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	précis February 10, 2022 Surviving violence in Delhi: How control and predictability affect decision-making During political violence around the world, ordinary people respond to chaos and danger in many different ways. For everyone who participates in a riot or mob, there is someone who has barricaded themselves in a closet. For every family that seeks refuge from insurgent violence or state terror in another neighborhood or state, another family tries to adapt to the danger and stay put.
	Analysis + Opinion February 8, 2022 History as it happens: Invisible carnage John TirmanWashington Times Unlike in Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia, the US now subscribes to the notion of precision strikes that obviate the need for large-scale land invasions or carpet bombing in order to, for instance, assassinate the individual leaders of terrorist organizations hiding in lawless parts of Syria or Afghanistan. But the illusion of precision and expected failures in judgment in the “fog of war” has led to dozens of errant airstrikes, provoking an intense anti-American backlash among the populace.
	précis February 7, 2022 End Notes End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.
	In the News February 4, 2022 Is an armed conflict imminent? Peter DizikesMIT News As Russia masses military equipment near Ukraine borders, experts in an MIT Starr Forum express concern about possible action and its consequences.
	Analysis + Opinion February 2, 2022 Putin’s misleading hairsplitting about who can join NATO Polygraph.info “While Russia should not be allowed to veto Ukraine’s hypothetical membership in NATO, there is, in fact, no NATO open-door policy — at least not on the unconditional terms that are often implied when that concept is invoked,” ... O’Hanlon and Van Evera argued that Article 10 is conditional: “New members can join NATO only if their membership would enhance regional security.”
	In the News February 2, 2022 3Q: Women’s rights and rising threats to press freedom worldwide Michelle EnglishMIT News Polish journalist Ada Petriczko, an Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow at CIS, discusses ethical and cross-border journalism, freedom of speech, and the rise of autocracy.
	In the News February 1, 2022 As Putin heads to Beijing, Russia and China’s stronger ties are a headache for the US Eva Dou and Mary Ilyushina The Washington Post Quoted: But M Taylor Fravel, director of the security studies program at MIT, said there are also risks for China in a Ukraine war, so Russia shouldn’t count too much on Beijing’s support. China buys a significant amount of military equipment from Ukraine and would be caught in the middle, he said. “China has been willing to a point to try to provide diplomatic support for Russia,” Fravel said. “But China doesn’t want to see armed conflict erupt.”
	News Release January 31, 2022 Pakistani journalist Maham Javaid is the Center’s 2022 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow Pakistani journalist Maham Javaid will be joining CIS as its 2022 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. The fellowship is awarded annually by The International Women’s Media Foundation(IWMF).
	In the News January 27, 2022 There is no NATO open-door policy Michael O'Hanlon and Stephen Van EveraThe Hill In the current crisis involving Russia, Ukraine and Western countries, it is often asserted that because the NATO alliance has an “open-door” policy, Ukraine must retain its right to join the alliance someday. That is incorrect.
	In the News January 27, 2022 How America’s NATO expansion obsession plays into the Ukraine crisis Jonathan GuyerVox Quoted: In the early ’90s, that generation of national security operatives weren’t prepared to forfeit leverage in Europe. “NATO had to find something to do or go out of business, and these people who grew up all their lives alongside it would not let it go out of business,” said Barry Posen, a political scientist at MIT.