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	News Release May 20, 2020 Robert Art retires as director of the Seminar XXI Program after 20 years of dedicated service The Center for International Studies (CIS) announces today that Robert Art will step down from his role as the director of the Seminar XXI Program effective June 30. Art has directed the CIS Seminar XXI program since 2000.
	précis May 19, 2020 Activities Starr Forums explore topics through the lens of Covid-19; Africa and India take on Covid-19; Summer Study Grants; SSP Wednesday Seminars; International Migration Seminar Series; SHASS Infinite Miles Awards; the Policy Lab at CIS completes fifth call for proposals with record turnout.
	In the News May 19, 2020 Intervention or restraint: Ruger and Posen debate Kristol and Flournoy Jacob HeilbrunnThe National Interest On the American Public Television program “The Whole Truth,” hosted by historian and author David Eisenhower, a panel of leading foreign policy figures, including William Ruger, Michele Flournoy, William Kristol and Barry Posen, recently debated America’s purpose.
	précis May 19, 2020 precis Interview: Anat Biletzki Anat Biletzki is the Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy at Quinnipiac University, a research affiliate at CIS, and founding co-director of its Human Rights and Technology Fellowship Program. In this interview, she describes the work of the human rights and technology program and her book, Philosophy of Human Rights: A Systematic Introduction.
	précis May 19, 2020 The cult of the persuasive: The organizational origins of US strategy in military assistance PhD candidate Rachel Tecott explains in her essay that "as long as the White House and the Congress continue to grant the military the autonomy and the resources to perpetuate military assistance projects without serious evaluation...the cult of the persuasive is likely to persist, and US military assistance projects are likely to fail."
	précis May 19, 2020 Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings Pouya Alimagham is a historian of the modern Middle East, with a focus on Iran, Iraq, and the Levant. In Contesting the Iranian Revolution: The Green Uprisings, he harnesses the wider history of Iran and the Middle East to highlight how activists contested the Islamic Republic's legitimacy to its very core.
	précis May 19, 2020 End Notes End Notes features the professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. This includes recent awards, speaking engagements, and publications.
	In the News May 18, 2020 Former inspector general: Trump is attacking the ‘institution’ of oversight Lawrence O'DonnellMSNBC Joel Brenner, who served as Inspector General of the National Security Agency under President Bush, tells Lawrence O’Donnell the firing of several inspectors general shows President Trump believes all government officials owe him “personal loyalty.”
	In the News May 18, 2020 Trump’s ‘highly unusual’ politicization of government watchdogs Yamiche AlcindorPBS News Hour President Trump has fired three inspectors general recently, including State Department watchdog Steve Linick on Friday. Yamiche Alcindor talks to Joel Brenner, a former national security inspector general and director of national intelligence, about how politicizing the IG role is “all wrong.”
	In the News May 15, 2020 Inspectors general: oversight, authority, and removal with Joel Brenner National Security Law Today Joel Brenner discusses the Inspectors General role during the Covid-19 crisis and Trump's removal on National Security Law Today.