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Migrants at the Polish border fence in Belarus Photo: Agnieszka Sadowska / AP

In the News

October 24, 2023

Attempts at blackmail by neighboring European countries: 'Refugees are being used as weapons'

Steffen LüdkeDer Spiegel

Kelly M Greenhill, director of the Seminar XXI Program, spoke with Der Spiegel about how countries like Belarus, Turkey, and Tunisia are using refugees to advance their own interests, as well as how Europe can respond. Note: Content is in German.

Drew Story

In the News

October 23, 2023

Q&A: Magnifying research impact with policymakers

MIT Center for International StudiesMIT News

MIT News interviews managing director of the MIT Policy Lab Drew Story. Story discusses the projects and aspirations of the Lab: “The Policy Lab is an impact magnifier for MIT researchers. When scholars want to see their work have an impact on public policy, we empower and support them to do just that.”
 

Rafah border crossing

Analysis + Opinion

October 20, 2023

How should we think about a mass exodus of Palestinians from Gaza?

Elizabeth N Saunders and Kelly M GreenhillGood Authority

Mass migration is a common and tragic feature of war. Many people think of it as an unintended consequence of conflict, as people flee for their lives, from guns, tanks, and artillery on the ground and from bombs and missile strikes from the air. This conventional wisdom is correct, but incomplete.

Spectators wave Chinese flags as military vehicles carrying DF-41 ballistic missiles roll during a parade to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the founding of Communist China in Beijing, Oct. 1, 2019.

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.

Palestinians displaced from the northern Gaza Strip filled the grounds of a United Nations-run school in Khan Younes

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."

Woman crying

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.

Jim Walsh

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.

Group of MEET participants taking a selfie together

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.

Caption:Empowering the Teachers spring 2022 cohort with MIT Professor Tayo Akinwande (center) at Killian Court.

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.

Photo from archives

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. 

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