MIT Center for International Studies

On Tuesday, October 28, CIS, @MIT_SSP, and the MIT-Eurasia Program hosted a Focus on Eurasia webinar titled The Axis of Upheaval: How Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea Seek to Change the World. The event featured Andrea Kendall-Taylor (@AKendallTaylor, @CNASdc) with…

CIS is thrilled to welcome five new faculty directors to lead our growing ecosystem of global programs. The recent appointments bring diverse expertise to help foster international research, education, and engagement across MIT. Read here: cis.mit.edu/news/cis-welco… @MIT_SHASS…

Over the past year, our experts have advanced research on climate policy, China’s military readiness, and the future of the Amazon. The précis article below also highlights new collaborations, student research abroad, a Ukraine-focused hackathon, community profiles, and MIT’s…

Mai Hassan, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, spoke on @CNN's @FareedZakaria GPS about the recent massacre of civilians in Sudan’s Darfur region and the escalation of violence during the war. Listen to the full episode here:…

On Thursday, October 9, MIT-Mexico (MISTI) hosted Balancing Borders: Trade, Security, and Migration in US–Mexico Relations Today. Co-sponsored by UNAM-Boston Boston and UMass Boston, the event brought together experts to discuss the challenges and opportunities at the…

Adrián Lozano Durán, an associate professor of aerospace at @Caltech and a visiting professor at MIT, and MIT graduate student Yuan Yuan developed a dimensionless machine learning model that can be applied to any mathematical model. Their work, published in the journal Nature…

#EventAlert: Join us on November 20 at 4:30 PM in MIT E15, Room 070 for our first Starr Forum of the semester: Rethinking Globalization: America First, The World Last? MIT experts Suzanne Berger, Simon Johnson, and Richard Locke will discuss the impact and potential outcomes of…

Caitlin Talmadge, faculty affiliate at @MIT_SSP's Center for Nuclear Security Policy, discusses her path into security studies at MIT, and her research on militaries’ on-the-ground capabilities, battlefield effectiveness in authoritarian regimes, and why states adopt military…

This summer, nine MIT students worked across the Middle East through the MISTI-Arab World Program. Their internships spanned diverse industries, from working with Pixel, a sustainability startup in Casablanca, Morocco, to Abu Dhabi Airports’ Smart Airports Initiative. Read the…

Since launching in 2008, the MIT Global Seed Funds (GSF) program has awarded roughly $30 million to more than 1,300 high-impact faculty research projects across the world, as featured in MIT News. Open to MIT faculty and principal investigators, GSF projects often tackle critical…

#EventAlert: Monday, November 3 | 12 PM | MIT Building 10, Room 105 Join us on Monday, November 3 for a Global Research & Policy Seminar with Vanessa Kerry, associate professor at the @HarvardChanSPH, and co-founder and CEO of @Seed_Global, a nonprofit focused on strengthening…

TODAY | 4 PM | Zoom Register today for our Focus on Eurasia webinar featuring Andrea Kendall-Taylor (@AKendallTaylor), senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at @CNASdc. Carol Saivetz and Elizabeth Wood (@ElizWoodMIT) will co-chair the discussion. Learn…

Through @MISTIatMIT, MIT undergraduates gain global experience and new insights, while helping to find solutions for some of the world’s biggest challenges. Read about MIT students’ global MISTI experiences in the latest précis issue: cis.mit.edu/publications-r… Explore the full…

Dafna Rand (@dafnahrand), our 2025–2026 Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow, discusses the importance of an international stabilization force (ISF) providing logistical support and resources to Gaza to establish a rapid alternative to Hamas’s security control in a recent article from…

Phil Budden (@Phil_Budden) and Fiona Murray (@Fiona_MIT), faculty directors of the MIT-UK Program, discuss how geopolitics is reshaping the fundamentals of innovation and offer advice on how business strategists in global companies can adapt to geopolitical changes. Read their…

#EventAlert: Join MIT-Africa and MIT-MENA Program for a special talk with Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moises Saman (@moises_saman) on Monday, October 27 at 4:30 PM in MIT Building 10-105. Saman will present his powerful photography of the conflicts in Syria and Sudan,…

MIT faculty participated in "Human and More-Than-Human Futures: Innovating Technologies for Coexistence," a conference designed to bolster ties between MIT and a consortium of Lithuanian universities, research centers, and companies. The conference, hosted by @VU_LT and @VMUlive,…

#EventAlert: Tuesday, October 28 | 4 PM | Zoom Register today for our Focus on Eurasia webinar featuring Andrea Kendall-Taylor (@AKendallTaylor), senior fellow and director of the Transatlantic Security Program at @CNASdc. Carol Saivetz and Elizabeth Wood (@ElizWoodMIT) will…

Kunal Singh (@d_extrovert), PhD '25 and @MIT_SSP alumnus, now a Stanton postdoctoral fellow at @BelferCenter, explores the uncertainty surrounding intelligence on nuclear breakout, arguing that the global nonproliferation architecture is harmed by preventive attacks. Read his…

The MIT-Chile Program recently hosted Chilean scholar Cristobal Bellolio (@cbellolio, @GobiernoUAI) for a talk titled “Beyond the Ballot: Chile’s Ongoing Political Transformation," as part of the “Focus on Latin America” series at @MIT_CIS. Bellolio explored Chile’s evolving…