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Form China shock to China choke

From China Shock to China Choke

Dafna Rand and Caitlin Talmadge

Scholarship meets the real world

CIS meets the moment for 75 years

Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI

Marcos Troyjo and Richard Mills Jr

Global economic leader Marcos Troyjo and veteran diplomat Richard M Mills Jr join CIS

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No equilibrium in sight

No equilibrium in sight

October 26, 2026

A less-is-more strategy for America

A less-is-more strategy for America

October 26, 2026

Tracing US influence on Northern Ireland's constitutional politics

Tracing US influence on Northern Ireland's constitutional politics

October 21, 2026

Five forces that will shape the global landscape over the next twenty-five years

Five forces that will shape the global landscape over the next twenty-five years

October 20, 2026

From China shock to China choke

From China Shock to China Choke

September 22, 2026

Global economic leader Marcos Troyjo and veteran diplomat Richard M Mills Jr. join CIS as distinguished fellows

Global economic leader Marcos Troyjo and veteran diplomat Richard M Mills Jr. join CIS as distinguished fellows

September 21, 2026

Key questions to prevent enrichment and verify compliance

Key questions to prevent enrichment and verify compliance

September 20, 2026

Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI

Understanding the world, from the Cold War to the age of AI

September 17, 2026

Volha Charnysh among the 2026 tenured professors in SHASS

Volha Charnysh among the 2026 tenured professors in SHASS

September 17, 2026

Don’t let Syria’s recovery become collateral damage in the Iran-US war

Don’t let Syria’s recovery become collateral damage in the Iran-US war

September 15, 2026

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Starr Forum: What Would the US Do in a Middle Power Order?

Watch the Center for International Studies' 75th anniversary Starr Forum, featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter, Incoming Dean of Public Policy at the London School of Economics.

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Upcoming events

Build for Ukraine Hackathon 3.0 - Info Session

3:30pm - 5:00pm

Building W20: Stratton Student Center - Wellbeing Lab (3rd floor)

From Professional to Partisan: Civil-Military Norm Replacement in Eroding Democracies

Risa Brooks, Allis Chalmers Professor of Political Science, Marquette University

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Building E40 - 496

Starr Forum: AI and Global Power: Democracy, Competition, and Control

Jake Sullivan, Former US National Security Advisor

Kissinger Professor of the Practice of Statecraft and World Order, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School.

Deb Roy, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences

Director, MIT Center for Constructive Communication

5:00pm - 6:30pm

Building E51 - 115, Wong Auditorium

2026 Boston Japan Film Festival

11:00am - 6:00pm

Building 32 - 123

Suzy Claeys

Community Spotlight: Suzy Claeys

At CIS, our colleagues make all the difference. Get to know the people who bring energy, care, and excellence to everything we do.

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Jared Kalow

PhD Student, Global Diversity Lab

Maye Elqasem

Maye Elqasem

Program Administrator, MIT-MENA Program

Affiliates and Visitors

Reid Pauly

Affiliate, Center for Nuclear Security Policy

Assistant Professor, Political Science, Brown University

Dean’s Assistant Professor of Nuclear Security and Policy, Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs

Faculty and Researchers

Danielle Wood

Associated Faculty, MIT-Africa Program

Associate Professor, Media Arts and Science

Associate Professor (Joint), Aeronautics and Astronautics

Svitlana Krasynska

Svitlana Krasynska

Program Manager, MIT-Ukraine Program

Austin Long

Austin Long

Senior Nuclear Fellow, Center for Nuclear Security Policy

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MIT and new manufacturing initiative

Postdoctoral Associate Program

The Call for Applications for the 2026–27 Postdoctoral Associate Program at CIS is currently open. The Center is dedicated to advancing innovative, policy-relevant scholarship that addresses critical global challenges, and seek to appoint two postdoctoral associates during the next academic year.

Wargaming Working Group

CIS provides working group grants for advancing interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of international studies. These small grants are provided as "seed" funds for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows seeking to address scholarly problems.

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