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	In the News March 25, 2024 Podcast: Social science of war: Why defense reform in Ukraine is crucial Alexandra ChinchillaModern War Institute at West Point Polina Beliakova, Russian Foreign and National Security Policy Fellow at the Security Studies Program, discusses the war in Ukraine with Alexandra Chinchilla on the Social Science of War podcast.
	In the News March 25, 2024 Building operations for Africa’s most valuable fintech Andrew HusbandMIT Sloan School of Management Former MISTI-Africa student, Awa Koné, always wanted to get involved in Africa’s bustling business ecosystem. Since early 2020, she has been doing just that at the fintech startup Flutterwave.
	In the News March 24, 2024 What would you have Israel do to defend itself? David BrooksThe New York Times Ford International Professor of Political Science, Barry Posen, was quoted: "Hamas’s strategy could be “described as ‘human camouflage’ and more ruthlessly as ‘human ammunition.'"
	Analysis + Opinion March 21, 2024 Arriving at a crossroads: Can Europe avoid replaying the policy failures of the 2014-16 migration crisis? Kelly M Greenhill and Hugo BradyGeorgetown Journal of International Affairs As irregular migration numbers once again soar to historic levels, Europe’s migration challenges remain a difficult challenge to surmount. After years of infighting and foot-dragging, an agreement on a long-stalled asylum pact was finally reached. However, more needs to be done to enhance future European cooperation around migration management and border protection.
	In the News March 20, 2024 Optimizing nuclear fuels for next-generation reactors Poornima ApteMIT News While working to nurture scientific talent in his native Nigeria, Assistant Professor Ericmoore Jossou is setting his sights on using materials science and computation to design robust nuclear components with help from a Global Seed Fund grant.
	In the News March 19, 2024 Visting scholars from Ukraine kick off Global MIT At-Risk Fellows Program Lisa CaponeMIT News Ukrainian researchers and faculty will spend a semester at MIT during the two-year pilot program.
	In the News March 16, 2024 Policymakers must confront weaponized migration to address border crisis Bethany BlankleyKPVI Quoted: "The United States is... being targeted by foreign adversaries through 'weaponized migration,' Kelly Greenhill, a senior research scholar at MIT Center for International Studies, director of Seminar XXI, and author of 'Weapons of Mass Migration,' wrote in an analysis."
	Analysis + Opinion March 14, 2024 Power and governance in the age of AI Gordon LaForge, Allison Stanger, Sarah Myers West, Bruce Schneier, Stephanie Forrest, and Nazli ChoucriNew America The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) on our world is growing. In early 2024, New America brought together experts in international relations, computer science, and technology policy to share their thinking on how governments and institutions should navigate AI to harness its strengths and mitigate its risks.
	News@E40 March 7, 2024 PhD students Suzanne Freeman, Wright Smith, and Ye Zhang selected to receive World Politics and Statecraft Fellowships MIT Department of Political Science The fellowships are awarded by the Smith Richardson Foundation to support PhD dissertation research on American foreign policy, international relations, international security, strategic studies, area studies and diplomatic and military history.
	In the News March 6, 2024 Verschuren shares research at MIT’s Security Studies Program Boston University Frederick S Pardee School of Global Studies Last month, Sanne Verschuren, Assistant Professor of International Security at the Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, presented her latest research, “Imagining the Unimaginable: War, Weapons, and Procurement Politics,” at the MIT Security Studies Program Wednesday Seminar.