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	In the News January 12, 2011 India and America in the strategic times to come Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.) As the second decade of the 21st Century begins, no great regional power is as sought after as India. Over the past few months, the prime ministers and presidents of China, France, Russia, and the United States have all come here to Delhi to make the case for enhanced relationships with India.
	In the News December 9, 2010 Unveiling hidden China Christian CarylNew York Review of Books Napoleon famously described China as a sleeping giant that would shake the world when it finally awoke. Well, now the giant is up and about, and the rest of us can’t help but notice. 2010, indeed, could well end up being remembered as the year when China started throwing its weight around.
	In the News December 2, 2010 A special report on China's place in the world The Economist Their wealth depends on China, their security on America. Which way should Asian countries face?
	In the News November 26, 2010 Debt crisis highlights I.M.F.'s renewed role Sewell ChanNew York Times Ireland’s reluctant acceptance of a bailout supported by the International Monetary Fund is the latest in a string of developments since 2007 that have thrust the monetary fund into a new position of authority and prominence. The fund, which earlier in the decade seemed dormant and even irrelevant, is back in a big way.
	In the News October 26, 2010 UN women's resolution: an unhappy birthday Tracy Clark-FlorySalon The anniversary of a pledge to include females in peacekeeping brings reports of failure, more Congo rapes.
	In the News October 14, 2010 China's dilemma George Gilboy and Eric HeginbothamForeign Affairs Social change and political reform.
	In the News February 6, 2009 Reigniting violence: how do ceasefires end? Nancy Kanwisher, Johannes Haushofer, & Anat BiletzkiHuffington Post As Israel and Palestine suffer a hideous new spasm of terror, misery, and mayhem, it is important to ask how this situation came about. Perhaps an understanding of recent events will afford lessons for the future.
	In the News January 22, 2009 An alliance in need of attention Richard J. SamuelsNew York Times Recently declassified Japanese documents have disclosed that after Beijing's successful nuclear test in October 1964, Japan's prime minister urged the United States to use nuclear weapons against China in the event of hostilities. "If war breaks out [with China], we expect immediate nuclear retaliation from the United States," Prime Minister Eisaku Sato told Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara.
	In the News January 14, 2009 Admiral Fallon scans the horizon WBUR: On Point Four-star Admiral William J. Fallon had a brilliant Navy career and a mouth, it was said, that could peel paint off the walls. He flew fighter missions over Vietnam, rose to head of the Pacific Command, then was named by George W. Bush Combatant Commander of U.S. Central Command — Centcom — the U.S. military’s top commander in the white-hot region from Egypt to Pakistan. He oversaw the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and abruptly retired after Esquire magazine called him the last man standing between Washington and war with Iran.
	In the News January 14, 2009 Grieving over Gaza Anat BiletzkiThe Nation Some of us, as Israelis, are grieving over what we have become. Blaming the other side with a roster of rehearsed clichés cannot mitigate the grief.
	In the News December 20, 2008 Eugene Skolnikoff: the pioneer of science diplomacy bridges Eugene B. Skolnikoff is one of the pioneers who recognized the value of S&T in foreign relations. One of the founding fathers of "Science Diplomacy," he has been working on science in foreign policy for almost 50 years. He served on the science advisory staff under Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Carter, and has had a distinguished academic career at MIT, where he is now professor emeritus of political science. He kindly agreed to speak with about his decades-long experience in the field of science and public policy, how the Soviets opened the opportunity for him to join the White House, and why he thinks that global warming is not the most pressing foreign policy issue for science diplomacy.
	In the News December 5, 2008 A 'Once-in-a-Century' Financial Crisis-Mortgaging the Future: How We Got in This Mess & Why It Could Happen Again Robert MadsenEconomy, Culture & History Japan SPOTLIGHT Bimonthly (November/December 2008): Pages 30-33 Overcoming the present financial crisis—which Alan Greenspan recently described as "a once-in-a-century" disaster—and shoring up the foundations of the world economy will doubtless require several years. In the meantime, the recriminations have already begun. Most of the criticism justifiably centers on the United States, whose poorly regulated real estate and mortgage markets precipitated the trouble and whose investment banks, hedge funds, and other institutions almost instantaneously transformed it into a worldwide phenomenon. It would be a mistake, however, to limit the scope of the inevitable scrutiny to just the United States or even the global financial system, for many other institutions also played significant roles in these tragic events.
	In the News December 1, 2008 The future of the American frontier John TirmanThe American Scholar Can one of our most enduring national myths, much in evidence in the recent presidential campaign, be reinvented yet again?
	In the News November 25, 2008 Fallon: US needs strategy on China Bryan BenderBoston Globe Former top commander says Pentagon officials insisted he prepare for war with China.
	In the News September 18, 2008 Foreign policy and the next US administration MIT scholars Barry Posen, Taylor Fravel, and Carol Saivetz participated in a roundtable discussion on foreign policy and the next U.S. administration. This discussion was the first in a series of forward-thinking talks on pressing global issues in which MIT experts offer advice to the next U.S. president.
	In the News September 15, 2008 Q&A with Roger Petersen Roger Petersen, an associate professor of political science at MIT and a member of CIS, studies comparative politics with a special focus on conflict and violence. He has written two books: Resistance and Rebellion: Lessons from Eastern Europe and Understanding Ethnic Violence: Fear, Hatred, Resentment in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe. He also has an interest in comparative methods and has co-edited, with John Bowen, Critical Comparisons in Politics and Culture. In spring 2008, Petersen went on sabbatical to the Balkans for six months. Upon his return, he sat down with CIS to discuss his recent studies.
	In the News September 11, 2008 Who's winning the War on Terror? WBUR: On Point WBUR's On Point with Stephen Van Evera.
	In the News September 11, 2008 Lucian W. Pye, bold thinker on Asia, is dead at 86 Douglas MartinNew York Times Lucian W. Pye, an influential political scientist who marshaled a piercing intellect, psychoanalytic insights and plain intuition to take startling new perspectives on area studies, particularly concerning China and other Asian nations, died on Sept. 5 in Boston. He was 86.
	In the News September 1, 2008 Q&A with Carl Kaysen Carl Kaysen joined the MIT faculty in 1976 and currently co-chairs the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Study Committee on International Security Studies. Among his many posts during his distinctive career was deputy special assistant for national security affairs to President Kennedy. Kaysen sat down with CIS in late July to discuss his current work, his advice to the next administration, and his proudest moments.
	In the News August 10, 2008 Q&A with M. Taylor Fravel Samuel P. JacobsBoston Globe In his new book, M. Taylor Fravel offers an intriguing argument about the relationship between instability within China and stability in the rest of the world.