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Strategic empathy & the roots of the Ukraine War

Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science and a member of the Center’s Security Studies Program, argues that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 qualifies as a preventive war and was motivated in part to thwart U.S.-led efforts to expand NATO in Europe.

Strategic empathy & the roots of the Ukraine War

US policy on BRICS: A temporary fix or a strategic reset?

Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, discusses whether President Trump's threats to impose tariffs on BRICS nations in response to their efforts to de-dollarize signal a deeper shift in U.S. foreign policy.

US policy on BRICS: A temporary fix or a strategic reset?

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

A Global Classroom course offered by MIT-Brazil allowed students to travel to Manaus over the three weeks of Independent Activities Period (IAP) and work with locals to address the plastics sustainability crisis.

A collaboration across continents to solve a plastics problem

Dr. Rand and Ambassador Shringla to join MIT as distinguished fellows at the Center for International Studies

Career diplomats and global policymakers, Dr. Dafna H. Rand held senior roles in the US State Department and Ambassador Harsh V. Shringla is the former foreign secretary of India.

Dr. Rand and Ambassador Shringla join MIT as distinguished fellows at the Center for International Studies

Houck and Ansari, PhD students, further their dissertation research abroad

Each received a prize offered by the Center for International Studies that supports ongoing studies by women PhD candidates in the field of international affairs.

Houck and Ansari, PhD students, further their dissertation research abroad

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