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	News Release August 9, 2008 CIS scholar garners awards from Guggenheim and Carnegie Ashutosh Varshney, a visiting scholar at CIS, was named both a Guggenheim fellow and Carnegie scholar for 2008. Guggenheim fellows are appointed on the basis of outstanding achievement and exceptional promise for continued accomplishment.
	Audit August 1, 2008 Turkey’s crisis and future Dogu Ergil, Ankara University The two trials that have been occupying the Turkish national agenda today are likely to be the milestones of Turkey’s ability to rid itself of an opaque regime shaped under bureaucratic tutelary.
	In the News July 30, 2008 A conversation with Admiral Fallon Charlie Rose A conversation with Admiral William J. Fallon, Former U.S. Centcom Commander.
	News@E40 July 24, 2008 Manrique on Colombia The Center's Neuffer Fellow, Jenny Manrique, will present a talk entitled "The Colombian Diaspora: Refugees and Asylum Seekers in South and North America," on Tuesday, Dec. 9, at 4:30p. Her talk concludes the fall 2008 Myron Weiner Seminar on International Migration. In addition, Manrique recently published an Audit on Plan Colombia entitled "U.S. and Colombia: A Growing Military Intervention?" A journalist, Manrique writes forComunicaciones Aliadas, a non-governmental online magazine based in Peru that focuses on Latin American news, particularly human rights. She joined the Center as its 2008-09 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. The fellowship is a project of the International Women's Media Foundation in memory of Elizabeth Neuffer, aBoston Globe reporter who was killed on assignment in Iraq in 2003.
	News Release July 23, 2008 Colombian journalist receives Neuffer Fellowship, joins CIS CIS announces today that Jenny Manrique, a Colombian freelance journalist, has received the Elizabeth Neuffer Fellowship. Manrique is the fourth recipient of the annual fellowship, which gives a woman journalist working in print, broadcast or online media the opportunity to focus exclusively on human rights journalism and social justice issues.
	Analysis + Opinion July 20, 2008 Surge protector William J. FallonNew York Times The prospect of a long-term security arrangement between the United States and Iraq has become a lightning rod for criticism. Yet such an agreement — which the White House believes could be completed this month now that the two countries have agreed to set a “general time horizon” for reducing the number of American troops in Iraq — would be in the best interests of the governments of both countries, and of the people who live in a region of the world that urgently needs stability.
	Analysis + Opinion June 21, 2008 Awaiting Japan's global vision Richard J. SamuelsBoston Globe There were times when Japanese leaders knew exactly what to do. In the late 19th century they knew Japan needed to build a "rich nation and strong army," so they mobilized the population and took them on a forced march to industrialization and international prominence.
	Analysis + Opinion June 19, 2008 What's next for Iraq? Barry R. PosenBoston Globe The month of May saw the lowest US casualties in Iraq since early 2004. But counterinsurgencies are not won on points.
	News Release June 19, 2008 Admiral Fallon, former US CENTCOM Commander, joins MIT's Center for International Studies Admiral William J. Fallon will join the Center as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow. Admiral Fallon, the former commander of U.S. Central Command and U.S. Pacific Command, will make the Center his academic home for nine months, starting August 2008. As a Wilhelm Fellow, he will collaborate with the MIT community in research, seminars, conferences, and other intellectual projects.
	In the News June 10, 2008 Interest grows for international Iran atom plant Farah StockmanBoston Globe Presidential candidates John McCain, the presumptive GOP nominee, and Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, have both endorsed using international consortiums to produce nuclear fuel as a way to take production out of the hands of unpredictable states, but neither has said he would consider placing such a facility inside Iran.