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.
Security Studies Program
Nuclear and present danger
MIT security experts discuss how to lower tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.
Making sense of nuclear threats
MIT political scientist Vipin Narang explains the strategies of new nuclear powers.
Vipin Narang: On the brinkmanship beat
Department of Political Science assistant professor studies the strategic use of nuclear force as global tensions threaten to reach the boiling point.
3 Questions: Jeanne Guillemin on the recent chemical attack in Syria
Security Studies Program expert on biological weapons discusses the April 4 attack on Syrian civilians that killed at least 80.
Q&A: Meet MIT's experts in Asian security
Influential team counsels leaders, educates students, and informs policy.
The courage to dissent
For graduate student Amanda Rothschild, political science meets personal history in her studies of how the United States responds to genocide.
George W. Rathjens, professor emeritus of political science, dies at 90
MIT professor contributed to theory and practice of nuclear arms control and established the MIT Security Studies Program.
MIT political scientist awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowship
Taylor Fravel will examine Asia’s maritime conflicts in further depth.
It's all in our heads
Political science PhD student Marika Landau-Wells is using psychology and neuroscience to better understand political behavior.
M. Taylor Fravel advises U.S. government officials on South China Sea disputes
Research merges security policy, political science, and international relations.
The U.S.-Iran nuclear deal: MIT’s experts size it up
Faculty and specialists weigh in on potential pact and global implications.