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PhD student Daniel Cebul receives World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship

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ASEAN’s collective resilience agenda: Can it deliver under pressure?

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CIS congratulates our PhD graduates

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Why has China doubled its nuclear capacity in the last decade?

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ASEAN leaders expected to issue joint statement on Middle East crisis

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Southeast Asia: Not choosing sides but options

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Six MIT SHASS educators receive 2026 Levitan Teaching Awards

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ASEAN’s test in a fragmented global economy

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Rethinking US technology-enhanced development in Egypt and Jordan

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Republican lawmakers increasingly concerned over Hegseth’s ideological military

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MIT Global Seed Funds

Each year, approximately $2 million is awarded to over 100 proposals. Since its inception in 2008, GSF has awarded more than $30 million to enable some 1,300 faculty research collaborations.

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Evan Lieberman

Director, Center for International Studies

Faculty Director, MISTI

Director, Global Diversity Lab

Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa

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Rachel Tecott Metz

Affiliate, Security Studies Program

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UK International Fellow, Center for Nuclear Security Policy

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Carlo Ratti

Faculty Director, MIT-Italy Program

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Faculty Director, MIT-Australia & New Zealand Program

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Svitlana Krasynska

Program Manager, MIT-Ukraine Program

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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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