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	In the News December 24, 2022 Defense firms accelerate anti-UAV tech as cheap but effective combat drones wreak havoc in Ukraine Prakash NandaThe Eurasian Times Quoted: "As Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology points out, it is virtually a sellers’ market for drones today. So much so that Iran has established drone production lines in Tajikistan and Venezuela, and Turkey plans to build a TB2 factory in Ukraine."
	Analysis + Opinion December 20, 2022 The dawn of drone diplomacy Erik Lin-GreenbergForeign Affairs Unmanned vehicles are upending the arms trade - and the balance of power.
	In the News December 14, 2022 Beyond China’s COVID unrest, 3 important economic takeaways Betsy VereckeyMIT Sloan China’s strict “zero-COVID” strategy has complicated the country’s economic recovery. A panel of experts explores three social and economic costs of President Xi’s policies.
	In the News December 13, 2022 Energy, war, and the crisis in Ukraine Peter DizikesMIT News An expert panel examines the implications of energy use and energy policy during Russia’s invasion.
	In the News December 10, 2022 As many as 10,000 Yanks could perish in battle of Taiwan, war game suggests C.M. VikThe Sun Quoted: "It is difficult to overstate “how much of a shock this would be to the United States,” an MIT researcher and participant in the war game, Eric Heginbotham, says. “We have not fought a war like this since 1945 and the scale of the losses would be beyond anything we’ve experienced for generations. The military has been quite accustomed to operating in sanctuary, particularly the Air Force and the Navy.”
	In the News December 6, 2022 Q&A: Pouya Alimagham on the protest movement in Iran Michelle EnglishMIT News Women and girls are at the forefront of the uprising, which is rooted in Iranians’ long struggle for freedom, notes Pouya Alimagham, MIT History lecturer and historian of the modern Middle East.
	Analysis + Opinion December 6, 2022 China's COVID protests are powerful, but they cannot challenge Xi Jinping's regime Yasheng HuangBoston Globe The protests, though fueled by nationwide grievances about pandemic lockdowns, are not yet large enough. And China's total control over the Internet makes organizing extremely difficult.
	Analysis + Opinion December 1, 2022 Xi broke the social contract that helped China prosper Yasheng HuangThe New York Times Chinese citizens just want their lives back, an argument John Stuart Mill never thought of as a defense of free speech. If that is the battleground on which debate on democracy and autocracy is waged, democracy wins every time, and we have Mr. Xi to thank for it.
	In the News November 29, 2022 China built new military post near disputed Indian border, satellite images show Alexander Ward and Matt BergPolitico Quoted: "This appears consistent with China’s efforts to improve infrastructure near the LAC in the eastern section. There are many other similar weapons emplacements in other locations, where China is clearly digging in for long-term, all-season presence and to have the means to react to any contingency,” said M. TAYLOR FRAVEL, an expert on China’s military and director of the security studies program at MIT.
	In the News November 21, 2022 Machinery of the state Leda ZimmermanMIT News Associate Professor Mai Hassan documents bureaucratic systems in Eastern Africa set up for coercion, as well as roadblocks to democratic government.