Analysis + Opinion

Stephen Van Evera revisits World War I, one century after its bitter end

One hundred years ago on November 11, 1918, the Allied Powers and Germany signed an armistice bringing to an end World War I. Stephen Van Evera, Ford International Professor of Political Science and an expert on the causes of war, revisits the Great War and discusses key insights for today one century after its bitter end. 

In the News

Novelist Min Jin Lee makes the case for understanding through fiction

Renowned author Min Jin Lee made a vigorous case for literature as an essential means for understanding complex cultures around the globe, during a Starr Forum event.

Analysis + Opinion

Election insights: on reducing gun violence

"A social movement to challenge America's reslient gun culture has rocked politics for the first time in a generation, and might shake up congressional complacency in the midterm elections."

Analysis + Opinion

President Reif, cut MIT’s ties to Saudi Arabia now!

The Saudi regime targets and kills civilians in Yemen, oppresses and executes women and LGBTQ people, and assassinates journalists. MIT must not collaborate with them.

Analysis + Opinion

The price paid by journalists who break the cycle of repression

There is a special circle of hell reserved for journalists who “shame” their countries in the foreign press, writes Una Hajdari in an opinion piece in the Boston Globe.

News@E40

MIT ICC cultural resources

MISTI is promoting cross-cultural communication with the MIT International Coordinating Committee, communicating MIT’s cultural diversity on campus and across the world through video. 

News Release

MIT International Policy Lab (IPL) issues fourth call for proposals to faculty and researchers

In the News

Endorsement meetings at the Globe ahead of the 2018 midterms

With the mid-terms being around the corner, the Boston Globe editorial board organized meetings with people running for various offices to help decide Globe endorsements, and this year's Neuffer fellow, Una Hajdari, comments on the process.

News@E40

Starting new conversations about identity abroad

New MISTI programs provide a platform for student dialogue on diversity in international travel, study, and work.

News@E40

MIT-Germany and the University of Stuttgart extend cooperation

Representatives from the MIT-Germany Program and the University of Stuttgart (USTUTT) recently came together to formally extend a strategic partnership first created in 2015. Collaboration extends opportunities for faculty seed funds, internship opportunities, and a Global Teaching Labs program through 2020.