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News@E40September 20, 2017Luce fellowship deadline Oct. 20Friday, October 20, is the deadline for the Luce Scholars Program. Young scholars from a variety of intellectual fields will be placed in internships throughout Asia. Candidates must have no prior experience in the region. More information |
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In the NewsSeptember 19, 2017Trump is a wake-up call for the free worldAudrey Jiajia LiBoston GlobeOn September 14, at the invitation of the Center for International Studies, Kasparov gave a talk on the “Trump-Putin Phenomenon” at a MIT Starr Forum and took questions from the Globe. |
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In the NewsSeptember 11, 2017Making sense of nuclear threats“Today it’s very clear North Korea has an asymmetric escalation strategy,” says Vipin Narang, a political scientist at MIT. “We’re in a very unstable phase right now.” |
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News ReleaseSeptember 7, 2017Journalist from China joins CIS as the Elizabeth Neuffer FellowAudrey Jiajia Li, a freelance journalist and independent filmmaker based in Guangzhou, China, will use her fellowship to study the use of government propaganda on social media and its impact on the rise of ultra-nationalism in China. |
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News ReleaseSeptember 7, 2017Judge James E Baker joins CIS as a Robert E Wilhelm FellowJames E Baker, former chief judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, will use his one-year fellowship at MIT to conduct research on emerging technologies and national security challenges. |
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News@E40August 29, 2017US leadership as a Pacific power: Trump and beyondMercy A. KuoThe DiplomatOver the past few years most countries in the region—including and especially US allies and partners—have become increasingly skeptical about the future of US leadership in the western Pacific... |
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In the NewsAugust 25, 2017Political science debuts on MITxLeda ZimmermanMIT NewsEvan Lieberman, the Total Chair on Contemporary Africa, creates the first MIT Political Science class for edX, the multi-university online education platform. The course, Democracy and Development: Perspectives from Africa, launches Setember 26. |
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Op-EdAugust 23, 2017Should you be worried about North Korea?Jim WalshAl JazeeraTo no one's surprise, I can't "save us", but I can give you a sense of where things stand, where they might be going, and a few things we might want to do, writes Jim Walsh in a recent opinion piece. |
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In the NewsAugust 22, 2017Tensions on Korean peninsulaPressTV-The DebateJim Walsh discussed North Korea's warning of deepening tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the recent joint military exercises by US and South Korea. |
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In the NewsAugust 18, 2017It's time to make Afghanistan someone else's problemBarry PosenThe AtlanticAfghanistan...is a good place to create problems for America’s adversaries. And the best way to do that is to get out, says Barry Posen. |
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