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	In the News April 22, 2021 A unique partnership continues to thrive MISTIMIT News This year’s 25th anniversary of the European Career Fair took place online Feb. 25, and MISTI was virtually present to help celebrate. Breaking last year's record with more than 3,900 candidates signed up, ECF 2021 was also the largest single career fair event at MIT during this academic year in terms of attendance.
	Analysis + Opinion April 21, 2021 Russia: A problem, not a threat Joshua ShifrinsonNewsweek To be sure, Russia is a destabilizing force in Europe and the Middle East, led by a government with a horrible civil liberties and human rights record. Nevertheless, these issues do not require the U.S. to treat Russia as an adversary or a threat to core American interests. Instead, Russia is a problem child in international relations that can, and should, be coolly managed.
	In the News April 21, 2021 Justin Steil wins Edgerton Faculty Award MIT News Justin Steil, associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning, has been named a recipient of the 2020-21 Harold E Edgerton Faculty Achievement Award. Steil, a research affiliate at CIS, examines the intersection of urban policy with property, land use, and civil rights law.
	In the News April 21, 2021 Can the United States work with India to counter China? Emily TamkinNewStatesman Vipin Narang quoted: And on a practical level, “You can’t unwind trillions of dollars of front-line equipment that come from Russia,” said Vipin Narang. “You need spare parts for that, you need maintenance for that.”...“For Biden, it’s not a winning hand, especially for Democrats in Congress, to paint it as an alliance of democracies,” Narang said. “If this is about China, let’s just say it’s about China.”
	In the News April 20, 2021 Covid-19: All-adult vaccine ploy on day of ingratitude GS Mudur, JP Yadav The Telegraph Vipin Narang quoted: “India doesn’t have nearly enough supply to vaccinate everyone over 18 starting 5/1, especially since those approved are double dose. GoI knows this. So it buckpasses to states, rich ones will hoard, poor ones will die. And Modi will wash his hands of a colossal federal failure,” MIT associate professor Vipin Narang tweeted.
	In the News April 18, 2021 Covid-19 disparities and policy preferences NPR NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Evan Lieberman about the study he co-authored looking at how sharing information about the pandemic's racial disparities affect peoples' policy opinions.
	In the News April 15, 2021 Miliband receives the Robert A Muh Alumni Award SHASS Rt Hon David W Miliband SM ’90, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), has been recognized with the 2021 Robert A Muh Alumni Award. The biennial award recognizes the tremendous achievements of MIT degree holders who are leaders in one of the Institute’s humanities, arts, and social science fields. Miliband is being recognized for his long and distinguished political career in the United Kingdom and his leadership in addressing the global refugee crisis. He earned an SM in political science at MIT as a Kennedy Scholar and more recently served as a Robert E Wilheim Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies.
	In the News April 14, 2021 Sought-after ambassador posts unfilled under Biden. Will they go to political allies or veteran diplomats? Deirdre Shesgreen and Courtney SubramanianUSA Today M Taylor Fravel quoted: M Taylor Fravel, an expert on China with MIT's security studies program, said the Biden administration may have good reason to hold off on its ambassadorial nominations, noting the wide range of legislative priorities the White House is juggling. “It's America's most consequential diplomatic relationship at the moment, without a doubt,” Fravel said. “If you get China wrong, you get many other things wrong. If you get China right, you solve a lot of other problems.”
	In the News April 14, 2021 Russian influence in the Middle East: A new era? The Program on US-Russia Relations at Columbia’s Harriman Institute explored the role of Russia in the Middle East with Peter Clement (Saltzman Institute), Robert O Freedman (Baltimore Hebrew University; Johns Hopkins University), and Carol R Saivetz (MIT; Harvard). The event was moderated by Elise Giuliano (Harriman Institute).
	In the News April 12, 2021 Natanz sidelined by another Israeli attack James JoynerOutside the Beltway Vipin Narang quoted: MIT’s Vipin Narang thinks otherwise, tweeting “Setting back part of Iran’s nuclear program by nine months but hardening its resolve to potentially reconstitute its nuclear weapons program seems like a bad trade unless you’re supremely confident you can keep sabotaging it indefinitely before a nuke gets out of the barn.” But, honestly, it’s not as if the regime lacked “resolve” previously.