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	In the News August 11, 2011 In profile: Kenneth Oye Peter DizikesMIT News A political scientist aims to help governments assess the potential risks of new technologies.
	In the News July 4, 2011 Supreme tragedy Hussein BanaiMuftah Although he does not wear a crown (his black turban is as indistinguishable as the next cleric’s), Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has increasingly become regarded as a potentate in the tradition of Middle Eastern autocrats. As the renowned Iranian journalist and dissident, Akbar Ganji, has written of “Sultan Khamenei”’, “[he] has used his broad mandate to exercise control not only over all three branches of government but also over economic, religious, and cultural affairs, sometimes directly and sometimes through various councils or through the Revolutionary Guards.
	In the News June 28, 2011 'Collective autism' about the costs of war Chris LydonRadio Open Source John Tirman is trying to explain how the United States got in the habit of fighting wars without a scorecard. We’re a country, curiously, that can focus like fiends on earned-run averages and on-base percentages. But who among us, on a pop quiz, could come up with the figures on how many died in the Iraq war, compared to the Vietnam war, Korea, the two World Wars, and the annexation of the Philippines at the turn of the 20th Century.
	In the News June 22, 2011 David Singer on the Greek Euro-tragedy Peter DizikesMIT News The economic and fiscal woes of Greece remain at the center of European politics. In recent months, a variety of economists and commentators have asked if Greece should consider the unprecedented move of leaving the European Currency Union, so that it could control and lower its own currency rate, in order to spur exports and growth at a time when its economy is struggling badly. David Singer, an associate professor of political science at MIT, discussed Greece and the Euro-mess with MIT News.
	In the News May 26, 2011 Is it really a new start for Palestinians? Peter KrauseProvidence Journal The unity deal between Fatah and Hamas may well be "historic," but not in the way most news outlets have suggested. Not only is this one of hundreds of unity deals signed by Palestinian factions over the past 50 years, but it is not even the first unity deal signed between Hamas and Fatah, the most recent such agreement coming in 2007.
	In the News May 16, 2011 IMF turmoil unlikely to derail Euro debt talks Bob MoonNPR's Marketplace Just last week, a Bloomberg survey of international investors found 85 percent expect Greece to default on its debt -- that's a stark indicator of the urgency facing the International Monetary Fund in pushing for a resolution to the ongoing crisis. As the former finance minister of France, Dominique Strauss-Kahn's authority on Europe's debt crisis has been widely respected. And his political clout had moved negotiations toward agree. Now these talks face new uncertainty.
	In the News May 5, 2011 The President's triumph: Obama gets his man Christian CarylRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The U.S. Special Operations Forces raid that killed Osama bin Laden drew on the efforts of a large team of people from myriad branches of government working in locations around the world. All of them -- including many whose roles may never become public -- deserve a share of the credit. Yet it seems likely that it's the most public figure in the operation who stands to gain the greatest benefit from its success. And if many of the experts are right, he's earned it.
	In the News May 3, 2011 Fotini on the war in Afghanistan Peter DizikesMIT News What impact will the death of Osama bin Laden have on the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan? And what effect will it have on the often-tense relationship between the United States and Pakistan? Fotini Christia, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, is conducting ongoing research in Afghanistan and has written widely on the subject. MIT Newsspoke to Christia about the outlook in the region.
	In the News March 24, 2011 Japan after the quake WBUR: On Point Japan is no stranger to natural disaster and struggling back. From shogun, samurai days and far earlier, the Japanese have faced earthquake and tsunami and war, and famously persevered. But some epic events have changed Japan, within that perseverance.
	In the News March 23, 2011 Cold water from the Taliban Christian CarylRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Outpost's recent piece on the idea of opening a diplomatic office for the Taliban in Turkey has inspired quite a bit of comment. Now we've received some feedback from a source who boasts a long track record of good access to Taliban leaders. One of RFE/RL's reporters just caught up with Rahim Ullah Yousafzai, an executive editor at the Pakistan newspaper "The News International," and asked him about the story.
	In the News March 22, 2011 Egypt: the path forward By M. Shafik Gabr The legitimate demands of the Egyptian protestors have been heard loud and clear, and an irrevocable process of change is now underway. But we should have no illusions.
	In the News March 16, 2011 A eulogy for Pakistan Christian CarylRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Last week Outpost had the honor of attending a memorial service for Shahbaz Bhatti at the Embassy of Pakistan here in Washington, D.C.. As you may recall, Bhatti -- the minorities minister in the current government of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani -- was shot on his way to work in Islamabad on March 2.
	In the News March 16, 2011 Japan's black swan Robert Madsen, Richard SamuelsForeign Policy The earthquake changed everything. What will Tokyo do next?
	In the News March 15, 2011 Leaks in all the wrong places Christian CarylForeign Policy Why the Japanese public has good reason to distrust official information.
	In the News March 15, 2011 Why Japan relies on nuclear power Wayne DrashCNN Japan has more than 50 nuclear power plants and had planned to build two dozen more by 2030, according to a professor who has written on Japanese energy and security policy.
	In the News March 13, 2011 Japan disaster may have global economic impact NPR Japan's economy — like much of the world — was already facing serious challenges before the earthquake struck. Economist Robert Madsen, a senior fellow at MIT's Center for International Studies, discusses the effects of the disaster in Japan on the economy there and around the globe.
	In the News March 2, 2011 How dictators fall Peter BeaumontThe Guardian From the streets of Bucharest to the slums of Manila, people power invariably wins out in the end. As Libya recovers its voice, foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont examines the dynamics of bringing down a despot.
	In the News February 28, 2011 With its eye on China, Japan builds up military Martin FacklerNew York Times In December, Tokyo announced plans to strengthen its forces in the southwestern Okinawan islands, including adding a dozen F-15s in Naha. The increase is part of a broader shift in Japanese defensive stance southward, toward China, that some analysts are calling one of Japan’s biggest changes in postwar military strategy.
	In the News February 6, 2011 Stand alone: the case for a new isolationism Thanassis CambanisBoston Globe There are few ways to get Democrats and Republicans to agree faster than by bringing up national security. Should America invest in a dominant, high-tech military? Should it spend time, treasure, and lives intervening in distant lands and protecting allies? Almost always, the short answer is a resounding yes.
	In the News February 3, 2011 The specter of 1979 is haunting the Middle East Christian CarylRadio Free Europe/Radio Liberty As the world watches events in Egypt unfold, the spectacle of demonstrators massed on Cairo's Tahrir Square (Liberation Square) is awakening memories of an equally epochal moment in the Middle East 32 years ago.