war John TirmanNew York Times We rarely question that wars cause extensive damage, but our view of America’s wars has been blind to one specific aspect of destruction: the human toll of those who live in war zones.
	Analysis + Opinion November 19, 2011 Ugandans wonder: is US after Kony, or oil? Jackee Budesta BatandaBoston Globe Ugandans greeted President Obama’s decision last month to deploy 100 US military advisers to central Africa to assist in the manhunt for rebel leader Joseph Kony with mixed feelings.
	News@E40 November 11, 2011 Is national security affordable? Cindy Williams, Principal Research Scientist at the MIT Security Studies Program, has just written a new report, "The Future Affordability of US National Security." The report addresses how much the United States might realistically afford to spend in the future on defense and security.
	News Release November 4, 2011 Samuels receives the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star The Japanese Government announced that the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star, will be conferred upon Professor Richard J. Samuels, in recognition of his significant contributions to scholarship about Japan and for promoting friendly relations between Japan and the United States. Samuels is currently conducting research in Japan and will receive the decoration from Prime Minister Noda on November 7, and will be presented to the Emperor of Japan at the Imperial Palace.
	In the News November 2, 2011 How cutting Pentagon spending will fix US defense strategy Benjamin FriedmanForeign Affairs Austerity is the best possible auditor.
	précis November 1, 2011 précis Interview: Chappell Lawson Chappell Lawson, associate professor of political science and member of CIS, was recently named director of the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI). Among the topics discussed are his new role at MISTI and his recent service in Washington at US Customs and Border Protection.