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A broader military purge? Analysts focus on key PLA meeting led by Xi Jinping

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Doubts about Trump strain Southeast Asia’s US-China balancing act

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Analyzing Trump's language amid a fragile Iran ceasefire

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ASEAN criticized as too slow in Thai-Cambodia border crisis

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On the radar: The Iran war and ASEAN

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What the Trump-Takaichi summit revealed about the US-Japan alliance

Southeast Asia shifts favour to China over US by narrow margin: ISEAS poll

Southeast Asia shifts favour to China over US by narrow margin: ISEAS poll

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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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Advisers in Foreign Policy

Joshua Kertzer, John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government, Harvard University

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Building E40 - 496

Advancing MIT-Armenia Research Collaboration through Global Seed Funds

Christopher J. Palmer, Eastman Kodak Associate Professor of Management

Associate Professor, finance, MIT Sloan School of Management

Grigor R Hayrapetyan, Associate Professor, International Economics

Chair, Economics and International Economic Relations, Yerevan State University

Ekaterina Zabrovski, Managing Director, MIT-Eurasia Program

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Great Expectations: Rising Power and the Elusive Pursuit of Absolute Security

Caleb Pomeroy, University of Toronto

12:00pm - 1:30pm

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Progress vs. Security: Dual-Use Technology Development

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Community Spotlight: Marie Sénat

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Joel Brenner

Faculty and Researchers

Joel Brenner

Affiliate, Security Studies Program

Former Senior Counsel, National Security Agency

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Heather Williams

Affiliate, Center for Nuclear Security Policy

Director, Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI)

Senior Fellow, Defense and Security Department, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)

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Rosabelli Coelho

Lead, Latin America

Managing Director, MIT-Brazil Program, MIT-Amazonia Program

John G Brisson II

Faculty and Researchers

John G Brisson II

Faculty Director, MIT-Singapore Program

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Carol Saivetz

Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program

George Gilboy

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George Gilboy

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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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