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In the NewsOctober 2, 2024Can the US stop Israel from attacking Iran's nuclear sites?US President Joe Biden said he would not support any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear sites in response to its ballistic missile attack. Jim Walsh, a senior research associate at the MIT’s Security Studies Program who was with the Iranian president last week, says it needs to ‘be tested’ whether Biden can be persuasive 30 days shy of an election. |
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In the NewsOctober 2, 20243 Questions: Bridging anthropology and engineering for clean energy in MongoliaMIT NewsMIT professors Michael Short and Manduhai Buyandelger launched the Anthro-Engineering Decarbonization at the Million-Person Scale, an initiative intended to advance a heat bank prototype in Mongolia and ultimately demonstrate its potential as a scalable clean heat source in comparably challenging sites around the world. The project received funding from the MIT Global Seed Funds program. |
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In the NewsSeptember 27, 2024Q&A: David Singer on strengthening democracyMIT NewsCIS research affiliate and head of the political science department David A. Singer discusses a new Strengthening Democracy initiative focused on the rigorous study of elections, public opinion, and political participation. |
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In the NewsSeptember 16, 2024Three SSP PhD students selected to receive fellowships from USIPThree PhD students of the Security Studies Program (SSP) received the 2024-2025 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowships from the U.S. Institute of Peace for demonstrating the greatest potential to advance the peacebuilding field and the strongest likelihood to inform policy and practice. |
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In the NewsSeptember 9, 2024Do record gold prices open the door for BRICS+ dedollarisation?Quoted: The demand of BRICS+ central banks for gold is "undeniably a significant factor" contributing to higher prices, says Mihaela Papa, director of research and a principal research scientist at CIS. That demand is coming together with other factors that make gold more attractive as a safe-haven asset, including rising geopolitical risk, fluchuations in US interest rates, and concerns about inflation, she says. |
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In the NewsSeptember 5, 2024Malaysian PM meets Putin in Russia to expand collaboration despite US sanctionsQuoted: For Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, Malaysia’s move towards BRICS “… reveals a more Moscow-friendly and Beijing-friendly stance.” |
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In the NewsSeptember 4, 2024Enabled by a significant gift, MIT’s Security Studies Program launches the Center for Nuclear Security PolicyWith $45 million in support from the Stanton Foundation, the program will expand its longstanding leadership in a critical area of global security. |
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In the NewsSeptember 3, 2024Nurturing successJody MouMariya Grinberg, assistant professor of political science and a faculty member of SSP, was one of the professors honored as "Commited to Caring" for their support of graduate students. |
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In the NewsSeptember 2, 2024China’s defense spending: the $700 billion distractionArthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and director of the Security Studies Program M Taylor Fravel, CIS research affiliate George J Gilboy, and CIS principal research scientist and co-director of the Wargaming Lab at SSP Eric Heginbotham discuss the flawed estimates of China's annual defense spending and its widespread use in Congress, the media, and defense circles. |
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News ReleaseAugust 30, 2024John Githongo joins CIS as the 2024-25 Robert E Wilhelm fellowCenter for International StudiesThe Center is honored to announce that John Githongo has joined CIS as its prestigious Robert E Wilhelm fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year. Githongo is among the world's leading voices on the relationship between corrupt democracies, development, and poverty in the modern world. His many honors and awards include being selected by Foreign Policy Magazine as one of the world’s 100 top global thinkers. He is regarded as a leading light in the Transparency movement--a global initiative focused on freeing the world of corruption. |
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