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	In the News May 10, 2021 Study reveals mixed reactions about Covid-19 health disparities Peter DizikesMIT News The Covid-19 pandemic, like many other health crises, has had unequal effects on the US population, with communities of color often hit the hardest. A new study co-authored by Evan Lieberman identifies a related challenge: Different social groups have different reactions to the fact that Covid-19 has generated those health inequities.
	News@E40 May 5, 2021 MISTI alumnus Grace Moore ’21 receives prestigious scholarship to Sciences Po
	In the News May 4, 2021 India-China border row: India continues to upgrade border infrastructure as Chinese PLA looks to pre-empt India Eurasian Press DeskThe Eurasian Times Taylor Fravel cited and quoted: Taylor Fravel, professor of International Relations at MIT and author of two major books on China’s territorial disputes and its military strategy, “The simplest explanation perhaps is that China is responding to India’s efforts to bolster border-area infrastructure in Ladakh after the completion of the Darbuk-Shyok-DBO (DSDBO) road.
	In the News May 2, 2021 Four pivots Joe Biden should make with Russia Bonnie KristianNational Interest Quoted: Vital interests affect the safety, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and power position of the United States, as MIT’s Barry Posen has explained. If, in a worst-case scenario, all of Ukraine were to “fall” to Russia, then it would have little impact on the security of the United States.
	In the News May 1, 2021 Is the US-Japan alliance still the ‘cornerstone’ of stability in Asia? Quoted: Richard Samuels and Eric Heginbotham observe that “[t]he overwhelming bulk of Japan’s defense budget remains committed to capabilities consistent with a forward defense strategy.” These are maneuver forces with inherently offensive characteristics.
	In the News April 30, 2021 Biden’s new North Korea policy is an extended hand to Kim Jong Un Alex WardVox Quoted: “It’s the right formulation to use because both sides agreed to it,” said Vipin Narang, an expert on North Korea’s nuclear program at MIT.
	In the News April 30, 2021 Remembering Yukio Okamoto A tribute to Yukio Okamoto, a Japanese diplomat who also served as both a Robert E Wilhelm Fellow and a research fellow at CIS. This month marks the first anniversary of his death. JICAChannel02 & Okamoto Associates, Inc. (OAI) sponsored the symposium.
	Analysis + Opinion April 29, 2021 How not to win allies and influence geopolitics Audrye Wong's essay in the May/June 2021 issue of Foreign Affairs describes China's self-defeating economic statecraft. Wong is a Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Postdoctoral Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program.
	In the News April 28, 2021 Sparking studies and conversations in Spain Brigid McMahanMIT News “Meeting with the students [virtually] to discuss the challenges I had prepared was so inspiring because I saw the interest in science sparking during our conversations,” reflects Erick Eguia, a junior studying brain and cognitive sciences. Eguia had the unique experience of taking part in a longstanding MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program in a new way—over Google Classroom to a group of eager students in Spain.
	News@E40 April 27, 2021 Samuel Leiter wins foreign policy essay contest Samuel Leiter, a student in the Security Studies Program, won the 2021 Student Foreign Policy Essay Contest sponsored by The John Quincy Adams Society and The National Interest. This year’s contest offered students a choice of three prompts, all of them either being ripped from the headlines or related to relevant U.S. foreign policy issues.