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Analysis & CommentaryU.S.-China arms control: 5 ideas in nuclear and emerging technologiesApril 03, 2025
NewsThe BRICS bloc is growing — and Trump’s tariff threat isn’t expected to put off aspiring membersJanuary 17, 2025
In the MediaThe Hill A new tabletop exercise, developed by researchers at MIT and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), has found that “a further buildup of U.S. nuclear capabilities would have limited effect on whether China might use its own nuclear weapons should a war over Taiwan erupt,” reports Brad Dress and Ellen Mitchell for The Hill. “The first large-scale war... January 07, 2025
Staff Sean Gilbert Lead, Asia-Pacific Managing Director, MIT-China Program, MIT-Singapore Program, MIT-Australia & New Zealand Program
Faculty and Researchers Yasheng Huang Faculty Director, MIT-China Program Epoch Foundation Professor of International Management Professor, Global Economics and Management
Faculty and Researchers M. Taylor Fravel Director, Security Studies Program Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science
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.
Roger's story Ph.D 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).
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
BookChina's Evolving Nuclear Deterrent: Major Drivers and Issues for the United States Eric Heginbotham RAND Corporation
BookStrong Borders, Secure Nation: Cooperation and Conflict in China’s Territorial Disputes M. Taylor Fravel Princeton University Press