International relations

Yukio Okamoto “brought to MIT an unparalleled set of experiences on the world stage. A great loss of a great man — and friend of us all,” said Richard Samuels, the Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the Center for International Studies.

Yukio Okamoto, Japanese diplomat and MIT research fellow, dies at 74

The former special advisor to two Japanese prime ministers fostered US-Japan relations.

May 11, 2020

A 2018 Future Strategy Forum panel featured (l-r) Beverly Kirk, Captain Asha Castleberry, Shamila Chaudhary, Janne Nolan, Sara Plana, Rachel Tecott, and Tamara Cofman Wittes. This year's forum, The Future of Cooperation and Conflict in the Time of Covid-19, will be held virtually in June.

A forum for female voices in international security

MIT graduate students launched the Future Strategy Forum to advance women in security studies.

May 4, 2020

Areg Danagoulian’s MIT team has brought the best science to arms control and provided a creative solution that can reduce nuclear threats and enhance security.

3 Questions: Areg Danagoulian on a new arms control tool and the future of nuclear security

Danagoulian and his research team developed a system that could greatly improve the process for verifying compliance of nuclear warheads.

April 23, 2020

Mosaic of MITx MicroMasters learners from the Program in Supply Chain Management. New program graduates bring the total number of credential-holders to 2,243 from 115 countries.

Amid shutdowns, supply chains pivot and global demand for specialized talent intensifies

New MITx MicroMasters credential-holders prepare to meet supply chain disruptions through their knowledge and newly acquired abilities.

April 13, 2020

A public website allows North Macedonians to follow the number of Covid-19 cases and find locations of health resources. This website is part of the Next-Generation Incident Command System, which emergency agencies throughout North Macedonia are using to coordinate Covid-19 response.

Emergency-coordination system from Lincoln Laboratory supports Covid-19 response

North Macedonia is using the Next-Generation Incident Command System to coordinate emergency services and inform the public about Covid-19 cases.

April 6, 2020

Fotini Christia is professor of political science at MIT. Her research interests explore issues of conflict and cooperation in the Muslim world.

3 Questions: Fotini Christia on new deal-making in Afghanistan

MIT professor of political science discusses a new U.S.-Taliban agreement and whether it will bring peace to the Afghan people.

April 2, 2020

Jeanne Guillemin was described by The New York Times as a “scientific sleuth” and the Washington Post as a “pioneering researcher” in obituaries that lauded her groundbreaking work in biological warfare — a field where men had long outnumbered their female colleagues.

Jeanne Guillemin, biological warfare expert and senior advisor at MIT, dies at 76

A sought-after analyst on the use of biological weapons, she was a model of interdisciplinary excellence to all — especially women.

January 7, 2020

Anoushka Bose is moving purposefully toward a public-service career in nuclear policy and diplomacy.

Anoushka Bose: Targeting a career in security studies and diplomacy

Nuclear science and engineering and physics met political science to illuminate a new path.

December 17, 2019

Left to right: chief innovation officer for the newly created Directorate of Science, Technology and Innovation in Sierra Leone and alumnus David Sengeh PhD '15, EECS student Michal Reda, Minister of Tertiary and Higher Education of Sierra Leone Aiah Gbakima, and MISTI-Africa participant and physics and mechanical engineering alumnus Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19.

Expanding education: From Africa to Cambridge and back again

Mgcini "Keith" Phuthi ’19, a native Zimbabwean, uses his experiences at MIT to develop improvements in education policy in Sierra Leone through MISTI-Africa.

November 18, 2019

Areg Danagoulian has committed himself to generating new technologies that reduce nuclear security threats and that offer game-changing options in the arena of nuclear nonproliferation and treaty verification.

Advancing nuclear detection and inspection

Assistant professor of nuclear science and engineering Areg Danagoulian probes deep inside cargo containers and ballistic warheads to ferret out fissile materials.

November 14, 2019

Professor Lydia Bourouiba’s work was featured at the TEDMED 2019 meeting. Her invited talk outlined how a deeper understanding of the fluid dynamics and biophysics of transmission can provide the power to predict and control the spread of airborne infectious diseases.

MIT Policy Lab issues fifth call for proposals to faculty and researchers

Based within the Center for International Studies, the lab provides outreach support to help MIT researchers connect with the policy world.

October 22, 2019

“My hope is that the endowment will help women graduate students find new options for special projects that will energize their sense of inquiry and search for knowledge,” says Guillemin, who has been a research associate and senior advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program since 2006.

At the Center for International Studies, a student endowment for women in international affairs

Established by distinguished sociologist Jeanne Guillemin, the endowment will provide financial support for women at MIT pursuing a PhD in international affairs.

October 21, 2019

"In my view," says MIT Professor Elizabeth Wood, "the core motivation behind [election] interference is Russia's two-fold belief a) that the most important goal of the Russian state is world power status and b) that such status cannot be achieved without recourse to espionage and manipulation."

3 Questions: Historian Elizabeth Wood on election interference

How do we understand Russia’s multi-layered interference in the 2016 elections? A Russia expert and professor of history analyzes Russia’s motives.

October 17, 2019

Professor John Sterman displays maps showing the consequences of sea-level rise on various coastal cities, as part of the “SimPlanet” event at MIT.

Reaching climate solutions through negotiation

At “SimPlanet” event, students test-drive new computer simulation to reveal outcomes of different policy decisions.

September 6, 2019

Luis Videgaray PhD ’98, former foreign minister and finance minister of Mexico, is coming to MIT to spearhead an effort that aims to help shape global AI policies, focusing on how such rising technologies will affect people living in all corners of the world.

Visiting lecturer to spearhead project exploring the geopolitics of artificial intelligence

At MIT, Luis Videgaray, alumnus and former foreign minister of Mexico, will launch project to help shape international AI policies.

July 12, 2019

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