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In a recent Starr Forum, Sana Aiyar, an associate professor of history at MIT, explored ways in which populist nationalism has reversed the progressive and inclusive policies of post-independence India.

Populism: a case-by-case study

MIT Starr Forum panel discusses extreme forms of populism that have endangered basic civil liberties and spawned intolerant rhetoric.

November 29, 2018

Author Min Jin Lee speaking at MIT’s CIS Starr Forum event on Oct. 30

Novelist Min Jin Lee makes the case for understanding through fiction

At MIT event, “Pachinko” author talks about literature as a way of understanding outsiders in modern culture.

November 1, 2018

The 2018 Election Insights series includes: Research-based commentaries by MIT experts on key issues for the country; a "Music for the Midterms" playlist; and an annotated election booklist.

Analyzing the 2018 election: Insights from MIT scholars

SHASS faculty members offer research-based perspectives with commentaries, plus a Music for the Midterms playlist, and an election book list.

October 30, 2018

Eight IdentityX Ambassadors gathered at SPXCE Intercultural Center to discuss their international experiences. Standing: David Rich, Gabrielle "Gabby" Ballard; middle row: Carrie Watkins, Luisa Fernanda Apolaya Torres, Yara Jabbour Al Maalouf; front row: Enriko Kurtz Granadoz Chavez, Trang Luu, Johnson Huynh.

Starting new conversations about identity abroad

New MISTI programs provide a platform for student dialogue on diversity in international travel, study, and work.

October 15, 2018

General Michael Hayden took questions from the audience and from Joel Brenner (right), who was a former senior counsel at the NSA and head of US counterintelligence under the director of National Intelligence. Brenner is a research affiliate of the MIT Center for International Studies and CSAIL’s Internet Policy Research Initiative.

An assault on American intelligence

In MIT visit, former CIA and NSA director Michael Hayden describes current difficulties faced by society and U.S. intelligence services.

October 3, 2018

The Schloss from the castle garden on the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg campus

New partnership between MIT-Germany and the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

MIT-Germany expands student internship and Global Teaching Labs opportunities, and establishes the MIT-FAU Seed Fund for faculty.

August 7, 2018

Barry Posen, a Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT Security Studies Program at the Center for International Studies, provided a foreign policy briefing on US grand strategy to consuls generals and journalists in April, 2018. He is the author of "The Case for Restraint: A New Foundation for U.S. Grand Strategy."

3Q: Barry Posen on the NATO Summit and state of the alliance

National security expert discusses US defense spending and considers whether the NATO alliance should remain a US priority.

July 20, 2018

Celebrating a new MIT-Belgium partnership: (standing, l to r) Vincent Blondel, April Julich Perez, Molly Schneider, Cathy Culot, and Peter Lievens; (seated, l to r) Richard Lester and Luc Sels.

Unity makes strength: MIT expands ties with Belgium

Belgian researchers once split by language come together to reinforce a future with MIT.

June 5, 2018

Vipin Narang (left), associate professor of political science and a member of the Security Studies Program, discusses the North Korean nuclear crisis at a Starr Forum event sponsored by the Center for International Studies.

3 Questions: Vipin Narang on the North Korea summits

Nuclear strategy expert shares observations from the recent North Korea-South Korea summit and possible outcomes of the North Korea-U.S. summit.

May 10, 2018

Is democracy dying?

Scholars and writers tackle a pressing question at an MIT forum.

February 27, 2018

GSL-Peru students April Baker of MIT Sloan (left) and Dalitso Banda of EECS give a talk.

MISTI Global Startup Labs celebrates 18 years

Over 200 MIT students have mentored peers in creating tech startups across the world.

February 1, 2018

Eric Heginbotham is a principal research scientist at the MIT Center for International Studies.

China's new engagement with the developing world

MIT Research Scientist Eric Heginbotham co-authors book that serves as guide for policymakers and academics, tracking important shifts in China’s diplomacy.

January 31, 2018

Guest speaker Peter Krause presents a chart measuring changes over time in the rate of political violence in Algeria.

Tackling complex Middle East statehood issues

Bustani Middle East Seminar lectures by Leila Farsakh and Peter Krause PhD '11 take a close look at nationalist movements in Israel, Palestine, and Algeria.

November 16, 2017

MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences and Harvard Kennedy School launch collaborative international studies program

New initiative supported by $3.7 million in grants from the Charles Koch Foundation.

November 13, 2017

Left to right: Richard Clarke SM ’79, former national coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and Counter-terrorism for the United States; and Joel Brenner, former head of counterintelligence under the Director of National Intelligence for the United States and Senior Research Fellow at the MIT Center for International Studies and CSAIL.

Why we should welcome warnings

At MIT event, experts call for a new approach to worst-case scenarios.

November 3, 2017

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