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Chinese military

In the News

December 29, 2023

Podcast: China’s military strategy since 1949

Benjamin Jebb and Alisa LauferModern War Institute

MIT Security Studies Program director M Taylor Fravel joins the Irregular Warfare podcast alongside retired Lieutenant General Charles W Hooper to discuss the history of China's military strategy starting from 1949.

Analysis + Opinion

December 26, 2023

Billionaire-built cities would be better than nothing

Edward L Glaeser and Carlo RattiThe New York Times

The Bay Area needs a lot more housing, and we may need privately built cities to get there.

Carlo Ratti

In the News

December 22, 2023

Carlo Ratti named curator of 2025 Venice Biennale Architecture Exhibition

Peter DizikesMIT News

Professor of the practice and innovative scholar of urban design and dynamics will oversee leading global showcase for architectural work. Ratti is the faculty director for the MIT-Italy Program.

MIT dome

In the News

December 21, 2023

Minicourse open to the MIT community gives context to the Middle East crisis

Zach WinnMIT News

MIT community members can learn more about the Israel-Hamas conflict through a recently developed online course organized by Middle East and North Africa (MENA)/MIT at MIT’s Center for International Studies.

Ships are loaded with cargo at the Shekou Port in Shenzhen, China, on Sept. 3, 2010

Analysis + Opinion

December 17, 2023

America needs a single integrated operational plan for economic conflict with China

George J Gilboy and Eric Heginbotham Lawfare

Lessons from a recent wargame for managing a crisis over Taiwan.

A Brazilian soldier training for a radiological weapons attack, Brasília, May 2013

Analysis + Opinion

December 15, 2023

Why the world should still worry about dirty bombs

William C Potter, Sarah Bidgood & Hanna NotteForeign Affairs

Visions of dirty bombs and radiological terrorism obscured the fact that the threat from radiological weapons was not limited to terrorist groups.

President Joe Biden shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023

Analysis + Opinion

December 13, 2023

America shouldn’t insist on a strategic defeat of Russia

Michael O’Hanlon and Caitlin TalmadgeThe Hill

Most Americans believe Ukraine has the moral high ground — but that is different from believing Ukraine will get everything it wants at the end of this fight.

Eric Evans seated in front of the lincoln labaratory

In the News

December 6, 2023

Eric Evans to step down as director of MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Zach WinnMIT News

Eric Evans, who is stepping down as director of MIT Lincoln Labortory on July 1, 2024, will hold an appointment on the MIT campus as a senior fellow in the Center’s Security Studies Program. 

Distinguished Speaker Prof. Siqi Zheng (MIT) presenting Sustainable Real Estate and Cities: A Framework.

News@E40

December 4, 2023

MISTI-Brazil student attends São Paulo workshop on climate resiliency

Viviana RiveraCenter for International Studies

An multidisciplinary workshop in São Paulo explored sustainabie, urban mobility in the context of the climate crisis. 

Students crossing the street by the MIT Lobby 10 entrance

In the News

December 4, 2023

3 Questions: Melissa Nobles on combating antisemitism and Islamophobia

MIT News OfficeMIT News

MIT’s chancellor discusses the university's effort to educate the community and combat hate, including a three-session online course organized by the Center for International Studies. 

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