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	Analysis + Opinion September 1, 2022 Think COVID has stunted growth? Try 30 years of conflict. Steven SimonResponsible Statecraft Robert E Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon writes here in Responsible Statecraft about the impact of 30 years on war on Iraqi children.
	In the News August 30, 2022 North Korea will conduct another nuclear test. It's only a matter of when. Robert ElderOutrider Although delayed by the Covid pandemic, North Korea is poised to start testing its nuclear weapons program, says Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at MIT’s Security Studies Program. “Most analysts who work on North Korea's nuclear program expect a test, as a matter of ‘when’ not ‘if,” Walsh says. Read the full interview.
	Analysis + Opinion August 30, 2022 Moqtada al-Sadr, called on his bluff, retreats for now Steven SimonResponsible Statecraft After 24-hours of violence, his followers are leaving Baghdad’s Green Zone, but the fragility of the government is no less resolved. Robert E Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon provides analysis, originally published here in Responsible Statecraft.
	In the News August 29, 2022 South Africa since apartheid: Has democracy worked? Ray SuarezWorld Affairs It’s been nearly thirty years since the fall of apartheid in South Africa. But what happens when the celebrations cease, the news cameras turn away, and the real work of democracy begins? Evan Lieberman joins Voice of America’s “Straight Africa Talk” host, Haydé Adams, to discuss the lingering “ghost of apartheid,” and why South Africa’s electoral future gives him hope.
	In the News August 29, 2022 Tipping the balance between global rivals Leda ZimmermanMIT News John David Minnich seeks to understand how trade policies fueled China’s rise and continue to determine geopolitical winners and losers.
	In the News August 26, 2022 Two new books take different roads to understand South Africa Carolyn E HolmesThe Washington Post Carolyn Holmes reviews Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid by Evan Lieberman and The Inheritors: An Intimate Portrait of South Africa's Racial Awakening by Eve Fairbanks.
	In the News August 25, 2022 Promoting systemic change in the Middle East, the 'MIT way' MISTIMIT News In a recent MISTI course, students engaged on collaborative solutions to climate, health care, and economic development in the Middle East.
	Analysis + Opinion August 23, 2022 How the killing of Iran’s top general squandered US leverage in Iraq today Steven SimonResponsible Statecraft What are the implications of the 2020 assasination of Qassem Soleimani? Robert E Wilhelm Fellow Steven Simon's new opinion piece, originally published here in Responsible Statecraft.
	In the News August 22, 2022 Panel: ‘Protracted’ Taiwan Crisis Will ‘Percolate for Months' John GradyUSNI News M Taylor Fravel and Christopher Twomey, alumnus of MIT Political Science, participate in a panel on the military dimensions of the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis, hosted by CSIS.
	News@E40 August 21, 2022 John Tirman, CIS executive director and scholar, dies at 72 The Center shares with deep sadness that our valued colleague and dear friend, John Tirman, passed away on the morning of August 19, 2022, after suffering cardiac arrest. Since 2004, Tirman served as the executive director of and principal research scientist at the MIT Center for International Studies. During this time, he was a prolific and thoughtful—but always modest—leader of many of the Center’s initiatives.