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	Robert Art Christian A Herter Professor of International Relations Emeritus, Brandeis University Director Emeritus, Seminar XXI Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program Expertise: International relations, US foreign policy, national security policy	art@brandeis.edu781-736-2754 Olin-Sang American Civilization Center, 109
	Suzanne Berger Institute Professor Expertise: Political economy (France and Italy), Europe (effects of globalization, politics, and labor), globalization (competitiveness, effects of globalization on institutions, history of globalization in France)	szberger@mit.edu617-253-6640E53-451 CV
	Anat Biletzki Albert Schweitzer Professor of Philosophy Quinnipiac University Co-founding director, Human Rights and Technology Program Expertise: Human Rights, Israel-Palestine, Ethnic Conflict/Politics, Political Language	Anat.Biletzki@quinnipiac.edu617-407-1167
	Joel Brenner CIS Senior Research Fellow Expertise: Cyber-security; data protection; data privacy	brennerj@mit.edu617-324-2622E40-444A
	Nazli Choucri Professor, Political Science Expertise: International conflict, cyberpolitics, sustainability, cyberspace	nchoucri@mit.edu617-253-6198E53-493 CV Personal website
	Fotini Christia Associate Professor, Political Science Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: Afghanistan; ethnicity, conflict and cooperation in the Muslim world; development in divided societies	cfotini@mit.edu617-324-5595E53-417 CV Personal website
	Owen Cote Associate Director, Security Studies Program Expertise: International security, US defense policy, naval doctrine and innovation, weapons of mass destruction	owencote@mit.edu617-258-7428E40-489 CV
	Diane Davis Expertise: Comparative international development, politics of urban development policy, conflict cities	ddavis@gsd.harvard.edu617-495-0728Harvard University - Gund Hall #312
	David Edelman CIS Research Fellow Expertise: Cyber-security; data protection; data privacy; foreign policy; security studies	rde@mit.edu
	Lerna Ekmekcioglu McMillan-Stewart Career Development Associate Professor of History Expertise: Modern Middle Eastern history	lerna@mit.edu617-253-9621E51-273 CV
	William J Fallon Expertise: Afghanistan, Iraq, military issues	fallon@mit.edu617-253-8093
	M Taylor Fravel Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science Director, Security Studies Program Expertise: Asian security, East Asian foreign policy, Chinese politics and military policy, international relations, conflict resolution	fravel@mit.edu617-324-0222E40-471 CV @fravel Personal website
	Malick Ghachem Expertise: slavery and abolition, criminal law, constitutional history with expertise in Haiti, French colonial, American legal history	mghachem@mit.edu617-324-7284E51-291
	Eugene Gholz Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs University of Texas at Austin Expertise: National security, defense, U.S. foreign policy	egholz@alum.mit.edu512-471-5882The University of Texas at Austin - SRH 3.357
	Kelly M Greenhill Director, Seminar XXI Program Senior Research Scholar and Visiting Associate Professor, CIS Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professor, SOAS, UK Associate Professor, Tufts University Expertise: Foreign and defense policy, politics of information, military force, civil wars and insurgencies, migration as a weapon, and international crime as a challenge to domestic governance.	kmg2@mit.eduE40-467 CV Personal website
	Mariya Grinberg Assistant Professor of Political Science Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: International relations theory, international security, political economy of security, wartime trade, order formation, sovereignty, state decline	mgrin@mit.eduE40-479 CV Personal website
	Anna Hardman Senior Lecturer, Dept of Economics, Tufts University Co-chair, Inter-University Committee on International Migration Expertise: Urban economics, housing, international migration, development economics	anna.hardman@tufts.edu617-627-8767E40-400 CV
	Eric Heginbotham Principal Research Scientist, Center for International Studies Expertise: Asian international relations, Japanese foreign and strategic policy, Chinese foreign and strategy policy, conventional military forces and analysis, nuclear strategy, US Asia policy	eric_h@mit.edu617-324-3397E40-459 CV
	Chappell Lawson Associate Professor of Political Science Director, Policy Lab Expertise: Civil-military relations, international education, Latin America (democratization, mass media, regime change, Mexican elections/politics)	clawson@mit.edu617-253-3524E53-453 CV
	Evan Lieberman Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa Director, Center for International Studies Faculty Director, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) Expertise: Ethnic Politics, Climate Policy, Public Health, State-Building, Democratic Governance, Africa	evanlieb@mit.edu617-324-1642E53-409 CV Personal website
	Erik Lin-Greenberg Leo Marx Career Development Assistant Professor of the History and Culture of Science & Technology Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: Emerging technology, crisis escalation, security strategy	eriklg@mit.eduE40-491 CV Personal website
	Noora Lori Associate Professor of International Relations, Boston University Inter-University Committee on International Migration Expertise: International migration, comparative politics, immigration and citizenship, Middle East politics	nlori@bu.edu617-358-7338 CV
	Lawrence McCray Expertise: Emerging technologies (uncertainty and decision making, implications of laser technology), environmental policy and planning, regulation, technology policy	lmccray@mit.edu617-452-2562E40-438
	Vipin Narang Associate Professor of Political Science Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: Nuclear proliferation, South Asian security, quantitative conflict studies, international relations theory, general security studies	narangv@mit.edu617-258-7363E40-465 CV @NarangVipin
	Thomas Neff Expertise: Nuclear weapons (post-cold war security), FSU defense conversion, energy (international industries and markets)	tlneff@mit.edu978-371-8080
	Richard Nielsen Associate Professor, Political Science Expertise: Islam, political violence, human rights, economic development, research design	rnielsen@mit.edu617-324-4823E53-455 CV Personal website
	Melissa Nobles Chancellor Professor, Political Science Expertise: Comparative politics (racial and ethnic politics, nationalism, social movements, retrospective justice)	mnobles@mit.edu617-253-974210-200 Personal website
	Kenneth Oye Professor, Political Science Professor, Data Systems and Society Director, Program on Emerging Technologies (PoET) Interim Director, Seminar XXI Expertise: Emerging technologies (synthetic biology, ubiquitous computing, energy technology; economic, environmental, social and political effects), political economy, foreign policy, science and technology	oye@mit.edu617-253-3412E40-437 CV PoET
	Roger Petersen Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: Civil-military relations, comparative politics, ethnic conflict, identity politics, security studies	rpeters@mit.edu617-253-6781E40-493 CV
	Barry Posen Ford International Professor of Political Science Former Director, Security Studies Program Expertise: Security studies (international security, grand strategy, use of force, military intervention, doctrine, organization and escalation), Middle East (US policy, Iran, Iraq), terrorism, Iran’s nuclear program, ethnic conflict, Cold War history	posen@mit.edu617-253-8088E40-463 CV
	Mahsa Rouhi Expertise: Middle East & North Africa, energy, energy security, international relations, nuclear issues, Iran nuclear program	mahsa_rouhi@hks.harvard.edu617-495-9858
	Carol Saivetz Senior Advisor, Security Studies Program Expertise: Russia, former Soviet Union	csaivetz@mit.edu617-324-3065E40-476
	Richard Samuels Ford International Professor of Political Science Former Director, Center for International Studies (2003-2023) Expertise: Asia (Japanese politics and leadership, Asian security, political economy, comparative politics), Japan (security, politics, public policy, political leadership, defense/aerospace, international education), Italy (political leadership and economic history), civil-military relations	samuels@mit.edu617-253-2449E40-455 CV @dicksamuelsmit
	Bishwapriya Sanyal Ford International Professor of Urban Development and Planning Director, Special Program in Urban and Regional Studies (SPURS)/ Humphrey Fellows Program Expertise: Urban studies and planning	sanyal@mit.edu617-253-32709-435A CV Personal website
	Harvey Sapolsky Professor, Public Policy and Organization (Emeritus) Former Director, Security Studies Program Expertise: Civil-military relations, military issues (innovation, defense politics, organizational theory)	sapolsky@mit.edu617-253-5265E40-481 CV
	Ben Ross Schneider Ford International Professor of Political Science Director, MIT Chile Program Expertise: Capitalist development in Latin America (diversified business groups, foreign investment, human capital, labor markets, and commodity-led growth), new forms of state capitalism, industrial policy, state-owned enterprises	brs@mit.edu617-253-7207E53-423 CV Personal website
	Serenella Sferza Co-director, MISTI Italy Expertise: European political parties, globalization (effect on long-term political change, working in the global economy), Italy, European political economy	ssferza@mit.edu617-452-2693E40-411
	David Andrew Singer Professor, Political Science Department Head Expertise: Political economy (international financial regulation, capital flows/policy, central banking, governance), international economics	dasinger@mit.edu617-258-9372E53-473 CV Personal website
	Eugene Skolnikoff Professor, Political Science (Emeritus) Expertise: Interaction of science and technology and international politics	ebskol@mit.edu617-253-3140E53-373
	Justin Steil Assistant Professor of Law and Urban Planning Inter-University Committee on International Migration Expertise: International migration, housing policy, urban policy, local government law, land use law, civil rights law, residential segregation, anti-discrimination policy	steil@mit.edu617-253-20179-515 CV
	Scott Swift Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow 2018-2019 Expertise: Global security; Indo-Pacific region; military issues	shswift@mit.edu617-253-8093E40-400
	Caitlin Talmadge Associate Professor, Political Science Expertise: Nuclear deterrence and escalation, U.S. military operations and strategy, and security issues in Asia and the Persian Gulf.	talmadge@mit.eduE40 Twitter
	Kathleen Thelen Ford International Professor of Political Science Director, MIT Denmark Program Expertise: Political-economic institutions	kthelen@mit.edu617-324-3651E53-435 CV Personal website
	Reed Ueda Professor, Department of History, Tufts University Co-chair, Inter-University Committee on International Migration Expertise: Industrial and urban US, immigration	reed.ueda@tufts.edu617-627-2444
	Lawrence Vale Ford Professor of Urban Design & Planning Expertise: Urban design politics	ljvale@mit.edu617-253-056110-497M CV
	Stephen Van Evera Ford International Professor of Political Science Member, Security Studies Program Expertise: War (causes and prevention, with focus on the role of national misperception as a cause of war, and on organized religions as causes of war or peace), US foreign policy, US security policy, international relations theory, social science methods with focus on qualitative methods, Middle East (Arab-Israeli conflict)	vanevera@mit.edu617-253-0530E40-475 CV
	Jim Walsh Research Associate, Security Studies Program Expertise: Nuclear weapons and WMD proliferation (Iran, North Korea, Non-proliferation Treaty, terrorism), Iran (politics, nuclear program, US policy), Iraq, Persian Gulf	j_walsh@mit.edu617-324-3712E40-479 @DrJimWalshMIT
	Cindy Williams Expertise: Military issues (personnel policy, command and control, budget, the draft vs volunteer service), defense policy (defense budget, military personnel policy), security studies (U.S. defense and security budgets, U.S. and European military personnel structures, command and control)	cindywil@mit.edu617-484-0817E40-400
	Elizabeth Wood Professor, History Co-director, MIT Russia Program Expertise: Cold War history, political economy of contemporary Russia, women’s rights, globalization	elizwood@mit.edu617-253-3255E51-282 CV

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