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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.

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Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society

Harvard University Press

Self-Organization: The Power and Limits of Ukraine's Informal Civil Society

Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy

Princeton University Press

Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy

Papa, Mihaela, and Evan S. Lieberman. “Global Climate Adaptation: Overcoming Political and Policy Challenges.” MIT Center for International Studies, Post-Workshop Report (April 2025).

Accelerating Innovation: Competitive Advantage through Ecosystem Engagement

Accelerating Innovation: Competitive Advantage through Ecosystem Engagement

Kim, In Song, Megumi Naoi, and Tomoya Sasaki. “Domestic Institutions, Geographic Concentration, and Agricultural Liberalization.” The American Political Science Review, 2025, 1–17.

Not Just Another Cold War: The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry (Chapter 7)

Oxford University Press

Not Just Another Cold War: The Global Implications of the US-China Rivalry

English, Jasmine, Ariel White, and Laurel Eckhouse. “How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter.” Perspectives on Politics 23, no. 4 (2025): 1271–85.

Kim, In Song, Steven Liao, and Sayumi Miyano. "How FDI Reshapes Host Market’s Trade Profile and Politics." The American Journal of Political Science, 2025.

Koehler-Derrick, Gabriel, Richard Nielsen, and David Romney. “The Supply of Conspiracism in State-Controlled Media.” The Journal of Politics, 2025.

Highsmith, Brian, Maya Sen, and Kathleen Thelen. “Off-Balance: How US Courts Privilege Conservative Policy Outcomes.” Perspectives on Politics, 2025, 1–13.