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News@E40September 27, 2021An archive of CIS public forums on 9/11 held the day after the attacks through todayCIS scholars discuss 9/11: This playlist includes several public forums held a day, a week, and a year after the September 11, 2001, events and features our scholars discussing the terrorist attacks. |
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News@E40September 27, 2021Call for proposals for fellowship program in human rights and technologyIn its fourth year, the fellowship program in human rights and technology invites proposals from both MIT undergraduate and graduate students. The program will support students’ research, participation in a working group, and other activities. Proposals are due October 25 by 5 PM. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 24, 2021The Texas abortion law has an Eastern European ring to itAda PetriczkoThe Boston GlobeSince Texas effectively banned most abortions, I've been in a state of perpetual deja vu. The media coverage and the language used at both ends of the political spectrum all ring close to home. Weirdly so, given that home is 5,000 miles away from Texas. |
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In the NewsSeptember 22, 2021France, striving for global power, still struggles to get itMax FisherThe New York TimesQuoted: “That independent streak, the Gaullist streak that has led to nuclear weapons independence, is true in the commercial realm, also,” said Vipin Narang, an MIT political scientist. “Their fingerprints were all over every country of concern during the Cold War,” he added, referring to new nuclear states like Israel and India. “The French have been ruthless in their arms dealings in the past,” Mr Narang said. While he understood Paris’s rage, he added, “When somebody else plays this same game, the French get upset.” |
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In the NewsSeptember 21, 2021A nuclear threat from the Taliban?ThirteenVipin Narang discusses the global buildup of nuclear weapons and legacy of mutual assured destruction. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 21, 2021Private eyes in the skyErik Lin-Greenberg and Theo MilonopoulosForeign AffairsErik Lin-Greenberg and Theo Milonopoulos discuss how commercial satellites are transforming Intelligence in a recent article in Foreign Affairs. |
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Analysis + OpinionSeptember 20, 2021Will America ever reckon with the human cost of the Afghanistan war?John TirmanDAWNIt is difficult to know if Americans would care more if they knew more. But one modest remedy is for Congress to empower an agency to calculate the human costs of war in real time and hold regular hearings that demand accountability from the president for the consequences of US war making. |
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News@E40September 20, 2021CIS welcomes incoming fellowsThe Center for International Studies welcomes new visiting fellows each academic year, hosting a variety of scholars, researchers, journalists, military and other esteemed colleagues. |
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In the NewsSeptember 17, 2021Gen Mark Milley faces criticism, support over call to Chinese counterpartWBUR Here and NowThere's support from the White House and criticism from Congress for Genernal Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, over his phone call to his Chinese counterpart to avoid a possible conflict last year. Here & Now's security analyst Jim Walsh explains what these newly released details could mean for US national security. Walsh is a senior research associate at the MIT Security Studies Program.
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In the NewsSeptember 17, 2021Data flow’s decisive role on the global stageNew research by political science doctoral candidate Meicen Sun illuminates the broad economic and political impacts of internet restrictions |