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	In the News October 19, 2023 New Pentagon report claims China now has over 500 operational nuclear warheads Emily FengNPR Quoted: Director of the Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel says China’s acceleration and expansion of its nuclear weapons program is “a complete transformation” as he talks to NPR about the country’s doubling of warheads.
	In the News October 14, 2023 Local experts decry forced displacement of Gazans John HilliardBoston Globe Quoted: Noora Lori, associate professor of international relations at Boston University and member of the steering committee of the Inter-University Committee on International Migration, is calling for the opening of humanitarian corridors to aid Gazans escaping violent conflict in the area. She states “they’re still under constant shelling, they have no food, water, electricity, nowhere to go, and no safe passage."
	News@E40 October 10, 2023 Violence in Israel and Gaza The Center for International Studies (CIS) endorses the message issued by MIT president Sally Kornbluth. “The brutality perpetrated on innocent civilians in Israel by terrorists from Hamas is horrifying … we are bracing for a prolonged conflict that will also gravely harm or kill many innocent Palestinians in Gaza,” said Kornbluth in a video statement released on Tuesday, October 10.
	In the News October 9, 2023 War in Israel: Military and diplomatic analysis Here & NowWBUR Jim Walsh, senior research associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Security Studies Program, explains the October 7 Hamas attacks on Israel and wartime diplomacy.
	In the News October 6, 2023 Empowering students to bring change in the Middle East Zach WinnMIT News The Middle East Entrepreneurs of Tomorrow (MEET) program’s mission is to empower students to positively impact the Middle East by showing them the value of collaboration as they go through a fast-paced curriculum. The MIT student portion of the program is organized and supported by MISTI.
	In the News October 3, 2023 Fellowship program empowers Nigerian academics to transform engineering education in their local universities Danna LorchMIT News The program, which is coordinated by the MIT Center for International Studies, brings talented Nigerian academics at the postdoctoral level to MIT for a semester-long immersive experience, then sends them back out into the field to teach, research, and grow into influential leadership roles in their higher education system.
	In the News September 29, 2023 Who will benefit from AI? Peter DizikesMIT News At a Starr Forum, MIT economist and Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu presented the case for using AI to produce shared prosperity by supplementing workers, rather than replacing them.
	News@E40 September 29, 2023 Summer study grants support research abroad Sabina Van MellCenter for International Studies This summer, the Center for International Studies supported fifteen doctoral students in international affairs through the CIS Summer Study Fellowship. Mariel Garcia-Montes, one of this year's awardees, sat down to discuss her work and the value of doing research abroad.
	In the News September 28, 2023 Submarines are Taiwan’s best defense against a Chinese invasion David AxeForbes Quoted: In a majority of the simulations, “submarines were able to enter the Chinese defensive zone and wreak havoc with the Chinese fleet,” concluded SSP principal research scientist Eric Heginbotham along with his co-authors Mark Cancian and Matthew Cancian.
	In the News September 26, 2023 Q&A: The BRICS expansion and the global balance of power Peter DizikesMIT News In a Q&A with MIT News, Security Studies Program director M Taylor Fravel examines the potential and limitations of a bigger BRICS group of countries — and what it means for the US.