CIS publishes report on cybersecurity; Technology and national security expert joins CIS; Ban Ki Moon visits CIS; Nielsen receives Carnegie fellowship; Starr Forums address foreign policy challenges in the Trump era; MIT Day of Action talk by Dan Pomeroy; MISTI funds over 80 MIT faculty projects; MIT-Israel welcomes new faculty advisor; SSP Wednesday seminars
Fight over foreigners: visas & immigration in the Trump era
Justin Steil, assistant professor of law and urban planning at MIT, moderated the CIS Starr Forum: The Fight Over Foreigners: Visas & Immigration in the Trump Era. The talk was held on MIT campus on February 28, 2017. Steil's introduction, followed by an excerpt of his questions to the panelists, is featured here.
Threat perception and immigration reform in the United States
Author:
Marika Landau-Wells
Immigration reform proved to be a particularly contentious issue in the US 2016 presidential election. In some respects, the attention appears justified by the continued relevance of immigration for American politics.
Briefings
Meet MIT's experts in Asian security; Jeanne Guillemin on the recent chemical attack in Syria; Building connections between the Institute and countries in the Arab world; Brexit, Europe, & Trump.
End Notes
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précis Interview: Eric Heginbotham
Eric Heginbotham PhD '04, a leading political-military analyst of East Asia, is a principal research scientist at CIS. Before joining the Center, he was a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. In this interview, he discusses US-China relations, US allies in East Asia, North Korea, and what brought him back to MIT.