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The Center for International Studies (CIS) supports and promotes global research and education at MIT.
Following a $45 million gift from the Stanton Foundation, @ssp-mit.bsky.social launched the Center for Nuclear Security Policy
to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security.
Read about CNSP in our latest edition in précis: cis.mit.edu/publications...
to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security.
Read about CNSP in our latest edition in précis: cis.mit.edu/publications...
SSP Launches Center for Nuclear Security Policy | Center for International Studies
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October 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Following a $45 million gift from the Stanton Foundation, @ssp-mit.bsky.social launched the Center for Nuclear Security Policy
to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security.
Read about CNSP in our latest edition in précis: cis.mit.edu/publications...
to expand its leading work on the vital issue of global nuclear security.
Read about CNSP in our latest edition in précis: cis.mit.edu/publications...
Don’t miss this opportunity to join a vibrant scholarly community! Apply today to be part of the 2026-2027 cohort of Postdoctoral Associates at CIS!
Learn more about this exciting role and how to apply here: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Learn more about this exciting role and how to apply here: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
October 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Don’t miss this opportunity to join a vibrant scholarly community! Apply today to be part of the 2026-2027 cohort of Postdoctoral Associates at CIS!
Learn more about this exciting role and how to apply here: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Learn more about this exciting role and how to apply here: cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, said India was treading carefully, continuing to import Russian oil while signalling its openness to talks with Washington:
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Is India buckling under US pressure on Russian oil purchase?
New Delhi may import oil from US-blacklisted suppliers such as Iran and Venezuela, according to media reports.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Mihaela Papa, director of research and principal research scientist at CIS, said India was treading carefully, continuing to import Russian oil while signalling its openness to talks with Washington:
www.scmp.com/week-asia/ec...
www.scmp.com/week-asia/ec...
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Laidlaw Scholars Program, to be administered through MIT-UK! Made possible by a generous $1.1 million gift from the Laidlaw Foundation, this initiative focuses on shaping MIT undergraduates for ethical global leadership.
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October 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We are pleased to announce the launch of the Laidlaw Scholars Program, to be administered through MIT-UK! Made possible by a generous $1.1 million gift from the Laidlaw Foundation, this initiative focuses on shaping MIT undergraduates for ethical global leadership.
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John Githongo, our 2024-2025 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow, weighs in on the implications of Trump's efforts to reconfigure the international business playing field by pausing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Read his commentary in the latest edition of précis here: cis.mit.edu/publications...
Read his commentary in the latest edition of précis here: cis.mit.edu/publications...
A Brave New Post-FCPA World? | Center for International Studies
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September 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
John Githongo, our 2024-2025 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow, weighs in on the implications of Trump's efforts to reconfigure the international business playing field by pausing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Read his commentary in the latest edition of précis here: cis.mit.edu/publications...
Read his commentary in the latest edition of précis here: cis.mit.edu/publications...
"America’s federal retreat on the environment is very real. But the country is also unique in its private and organized capacity... Much of America is still trying to play its part in mitigating climate change." writes Evan Lieberman (@evlieb.bsky.social), director of CIS.
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On climate, America is more than Washington
In spite of drastic federal rollbacks, numerous public and private actors remain committed to environmental causes
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September 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
"America’s federal retreat on the environment is very real. But the country is also unique in its private and organized capacity... Much of America is still trying to play its part in mitigating climate change." writes Evan Lieberman (@evlieb.bsky.social), director of CIS.
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Mai Hassan, associate professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, co-authored a guest essay in @nytimes.com discussing the consequences of the international community recognizing Sudan’s juntas.
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mai Hassan, associate professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, co-authored a guest essay in @nytimes.com discussing the consequences of the international community recognizing Sudan’s juntas.
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Fiona Murray, faculty director of the MIT-UK Program, reflects on her path to becoming a professor at MIT, her research interests, and MIT's global community.
Watch here: youtu.be/G-XX-Ul0V0Q?...
Watch here: youtu.be/G-XX-Ul0V0Q?...
The World at MIT: Fiona Murray
YouTube video by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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September 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Fiona Murray, faculty director of the MIT-UK Program, reflects on her path to becoming a professor at MIT, her research interests, and MIT's global community.
Watch here: youtu.be/G-XX-Ul0V0Q?...
Watch here: youtu.be/G-XX-Ul0V0Q?...
Attention MIT faculty: Our 2025-2026 Global Seed Funds application is now open!
Our Global Seed Funds (GSF) program enables MIT faculty to launch innovative research projects with peers at universities and public research institutions around the world.
Learn more here:
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Our Global Seed Funds (GSF) program enables MIT faculty to launch innovative research projects with peers at universities and public research institutions around the world.
Learn more here:
cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
cis.mit.edu
September 16, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Attention MIT faculty: Our 2025-2026 Global Seed Funds application is now open!
Our Global Seed Funds (GSF) program enables MIT faculty to launch innovative research projects with peers at universities and public research institutions around the world.
Learn more here:
cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Our Global Seed Funds (GSF) program enables MIT faculty to launch innovative research projects with peers at universities and public research institutions around the world.
Learn more here:
cis.mit.edu/opportunitie...
Evan Lieberman (@evlieb.bsky.social), director of CIS and professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social, will speak on Boundaries of Contagion: How Ideas About Us and Them Shape the Politics of Global Health on September 17, 2025, at 2:30 PM, in the Singleton Auditorium at MIT Building 46.
Learn more below:
Learn more below:
September 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Evan Lieberman (@evlieb.bsky.social), director of CIS and professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social, will speak on Boundaries of Contagion: How Ideas About Us and Them Shape the Politics of Global Health on September 17, 2025, at 2:30 PM, in the Singleton Auditorium at MIT Building 46.
Learn more below:
Learn more below:
MISTI-MEET brings together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders to create positive change and promote intercultural dialogue through technology and entrepreneurship, as highlighted in @bostonglobe.com.
Read the spotlight here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/06/b...
Read the spotlight here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/06/b...
In ‘darkest of times,’ young Israelis and Palestinians become business partners - The Boston Globe
Two organizations with Greater Boston roots turn to tech and entrepreneurship to bridge the fraught divide in the Middle East.
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September 8, 2025 at 3:49 PM
MISTI-MEET brings together young Israeli and Palestinian leaders to create positive change and promote intercultural dialogue through technology and entrepreneurship, as highlighted in @bostonglobe.com.
Read the spotlight here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/06/b...
Read the spotlight here: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/06/b...
Our new issue of precis is here! This edition features interviews with Director of Research Mihaela Papa and Wilhelm Fellow Dafna Rand, essays on corruption and nuclear intelligence, a spotlight on @ssp-mit.bsky.social Center for Nuclear Security Policy, and much more.
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September 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Our new issue of precis is here! This edition features interviews with Director of Research Mihaela Papa and Wilhelm Fellow Dafna Rand, essays on corruption and nuclear intelligence, a spotlight on @ssp-mit.bsky.social Center for Nuclear Security Policy, and much more.
cis.mit.edu/publications...
cis.mit.edu/publications...
Mariya Grinberg (@mitpolisci.bsky.social, @ssp-mit.bsky.social), examines the curious phenomenon of economic trade during military conflict in her new book “Trade in War."
Read more about her new book and research here: news.mit.edu/2025/why-cou...
Read more about her new book and research here: news.mit.edu/2025/why-cou...
Why countries trade with each other while fighting
MIT political scientist Mariya Grinberg’s new book, “Trade in War,” examines why warring countries keep trading with each other.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Mariya Grinberg (@mitpolisci.bsky.social, @ssp-mit.bsky.social), examines the curious phenomenon of economic trade during military conflict in her new book “Trade in War."
Read more about her new book and research here: news.mit.edu/2025/why-cou...
Read more about her new book and research here: news.mit.edu/2025/why-cou...
This summer, the MIT-Netherlands Program placed 26 students to work across a diverse ecosystem of startups, scaleups, SMEs, and research institutions, contributing to advancements in AI, MedTech, and sustainability.
Read the spotlight here: siliconcanals.com/mit-misti-ne...
Read the spotlight here: siliconcanals.com/mit-misti-ne...
How MIT MISTI is helping international students build tech careers in the Netherlands
From AI algorithms to medical devices, MIT MISTI interns are bringing technical skills and entrepreneurial mindset to the Netherlands.
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September 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This summer, the MIT-Netherlands Program placed 26 students to work across a diverse ecosystem of startups, scaleups, SMEs, and research institutions, contributing to advancements in AI, MedTech, and sustainability.
Read the spotlight here: siliconcanals.com/mit-misti-ne...
Read the spotlight here: siliconcanals.com/mit-misti-ne...
Welcome back to campus! Last week at the Academic Expo, our MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (MISTI) team greeted MIT’s Class of 2029 and introduced them to the exciting global opportunities offered through MISTI programs!
September 3, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Welcome back to campus! Last week at the Academic Expo, our MIT International Science & Technology Initiatives (MISTI) team greeted MIT’s Class of 2029 and introduced them to the exciting global opportunities offered through MISTI programs!
“…American foreign policy could better serve our country & the world w/ an approach that harnesses the power of national pride while valuing a global playing field,” writes @evlieb.bsky.social in @nytimes.com.
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@ssp-mit.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social @mit.edu
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August 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“…American foreign policy could better serve our country & the world w/ an approach that harnesses the power of national pride while valuing a global playing field,” writes @evlieb.bsky.social in @nytimes.com.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/o...
@ssp-mit.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social @mit.edu
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@ssp-mit.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social @mit.edu
Congratulations to the third cohort of Pathways@GDL students on completing their summer internship! Pathways@GDL is funded by @mitpolisci.bsky.social, @mit-cis.bsky.social, and MIT-Africa. Read more about this summer's cohort below:
Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns!
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@nlnathan.bsky.social @arielrwhite.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social @ncatsuaggies.bsky.social @unm.edu @howard.edu @mit.edu @mit-cis.bsky.social
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August 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Congratulations to the third cohort of Pathways@GDL students on completing their summer internship! Pathways@GDL is funded by @mitpolisci.bsky.social, @mit-cis.bsky.social, and MIT-Africa. Read more about this summer's cohort below:
Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and former director of @ssp-mit.bsky.social, was recently featured on a panel on rebalancing the transatlantic relationship, hosted by @cato.org.
Watch here: www.cato.org/events/nato-...
Watch here: www.cato.org/events/nato-...
NATO at 75: Rebalancing the Transatlantic Alliance
Despite modest increases in European defense spending, the United States still carries a disproportionate share of the continent’s defense burden.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and former director of @ssp-mit.bsky.social, was recently featured on a panel on rebalancing the transatlantic relationship, hosted by @cato.org.
Watch here: www.cato.org/events/nato-...
Watch here: www.cato.org/events/nato-...
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On July 20-24, SSP’s Wargaming Lab held its annual Summer Wargaming Institute at the MIT Endicott House. The Institute, led by the Lab co-directors Erik Lin-Greenberg and Eric Heginbotham, is a four-day “bootcamp”-style program attended by participants from academia, government, and think tanks.
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
On July 20-24, SSP’s Wargaming Lab held its annual Summer Wargaming Institute at the MIT Endicott House. The Institute, led by the Lab co-directors Erik Lin-Greenberg and Eric Heginbotham, is a four-day “bootcamp”-style program attended by participants from academia, government, and think tanks.
Eric Heginbotham, principal research scientist at @ssp-mit.bsky.social, co-authored a @csis.org report based on 26 wargames simulating a Chinese blockade of Taiwan.
Read the report here: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
Read the report here: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
Lights Out? Wargaming a Chinese Blockade of Taiwan
A Chinese blockade of Taiwan could see the greatest naval battles since World War II. Twenty-six wargames illustrated the risks to China, Taiwan, Japan, and the United States that would ensue. Prepara...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Eric Heginbotham, principal research scientist at @ssp-mit.bsky.social, co-authored a @csis.org report based on 26 wargames simulating a Chinese blockade of Taiwan.
Read the report here: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
Read the report here: www.csis.org/analysis/lig...
Mihaela Papa, director of research and founder of our BRICS Lab, delivered the thematic address at the launch of the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability. Watch her address and the event below: youtube.com/watch?v=1kvI...
The Jameel Index Forum: Food Trade in the Current Age of Uncertainty
YouTube video by J-WAFS at MIT
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July 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Mihaela Papa, director of research and founder of our BRICS Lab, delivered the thematic address at the launch of the Jameel Index for Food Trade and Vulnerability. Watch her address and the event below: youtube.com/watch?v=1kvI...
Lauren Sukin (@laurensukin.bsky.social), Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at @ssp-mit.bsky.social, recently co-authored a study examining US public opinion on relationships in the Indo-Pacific. Read more below:
“Partnerships are not simply ‘alliances lite’…[instead,] ‘alliance primacy’ may operate differently than previously assumed; it may be more influential in shaping the dynamics of support than those of intervention or retaliation," write @laurensukin.bsky.social, Gregory Winger, & Miguel A. Gomez.
As the U.S. has increasingly relied on partnerships in the Indo-Pacific region, understanding the benefits and limitations of these arrangements is crucial.
Read our article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Read our article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
July 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Lauren Sukin (@laurensukin.bsky.social), Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at @ssp-mit.bsky.social, recently co-authored a study examining US public opinion on relationships in the Indo-Pacific. Read more below:
Alicia Chen, the 2025 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, explores how pro-democracy dissidents in Boston face surveillance, harassment, and threats from the Chinese government.
Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
How China hounds pro-democracy activists in Boston - The Boston Globe
Dissidents in exile in the US face surveillance, harassment, and sometimes threats from agents linked to the Chinese government.
bostonglobe.com
July 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Alicia Chen, the 2025 Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow, explores how pro-democracy dissidents in Boston face surveillance, harassment, and threats from the Chinese government.
Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/o...
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Congratulations to SSP PhD candidate Julia Lodoen on receiving the Jeanne Guillemin Prize!
The @mit-cis.bsky.social Guillemin Prize supports research for women PhD candidates studying international affairs.
The @mit-cis.bsky.social Guillemin Prize supports research for women PhD candidates studying international affairs.
July 30, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congratulations to SSP PhD candidate Julia Lodoen on receiving the Jeanne Guillemin Prize!
The @mit-cis.bsky.social Guillemin Prize supports research for women PhD candidates studying international affairs.
The @mit-cis.bsky.social Guillemin Prize supports research for women PhD candidates studying international affairs.
Watch the latest #ThinkBigThursday episode with Yasheng Huang (@yashenghuang.bsky.social), faculty director of the Center’s MIT-China program. youtu.be/AmrzGl5XWeI?...
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The World at MIT: Yasheng Huang
YouTube video by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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July 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Watch the latest #ThinkBigThursday episode with Yasheng Huang (@yashenghuang.bsky.social), faculty director of the Center’s MIT-China program. youtu.be/AmrzGl5XWeI?...
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@mitsloan.bsky.social