New issue of précis—the year in review The MIT Center for International Studies magazine, features essays by our scholars, covers the wide range of Center activities, and tracks the accomplishments of our research community. Read More
BookThe Rise and Fall of the East: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline Yasheng Huang Yale University Press 2023
BookAt the Pivot of East and West: Ethnographic, Literary, and Filmic Arts Duke University Press 2023
PaperHassan, Mai. “Coordinated Dis-Coordination.” The American Political Science Review 118, no. 1 (2024): 163–77. May 2023
BookGrand Delusion: The Rise and Fall of American Ambition in the Middle East Penguin Random House 2023
PaperHassan, Mai, and Kathleen Klaus. “Closing The Gap: The Politics of Property Rights in Kenya.” World Politics 75, no. 2 (2023): 233–79. April 2023
BookThe Scarce State: Inequality and Political Power in the Hinterland Noah Nathan Cambridge University Press 2023
BookUntil We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid Evan Lieberman Princeton University Press 2022
PaperHassan, Mai, Daniel Mattingly, and Elizabeth R Nugent. “Political Control.” Annual Review of Political Science 25, no. 1 (2022): 155–74. May 2022
BookRepublics of Myth: National Narratives and the US-Iran Conflict John Hopkins University Press 2022
PaperHassan, Mai. “New Insights On Africa’s Autocratic Past.” African Affairs (London) 121, no. 483 (2022): 321–33. April 2022
