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May 26, 2026

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MIT Asia Real Estate Initiative expands its footprint in booming Asian cities

May 19, 2026

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Retrench, defend, compete

May 13, 2026

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Why has China doubled its nuclear capacity in the last decade?

May 10, 2026

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Sean Gilbert

Lead, Asia-Pacific

Managing Director, MIT-China Program, MIT-Singapore Program, MIT-Australia & New Zealand Program

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Yasheng Huang

Faculty Co-Director, MIT-China Program

Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management

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Fiona Cunningham

Affiliate, Security Studies Program

Assistant Professor, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

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Eric Heginbotham

Co-Director, Security Studies Program Wargaming Lab

Principal Research Scientist

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M Taylor Fravel

Director, Security Studies Program

CIS Faculty Council

Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science

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Kacie Miura

Affiliate, Security Studies Program

Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Relations, University of San Diego

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Mihaela Papa

Director of Research

Principal Research Scientist

Director, BRICS Lab

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The MIT Greater China Fund for Innovation grant program enables new collaborations between faculty and research scientists at MIT and their counterparts in the region.

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Two working groups focus on China, including the China Group on Climate Change and Sustainability and the Chinese Politics Research Workshop.

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Roger's story

PhD Candidate, Materials Science & Engineering '19

Rodger interned for a semester in the Lubrication Department at Shell (Shanghai) Technology Ltd. and taught for a summer in three different regions of China with the MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI).

Annabeth's story

Civil & Environmental Engineering '15

Annabeth worked with her MIT-China Educational Technology Initiative (CETI) team introducing course content from MIT OpenCourseWare and MITx in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Xining, and Yulin, Shaanxi.

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Petersen, Roger. “People’s War in the 20th Century.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, edited by Alexander Watson. New York: Oxford Academic, 2026.

July 2026

Book

Petersen, Roger. “People’s War in the 20th Century.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, edited by Alexander Watson. New York: Oxford Academic, 2026.

2026

Paper

Downes, Alexander B., and Charles L. Glaser. "Revisiting the Effectiveness of Nuclear Compellent Threats." Security Studies (2026): 1-37.

June 2026

Report

Lin, Joanne, Melinda Martinus, Kristina Fong, et al. The State of Southeast Asia: 2026 Survey Report. Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, 2026.

April 2026

Report

Papa, Mihaela, Gustavo de Carvalho, Akshay Mathur, et al. Envisioning Global Leadership: The G20 and BRICS in 2026. Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, 2026.

March 2026

Paper

Weiling, Joanne Lin. “Beyond Binaries: Reimagining ASEAN-Japan Partnership in an Age of Multipolarity.”

March 2026

Book

Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of China's Reforms and Reversals

Cambridge University Press

2026

Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of China's Reforms and Reversals

Paper

Yin, Chengzhi and Mihaela Papa. "Designing Wedge Strategies: US Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments." International Negotiation (2025): 1-32.

December 2025

Paper

Yin, Chengzhi and Mihaela Papa. "Designing Wedge Strategies: US Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments." International Negotiation (2025): 1-32.

December 2025

Book

Retrench, Defend, Compete

Cornell University Press

2025

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Publications

Petersen, Roger. “People’s War in the 20th Century.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, edited by Alexander Watson. New York: Oxford Academic, 2026.

Petersen, Roger. “People’s War in the 20th Century.” In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Military History, edited by Alexander Watson. New York: Oxford Academic, 2026.

Downes, Alexander B., and Charles L. Glaser. "Revisiting the Effectiveness of Nuclear Compellent Threats." Security Studies (2026): 1-37.

Lin, Joanne, Melinda Martinus, Kristina Fong, et al. The State of Southeast Asia: 2026 Survey Report. Singapore: ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute, 2026.

Papa, Mihaela, Gustavo de Carvalho, Akshay Mathur, et al. Envisioning Global Leadership: The G20 and BRICS in 2026. Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy, 2026.

Weiling, Joanne Lin. “Beyond Binaries: Reimagining ASEAN-Japan Partnership in an Age of Multipolarity.”

Statism with Chinese Characteristics: A History of China's Reforms and Reversals

Yin, Chengzhi and Mihaela Papa. "Designing Wedge Strategies: US Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments." International Negotiation (2025): 1-32.

Yin, Chengzhi and Mihaela Papa. "Designing Wedge Strategies: US Response to China, Russia, and Their Alignments." International Negotiation (2025): 1-32.

Retrench, Defend, Compete