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	Analysis + Opinion January 2, 2022 Letting go of Afghanistan: Presidents Biden and Trump were right Barry PosenThe National Interest The carnival of recrimination that erupted since the collapse of the Afghan government serves mainly to cover the tracks of years of US mistakes and set the stage for future misguided interventions.
	Analysis + Opinion December 23, 2021 Americas alliances: Achieving common ends Barry PosenKoch Institute Barry Posen joins Rajan Menon, Kori Schake, and Tom Wright to debate the future of American security commitments in the 21st Century. Alex Ward moderated the Koch Institute event. Posen argues that US alliances must be reexamined because they no longer serve US strategic interests. His remarks (lightly edited) are provided here along with a link to the entire debate on YouTube.
	In the News December 17, 2021 Putting ideas into action Richard ByrneTechnology Review Melissa Nobles’s research has unearthed numerous cases of police violence against Blacks in the early-to-mid 20th century, and she is using those materials to develop a new archive with the Civil Rights and Restorative Justice project (CRRJ), a program at Northeastern University. She has also written on the interplay of citizenship and racial categories in the census process, and on the politics of formal government apologies for past injustices.
	In the News December 16, 2021 Kim Jong-un defied father's dying wish with alleged assassination of older brother Joel DayExpress Quoted: Vipin Narang, a politics professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said: “The reason to do it publicly is to leave a calling card, to show the world that Kim Jong-un is not afraid to use a weapon of mass destruction at a crowded international airport.”
	Analysis + Opinion December 15, 2021 US-China first strike showdown: Rising nuclear tensions National Committee on US-China Relations Why is China rapidly bulking up its nuclear arsenal, and why now? What does this spell for an already fraught US-China security relationship? And how should the United States respond in its efforts to maintain "strategic stability”? Taylor Fravel weighs in at a recent event sponsored by the National Committee on US-China Relations.
	Analysis + Opinion December 10, 2021 Can the world change course on climate? SHASS Communications Political scientist Nazli Choucri discusses challenges and hopes for global coordination on climate issues — and the role of political science in the process.
	In the News December 7, 2021 Why Japan needs more forceful defence The Economist Quoted: “Some people focus on the limits,” says Richard Samuels, a security expert at MIT. “But those are pretty flexible limits: an existential threat is what you call an existential threat.”
	In the News November 29, 2021 Community policing in the Global South Stephanie M McPherson, IDSS MIT News Community policing is meant to combat citizen mistrust of the police force. The concept was developed in the mid-20th century to help officers become part of the communities they are responsible for. Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.
	Analysis + Opinion November 28, 2021 Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa won't be silenced Ada PetriczkoBoston Globe Maria Ressa faces up to 60 years in prison in the Philippines on charges of cyber libel and tax evasion, both of which human rights advocates decry as a harassment campaign. But the embattled journalist refuses to be silenced.
	Analysis + Opinion November 17, 2021 How Americans' views of the military have changed over 20 years Ronald R Krebs and Robert RalstonWar on the Rocks Americans’ views on the relationship between civilian leaders and the military are disturbing. When it comes to decisions about the use of force, recent surveys demonstrate that Americans are inclined to disempower civilians and defer to the professional military’s judgment.