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	In the News June 1, 2022 Will the transfer of advanced weapons to Ukraine lead to a widening war? PBS NewsHour The US and Germany on Tuesday moved to send advanced weapons to Ukraine to blunt a Russian offensive in the east. Steven Simon, who worked on the National Security Council staff during the Clinton and Obama administrations and a Wilhelm Fellow at CIS joined Nick Schifrin to discuss the transfer of arms and the importance of diplomacy.
	Analysis + Opinion May 30, 2022 Boots on the ground, eyes in the sky Erik Lin-Greenberg and Theo MilonopoulosForeign Affairs Days after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an emotional address to the European Parliament, pleading for support. That same day, Ukraine’s vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, took to Twitter to announce a more targeted—but no less urgent—plea to the executives and corporate board members of commercial satellite companies. Specifically, Fedorov appealed to several leading private satellite firms to provide high-resolution imagery “in real time” to the Ukrainian armed forces to assist them in fending off Russian aggression.
	News@E40 May 27, 2022 CIS congratulates the graduates Center for International Studies Among those who graduated from the Department of Political Science this year were eight graduate students focused on international relations and security studies.
	In the News May 27, 2022 Javelin missiles are in short supply and restocking them won't be easy NPR Morning Edition Ukrainian fighters have destroyed Russian fighting vehicles with US supplied Javelins. But replacing the thousands of missiles could take years, largely because of a crimp in the supply chain, argues CIS research affiliate Eugene Gholz.
	In the News May 26, 2022 Congressional seminar introduces MIT faculty to 30 Washington staffers SSPMIT News More than 30 congressional and executive branch staffers were hosted by MIT’s Security Studies Program (SSP) for a series of panels and a keynote address focused on contemporary national security issues.
	In the News May 23, 2022 Biden’s Taiwan defense pledge inflames US-China relations Phelim KinePolitico Quoted: “A question that must be on everyone’s mind in Beijing is whether the US has already changed its [Taiwan] policy. After all, no one speaks with more authority on questions of foreign policy than the president,” said M Taylor Fravel, director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “[Biden’s] repeated gaffes may be given more weight in Beijing than subsequent clarifications of denials of [policy] change.”
	In the News May 19, 2022 From South Africa, a success story for democracy Peter DizikesMIT News In a new book, MIT political scientist Evan Lieberman examines a quarter-century of post-Apartheid government and finds meaningful progress.
	In the News May 19, 2022 North Korea prepares nuclear test as COVID-19 rips through country North Korea is in the throes of what it calls its first-ever outbreak of COVID-19—even if officially it's avoiding that term. State media said Wednesday that more than 1.7 million people had experienced fevers and 62 people had died since late April, but those numbers are impossible to confirm. And amid the outbreak, North Korea is also gearing up for a possible nuclear test.
	Analysis + Opinion May 17, 2022 Let’s not grant Saudi Arabia a blank check for American support Trita Parsi and Steven SimonThe American Prospect In the view of Saudi Arabia and Israel, the presumed benefits of a binding US defense commitment just weren’t worth the cost. Washington might want to take a page from their book and think twice before limiting its own military options and shouldering greater obligations as storm clouds gather in Europe and Asia.
	Analysis + Opinion May 17, 2022 Enhancing strategic stability in Southern Asia USIP Over the past decade, long-standing disputes between the nuclear-armed states of Southern Asia have repeatedly veered into deeper hostility and violence. These regional developments reflect and reinforce new and significant geopolitical shifts, starting with the global strategic competition between China and the United States.