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	In the News July 1, 2007 Book Review Roundtable: Kenneth B. Pyle's Japan Rising and Richard J. Samuels' Securing Japan T.J. Pempel, Mike M. Mochizuki, Ming Wan, Christopher W. Hughes, Richard J. Samuels, and Kenneth B. PyleAsia Policy The authors of these excellent books on Japanese grand strategy traverse beyond their home disciplines. The historian Kenneth B. Pyle explains shifts in Japan by applying a political science theory that argues that the international system shapes a country's domestic institutions as well as its external behavior. The political scientist Richard J. Samuels places the current Japanese debates about strategy in a broad historical context to "connect the ideological dots" of national discourse over nearly 150 years of history. Both books seek to assess the degree and nature of change in Japanese strategy, to explain this change, and to suggest where Japan might be headed. Although there is much about which Pyle and Samuels agree, there are also some significant differences.
	Audit July 1, 2007 Fewer missions, not more troops Benjamin H Friedman, MIT A bipartisan consensus wants to expand the American ground forces. But the expansion serves a failed strategy that relies on military occupations and state-building to fight terrorism. A better strategy is to avoid these missions and the troop expansion.
	Analysis + Opinion May 28, 2007 '24' on the brain Kelly M. GreenhillLos Angeles Times Torture is a staple on the popular show. Are Americans able to separate fact from fiction?
	News Release May 14, 2007 New book details key changes in the staffing of western militaries Dramatic changes are underway for the men and women of the armed forces of North America and Europe, according to a new book,Service to Country: Personnel Policy and the Transformation of Western Militaries.
	Audit May 1, 2007 Turkey: misperceptions and the healing touch of democracy Dogu Ergil, Ankara University Mass demonstrations in late April brought out hundreds of thousands of people in Ankara and perhaps a million people one week later in Istanbul, an awesome scene on both occasions. Demonstrations of lesser scale are underway in smaller cities like Canakkale and Manisa—a trend to continue until early elections scheduled for July 22.
	Audit May 1, 2007 Internally displaced populations: the paradox of national responsibility Francis M Deng The general assumption of the international system is that those who have been forced to flee from their countries of origin due to conflict, human rights abuse and persecution, and have crossed international borders and become refugees, have lost the protection of their own governments and are therefore the legitimate concern of the international community.
	Audit May 1, 2007 Paying for homeland security: show me the money Cindy Williams, MIT In January 2003, the Bush administration drew 22 disparate agencies and some 170,000 employees into a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Proponents of the reorganization hoped a single department under a single cabinet secretary would foster unity of effort across a substantial portion of the federal activities related to domestic security.
	News Release April 27, 2007 Broad Institute hosts screening of CIS scholar's film on Iraq No End in Sight: The American Occupation of Iraq, a film directed by Charles Ferguson, visiting scholar at MIT's Center for International Studies, will be screened for the public in the auditorium of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on Wednesday, May 2, at 6 p.m.
	Analysis + Opinion April 19, 2007 The risks of staying vs. leaving Iraq Barry PosenBoston Globe Supporters of the war in Iraq, including most recently Senator John McCain, tell us that a series of awful consequences will certainly result if US forces disengage. This argument is offered with great confidence. Yet the costs of disengagement are less certain than is often argued, and the United States can reduce the risks that these costs will arise - and limit their consequences if they do.
	In the News April 19, 2007 Just Jerusalem: vision for a place of peace Diane E. Davis, Leila Farsakh and Tali HatukaCommon Ground News Service It is often said that the future of Jerusalem depends in large part on the future of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. While this is undoubtedly true, change and improvement in Jerusalem can be achieved independently of any final peace agreement. In fact, transformation in Jerusalem may actually aid the resolution of the larger conflict. For this reason, it is important to think about ways to make the city of Jerusalem a more liveable, just and humane place.