Expert Guide

CIS faculty and scholars are available to members of the media who seek comment and background information on issues related to international affairs. The best way to reach our experts is to contact them directly. If additional information is needed, please contact Michelle English, the Center’s Communications Officer.

CIS faculty and scholars are available to members of the media who seek comment and background information on issues related to international affairs. The best way to reach our experts is to contact them directly. If additional information is needed, please contact Michelle English, the Center’s Communications Officer.

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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

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C. Cem Tasan

Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Faculty Director, MIT-Netherlands

Expertise: International education, materials science, physical metallurgy, solid mechanics, in situ microscop, characterization tools and methods, micro-mechanisms in metallic materials, damage-resistant microstructures and alloys 		tasan@mit.edu617-253-33188-202
Kathleen Thelen

Ford International Professor of Political Science
Faculty Director, MIT-Denmark, MIT-Germany
Interim Faculty Director, MIT-Switzerland

Expertise: Political-economic institutions 		kthelen@mit.edu617-324-3651E53-435

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