Video: Navalny's widow to carry on his work in Russia
Faculty 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.
New York’s congestion pricing is a good start, but Boston can do better
Author:
Carlo Ratti
MIT-Italy faculty director Carlo Ratti explains how Boston could adopt and improve on New York's congestion pricing to reduce traffic.
Japan’s national security strategy: The role of alliance and partnerships
Chikako Kawakatsu Ueki, visiting scholar at the MIT Security Studies Program, will discuss on the impacts of Japan’s National Security Strategy on Tokyo’s security cooperation with Washington and other like-minded partners.
Death dust: The rise, decline and future of radiological weapons programs
Author:
James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
This seminar focuses on the findings of the recently published book Death Dust: The Rise, Decline and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs, co-authored by SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Sarah Bidgood, William Potter, Samuel Meyer, and Hanna Notte. The speakers discuss the evolution of radiological weapons, the key incentives for and impediments to their development and deployment, and the future prospects for their proliferation and use.
Reflecting on COP28—and humanity’s progress toward meeting global climate goals
Author:
Office of the Vice President for Research
At a debrief hosted at CIS, MIT delegates share observations and insights from the largest-ever UN climate conference.
Calculating the costs of war
Author:
Kathryn M O'Neill
Security Studies Program alum Neta Crawford works to reveal the full cost of military activity to show that the only way to prevent war is through society rejecting armed conflict as an acceptable way to resolve disputes.
Scene at MIT: Learning ikebana during IAP
Author:
School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences
During an IAP course offered each year by the MIT-Japan Program, Hiroko Matsuyama works with MIT students on the basics of the ancient art of Japanese flower arrangement.
Pakistan and Iran launch airstrikes at each other, raising regional tensions
Author:
Peter O'Dowd
Peter O'Dowd speaks with SSP senior research associate Jim Walsh about what's at stake in the greater Middle East as Pakistan and Iran take military action against each other.
AXIAN Telecom partners with the MIT-Africa Program’s education initiative in Ivory Coast
Author:
AXIAN Telecom
The MISTI MIT-Africa program has partnered with AXIAN Telecom to launch a new and empowering Global Teaching Labs initiative in Ivory Coast.
Podcast: China’s military strategy since 1949
Author:
Benjamin Jebb and Alisa Laufer
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.