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	précis June 26, 2024 Chasing global stories on human rights and conflict Anjana Sankar, a veteran journalist in the UAE, has reported on the ground from Syria and inside Kurdish prisons; embedded with Emirati military forces and covered the UAE’s deployment in the Saudi-led war; and reported on Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). She joined CIS as the 2024 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow and is now at the New York Times for the final phase of her fellowship. Learn about her work in this video essay.
	précis June 26, 2024 Deciphering the brain and language through AI By summer’s end, Kinan Martin '24, will have completed five MISTI programs. His global experiences include teaching and empowering students in Kazakhstan and Jordan through MISTI Global Teaching Labs programs. He applied natural language processing and his AI know-how during his MISTI internships in Chile and Taiwan. A computer and cognitive sciences graduate, he is a MISTI-Japan intern at Reazon Holdings (Japan) this summer. Learn about his work and his internship in Chile in this video essay.
	précis June 26, 2024 Owen Coté, longtime associate director of the Security Studies Program, dies at 63 Owen Coté PhD ’96, a principal research scientist with the Security Studies Program (SSP), passed away on June 8 after battling cancer. He joined SSP in 1997 as associate director, a role he held for the rest of his life. He guided the program through the course of three directors — each profiting from his wise counsel, leadership skills, and sense of responsibility.
	précis June 26, 2024 Activities CIS offers resources on the Israel-Hamas war; Join the Center’s M3 (Mens, Manus, Mundus) initiative; SSP launches summer wargaming program; New pledge expands MISTI-Netherlands; 650+ MISTI students across the globe; Seminar XXI spotlight; Starr Forums on China, Ukraine, and Haiti; SSP Wednesday seminars
	précis June 25, 2024 Book Review Learn about the recently published books by the Center's faculty, fellows, and scholars.
	précis June 24, 2024 précis Interview: Noah Nathan Noah Nathan, an associate professor of political science at MIT, recently sat down with précis to discuss his latest book, ongoing research, work with the Global Diversity Lab (GDL), and his teaching in the political science department.
	précis June 24, 2024 Resilience and innovation from Ukraine Dmytro Chumachenko, Kateryna Lopatiuk, and Liudmyla Huliaieva were the inaugural participants of the Global MIT At-Risk Fellows (GMAF) program. The Ukrainian scholars were paired with MIT faculty advisors to exchange knowledge on teaching methods and research strategies. Their experiences and work are featured here in précis.
	In the News June 24, 2024 The rules of the game Leda ZimmermanMIT Political Science Raymand Wang, SSP PhD candidate, writes on how rising superpowers like China are “cautious opportunists” in global institutions, and the US should avoid overreaction.
	Analysis + Opinion June 18, 2024 Fear factor: How to know when you’re in a security dilemma Charles L. GlaserForeign Affairs SSP senior fellow, Charles L. Glaser, writes on security dilemmas and how the US should react when they arise.
	News@E40 June 10, 2024 Remembering Owen Cote Center for International Studies Owen Cote, a principal research scientist with the Security Studies Program (SSP), passed away on June 8, 2024. Cote joined SSP in 1997 as associate director, a role he has held ever since. He was an indomitable scholar and leading expert on both naval warfare and nuclear weapons. His monograph, The third battle: Innovation in the US Navy's silent cold war struggle with Soviet submarines, is the definitive work on the subject. Within SSP, he mentored several generations of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows on all aspects of military technology and the implications for international security. More broadly, he shaped and guided the field of security studies as co-editor and later editor of International Security. More details are available here.