News + Media
 |
Analysis + OpinionMay 17, 2022Enhancing strategic stability in Southern AsiaUSIPOver the past decade, long-standing disputes between the nuclear-armed states of Southern Asia have repeatedly veered into deeper hostility and violence. These regional developments reflect and reinforce new and significant geopolitical shifts, starting with the global strategic competition between China and the United States. |
 |
In the NewsMay 17, 2022Eleanor Freund receives Jeanne Guillemin PrizeMichelle EnglishMIT News OfficeEleanor Freund, a PhD candidate in the MIT Department of Political Science, is the recipient of this year’s Jeanne Guillemin Prize at the MIT Center for International Studies (CIS). The annual prize supports women pursuing doctorate degrees in international relations—a field that has long been dominated by men. |
 |
In the NewsMay 16, 2022When dueling narratives deepen a dividePeter DizikesMIT News OfficeThe book, “Republics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict,” just published by Johns Hopkins University Press, explores the joint history of identities at odds with each other. The authors identify key moments when US-Iran tensions became further heightened and opportunities for détente dwindled. |
 |
Analysis + OpinionMay 13, 2022The Russo-Ukrainian war’s dangerous slide into total societal conflictJonathan Shimshoni and Ariel E LeviteNational InterestThe crisis in and over Ukraine, which is deeply rooted in conflicting societal perceptions of NATO’s expansion and the Westernization of Ukraine, is now increasingly sliding into an actual major societal confrontation. The three main actors—Russia, Ukraine, and the West—are pursuing victory by impacting all three societies, aiming to undermine adversaries and mobilize their citizens and those of their allies. |
 |
Analysis + OpinionMay 10, 2022The clashing narratives that keep the US and Iran at oddsIran and the United States have sharply different national narratives, and that is one dominant reason why they have such difficulty talking to each other, much less agreeing on important matters like nuclear weapons. These narratives are, moreover, steeped in images and practices of violence, undermining any kind of conciliation. |
 |
In the NewsMay 7, 2022US-Iran tensions and misperceptionsNegar MortazaviIran PodcastJohn Tirman joins Iran Podcast host Negar Mortazavi for a conversation about US-Iran tensions and misperception. |
![Russian service members drive a tank along a street during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, May 4, 2022 [Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]](http://cis.mit.edu/sites/default/files/images/News_InTheNews_050622_RussiaVictoryDay.jpg) |
In the NewsMay 6, 2022Russia: What is Victory Day, and why is it important this May 9?Niko VorobyovAl JazeeraQuoted: “It’s hard to do a general conscription: I think that that’s when Russians would come out and protest,” said Elizabeth Wood, professor of history at MIT. “You can conscript all those people in Buryatia (a mountainous region in Siberia), but if you conscript Muscovites, they’ll protest. I don’t think he can declare victory, either. I think they’re planning a long slogging war.” |
 |
In the NewsMay 2, 2022Why the US and Iran hate each otherDaniel LarisonResponsible StatecraftDevising a better and more constructive Iran policy is important to making much-needed changes to the US role in the Middle East and to preventing another unnecessary war in the future, but there is little appetite in Washington to make the effort or to take the political risks that it would require. A first step in crafting a smarter Iran policy is to understand why US-Iranian relations have been so strained for such a long time and what obstacles stand in the way of changing that. |
 |
Analysis + OpinionApril 25, 2022China and India need to reimagine what is possible on the borderNayanima BasuThe PrintAccording to Taylor Fravel, China is now attempting to strengthen ties with India and a number of other developing countries as they have also not condemned Russia for its invasion of Ukraine. |
 |
In the NewsApril 25, 2022Is Russia failing in its fight In Ukraine?Sue O'ConnellNECNCarol Saivetz, a senior advisor in the MIT Security Studies Program, provides an update on the state of the war as the US promises more aid for war-torn Ukraine. |
Expert Guide
Video Gallery
Contact
Events
