News + Media
In the NewsFebruary 23, 2024How misinformation and disinformation spread, the role of AI, and how we can guard against themTaylor McNeilTufts NowDirector of the Seminar XXI program, Kelly M Greenhill, shows how to tell the true from the false, and what it means for politics. |
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In the NewsFebruary 23, 2024Video: Can Ukraine keep up the fight against Russia, two years after the invasion?GBH NewsCarol Savietz, senior advisor for MIT's Security Studies Program, joined Gautam Mukunda to discuss the state of the war after nearly two years, hundreds of thousands of deaths, and hundreds of billions in foreign aid from the US. |
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In the NewsFebruary 19, 2024Video: Navalny's widow to carry on his work in RussiaCTV NewsFaculty co-director of MIT-Ukraine program Elizabeth Wood speaks on the future of the Russian president election and European sanctions in the context of Alexei Navalny's death. |
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In the NewsFebruary 15, 2024New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do betterCarlo RattiBoston GlobeMIT-Italy faculty director Carlo Ratti explains how Boston could adopt and improve on New York's congestion pricing to reduce traffic. |
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News@E40February 15, 2024précis: Fall 2023/Winter 2024Center for International StudiesThe Fall 2023/Winter 2024 edition of précis features an interview with MENA/MIT, insights on the war in Gaza, a reflection on the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference, and more. |
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précisFebruary 14, 2024End NotesEnd Notes features an editor's pick of professional achievements of our scholars, students, and staff. |
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précisFebruary 14, 2024Fellowship program empowers Nigerian academics“Empowering the Teachers” provides an immersive and innovative training experience for young African academics. The program 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. |
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Analysis + OpinionFebruary 14, 2024The devastation of Gaza was inevitableBarry PosenForeign Policy MagazineThe Israeli offensive in Gaza, the US-led coalition offensives in Mosul and Raqqa, and even the bloody and clumsy Russian siege of Mariupol may not be anomalies. Instead, they are a window into future war. |
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précisFebruary 13, 2024précis Interview: MENA/MITMENA/MIT is a new regional program at the Center for International Studies that houses and connects activities and initiatives across MIT related to the Middle East and North Africa region. In this interview, Richard Nielsen and David Dolev discuss MENA/MIT engagement with the MIT community, its contributions to the Institute's educational and research objectives, and their goals for 2024. |
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précisFebruary 9, 2024ActivitiesWargaming in Washington, DC; Global experiences over IAP; Starr Forums; Policy Lab in action; GDL offers summer research program; SSP Wednesday seminars; Military fellows offer courses over IAP; Myron Weiner Seminar Series on International Migration; Bustani Middle East Seminar |