Why sign rights treaties?
Study: Autocratic leaders who sign human-rights treaties seek political gain, not material benefits.
3 Questions: Jim Walsh on the elusive U.S.-Iran nuclear treaty
Expert thinks treaty to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program faces more barriers domestically than in negotiations.
Slovakia’s president, Andrej Kiska, visits MIT
Friday visit touched on the importance of innovation and online learning.
The history man
Nuclear security expert Francis Gavin brings a historical approach to the study of international politics.
A new leadership model for a new Haiti
Prime minister and cabinet members attend leadership workshop with MIT professors.
Time to rethink foreign policy?
In a new book, political scientist Barry Posen makes the case for a more limited U.S. military strategy.
MIT Sloan hosts Haitian prime minister
Laurent Lamothe visits MIT to plan the next stage of an initiative that addresses poverty, education, and recovery efforts after the country's 2010 earthquake.
President of Turkey visits MIT
Abdullah Gul views research projects, meets with faculty, students, and administration
The varieties of nuclear strategy
In a new book, MIT political scientist examines the multiple political uses of nuclear weapons.
MISTI creates its first seed fund in Israel
MIT and Ben Gurion University partner on seed fund to support budding collaborations between the institutions
3 Questions: Scott Kemp on rethinking nuclear security efforts
MIT professor argues the barriers to weapon acquisition today are not technological.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame visits MIT
MIT President L. Rafael Reif and Professor Maria Zuber host discussion about collaborations; climate-change observatory in the works