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China returns as Southeast Asia’s preferred superpower as fears grow over Trump’s policies: ISEAS survey

April 07, 2026

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Connecting climate and sustainability: Synergies and tradeoffs

April 06, 2026

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BRICS and rising power alliances

April 01, 2026

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Can ‘reliable friend’ China fill the gap as US pressures allies to snub South Africa?

March 28, 2026

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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

Mihaela Papa

Director of Research

Principal Research Scientist

Director, BRICS Lab

Faculty and Researchers

M Taylor Fravel

Director, Security Studies Program

Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science

Faculty and Researchers

Eric Heginbotham

Co-Director, Security Studies Program Wargaming Lab

Principal Research Scientist

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Fiona Cunningham

Affiliate, Security Studies Program

Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

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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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MISTI matches MIT students with tailored internship, research, teaching and study opportunities in China.

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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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CIS makes it possible for MIT students and researchers to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

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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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

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

Paper

Cha, Sujin, Jieun Lee, Iain Osgood, and Sojun Park. "Rapidly innovating firms: patent lifecycle and support for trade and IP enforcement." Review of International Political Economy (2025): 1-35.

November 2025

Paper

Grinberg, Mariya. Review of A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China, by Dale C. Copeland. ISSForum, 2025.

July 2025

Paper

Zheng, Enying, Wei Hong, Yasheng Huang, and Rongzhu Ke. “Networks Rewired: Quota Enforcement and the Unintended Mobilization of Native Place Ties.” Social Forces 103, no. 4 (2025): 1465–88.

June 2025

Paper

Grinberg, Mariya. "The Future of Economic Warfare." In Survival: June–July 2025, pp. 149-170. Routledge, 2025.

June 2025

Report

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

April 2025

Featured News

CIS awards 17 PhD research grants

A broader military purge? Analysts focus on key PLA meeting led by Xi Jinping

Doubts about Trump strain Southeast Asia’s US-China balancing act

When US leadership loses its sheen

What the Trump-Takaichi summit revealed about the US-Japan alliance

Southeast Asia shifts favour to China over US by narrow margin: ISEAS poll

China returns as Southeast Asia’s preferred superpower as fears grow over Trump’s policies: ISEAS survey

Connecting climate and sustainability: Synergies and tradeoffs

BRICS and rising power alliances

Can ‘reliable friend’ China fill the gap as US pressures allies to snub South Africa?

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Yasheng Huang

Mihaela Papa

M Taylor Fravel

Eric Heginbotham

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Publications

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.”

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

Retrench, Defend, Compete

Cha, Sujin, Jieun Lee, Iain Osgood, and Sojun Park. "Rapidly innovating firms: patent lifecycle and support for trade and IP enforcement." Review of International Political Economy (2025): 1-35.

Grinberg, Mariya. Review of A World Safe for Commerce: American Foreign Policy from the Revolution to the Rise of China, by Dale C. Copeland. ISSForum, 2025.

Zheng, Enying, Wei Hong, Yasheng Huang, and Rongzhu Ke. “Networks Rewired: Quota Enforcement and the Unintended Mobilization of Native Place Ties.” Social Forces 103, no. 4 (2025): 1465–88.

Grinberg, Mariya. "The Future of Economic Warfare." In Survival: June–July 2025, pp. 149-170. Routledge, 2025.

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