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News ReleaseJanuary 27, 2025Taiwanese journalist joins CIS as its Elizabeth Neuffer FellowThe fellowship, sponsored in part by the Center for International Studies (CIS), gives female and non-binary journalists working in the field of human rights and social justice the opportunity to pursue academic research at MIT and hone their reporting skills at The Boston Globe and The New York Times. |
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News ReleaseJanuary 24, 2025Pranay Vaddi joins the Center for Nuclear Security Policy as its first Senior Nuclear FellowCenter for International StudiesThe Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP), newly launched by the Security Studies Program, is pleased to announce that Pranay Vaddi has joined CNSP as the inaugural Senior Nuclear Fellow. |
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In the NewsJanuary 21, 2025Posen feautured on "The Dialogue Project: America and the World"92NYBarry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and a member of the Center’s Security Studies Program, appeared on The Dialogue Project: America and the World, where he discussed the balance between global ambitions and domestic priorities. |
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In the NewsJanuary 17, 2025The BRICS bloc is growing — and Trump’s tariff threat isn’t expected to put off aspiring membersCNBCThe Center's director of research and principal research scientist Mihaela Papa is quoted: “A key policy shift with the incoming Trump administration is its explicit treatment of BRICS as an entity." |
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In the NewsJanuary 16, 2025Realistic recommendations for Trump IIDefense PrioritiesSecurity Studies Program alums Benjamin Friedman, Kelly Grieco, Joshua Shifrinson, and Ford International Professor of Political Science Barry Posen offer policy recommendations for the upcoming Trump administration aimed at advancing US national interests. |
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In the NewsJanuary 6, 2025Europe needs shared defense capabilitiesLars Frølund and Fiona MurrayProject SyndicateThe European Union and the United Kingdom must build shared defense capabilities to help the region meet the security challenges ahead, argues Fiona Murray, faculty director of the Center's MIT-UK program and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan. |
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In the NewsJanuary 2, 2025Dual-use is a strategy, not a category (nor a trap)Gene Keselman and Fiona MurrayWar on the RocksFiona Murray, faculty director of the Center's MIT-UK program and the William Porter (1967) Professor of Entrepreneurship at MIT Sloan, argues that dual-use must be understood as a strategy with clear language and strategic framework. |
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In the NewsDecember 19, 2024Making classical music and math more accessibleMIT NewsHolden Mui, senior at MIT, credits the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) program with offering multiple opportunities for travel and teaching. “I’ve been on three MISTI trips during IAP [Independent Activities Period] to teach mathematics,” he says.
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In the NewsDecember 12, 2024New study examines American attitudes on global climate policiesCenter for International StudiesA recent study in Climatic Change led by MIT professors Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh, co-authored with MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoc Erin Walk PhD ‘24, explores US public opinion on global climate policies considering our nation’s historic role as a leading contributor of carbon emissions. |
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In the NewsDecember 11, 2024Hope and fear in SyriaElizabeth Parker-MagyarJournal of DemocracyElizabeth Parker-Magyar PhD '24 is a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a member of the Center's Global Diversity Lab. She will join Yale University’s Department of Political Science as an assistant professor in July 2025. In this article, she analyzes the potential paths for Syria's reconstruction after the fall of the regime led by Bashar al-Assad. |