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	In the News December 14, 2020 For cultural and political conflicts, a humanizing imperative Although the violence of the Second Intifada was a world away from Nasir Almasri’s suburban community and American childhood, the shock waves of that prolonged event helped shape him.
	In the News December 8, 2020 MISTI pilots conversations in energy Christine Davies, MISTIMIT News While fall typically sees MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) programs gearing up to facilitate international summer internship and research experiences for MIT students, this year’s changing global circumstances presented challenges to making in-country internships happen—but they also offered new opportunities for students to engage with organizations and leaders overseas.
	In the News December 4, 2020 Twenty years of cultivating tech entrepreneurs Leda ZimmermanMIT News Administered by MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI), Global Startup Labs empowers young technology entrepreneurs in developing regions of the world to realize their business goals, leveraging MIT-designed curricula and the enthusiasm and expertise of MIT student instructors.
	Analysis + Opinion December 3, 2020 Europe can defend itself Barry PosenIISS Survival Editors' Blog Barry Posen argues that Europe is better placed to defend itself militarily than many, including the IISS, have portrayed it to be.
	In the News December 2, 2020 Biden cabinet picks signal a big shift from the Trump era Fox News Radio Jim Walsh discusses who could have taken part in the assassination and what impact this will have on the region and on the Biden administration.
	In the News December 2, 2020 Taiwan is building eight new submarines—they alone could destroy a Chinese invasion fleet David AxeForbes Owen Cote quoted: “Outside of the US and the UK, submarines are not considered primary ASW platforms, and outside of NATO and Japan most navies are pretty bad at surface- and air-based ASW, so in the rest of the world it doesn’t make sense to compare numbers of submarines on each side the way you would, for example, numbers of air-to-air fighters,” Cote explained.
	In the News December 1, 2020 4 looming foreign policy crises that could derail Biden’s agenda early on Alex WardVox Vipin Narang quoted: “North Korea is one of those challenges that no one really wants to deal with right now, since there are no easy solutions or pathways to slowing down the growth of the program. But Kim has a way of putting himself back on the high-priority list,” said Vipin Narang, an expert on North Korea’s nuclear program at MIT.
	In the News November 27, 2020 Who is Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the Iranian nuclear scientist killed in attack outside Tehran? Adam TaylorThe Washington Post Vipin Narang quoted: “Plenty of people in the program can design a warhead now if needed,” said Vipin Narang, an associate professor of political science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “So Iran may now have more motivation to weaponize, without attenuating its ability to do so.”
	In the News November 27, 2020 Beijing takes its South China Sea strategy to the Himalayas Steven Lee MyersThe New York Times M Taylor Fravel quoted: “In the end, it reflects the consolidation of China’s control over the area it claims,” said M Taylor Fravel. “Previous compromise ideas from the 1990s may no longer be on the table,” he said, “as China may be unwilling or unlikely to withdraw from territory where it has erected such infrastructure.”
	In the News November 26, 2020 Biden says US is back at the head of the table WBUR Here & Now The Trump administration has been about "America first" and downplaying alliances with organizations such as the World Health Organization. Jim Walsh assesses the impact that has had and the challenges the president-elect will face.