MIT Center for International Studies

@MIT_CIS

The Center for International Studies (CIS) supports and promotes global research and education at MIT.

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Joined April 2012

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 18

Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) and Pranay Vaddi (@pranayrvaddi) of @MIT_SSP's Center for Nuclear Security Policy discuss how the United States can survive the new nuclear age on a podcast episode with @ForeignAffairs. Listen here: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/comin… @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. A Conversation With Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 9

Vipin Narang (@NarangVipin) and Pranay Vaddi (@pranayrvaddi) of @MIT_SSP's Center for Nuclear Security Policy examine the multiplying threats and emerging challenges in today’s evolving nuclear order. Read here: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. National security in a world of proliferating risks and eroding constraints.

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 25

Alicia Chen (@yingyuchen9), the 2025 @IWMF Neuffer Fellow, explores how pro-democracy dissidents in Boston face surveillance, harassment, and threats from the Chinese government in a new @BostonGlobe article. Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/opi… @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. Dissidents in exile in the US face surveillance, harassment, and sometimes threats from agents linked to the Chinese government.

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 25

Watch the latest #ThinkBigThursday episode with Yasheng Huang (@YashengHuang), faculty director of the Center’s MIT-China program. youtu.be/AmrzGl5XWeI?si… @MIT_SHASS @MITSloan @MISTIatMIT

MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 23

M. Taylor Fravel (@fravel), director of @MIT_SSP, discusses China's military capability in a new article for @ForeignAffairs. Read below:

MMIT SSP@MIT_SSP · Jul 22

“Now, as then, Chinese leaders may pursue war even if the domestic economic and political conditions appear unfavorable—and even if the PLA is not ready to fight,” writes SSP Director M. Taylor Fravel (@fravel) for @ForeignAffairs. foreignaffairs.com/china/chinas-m…

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 21

Introducing the MISTI-Lithuania Program: a cross-disciplinary partnership that fosters the exchange of artistic intelligence, cultural innovation, and highlights the humanities as agents of technological transformation. Learn more about MISTI Lithuania's mission and future:…

MIT_CIS's tweet image. Introducing the MISTI-Lithuania Program: a cross-disciplinary partnership that fosters the exchange of artistic intelligence, cultural innovation, and highlights the humanities as agents of technological transformation.
Learn more about MISTI Lithuania's mission and future:…

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 21

F. Daniel Hidalgo, associate professor of @MITPoliSci and associated faculty of the MIT-Brazil Program, explores the intersection of data and politics in course 17.831 (Data and Politics). Read here: news.mit.edu/2025/exploring… @MISTIatMIT @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. A new MIT course taught by Department of Political Science Professor Daniel Hidalgo, 17.831 (Data and Politics), is a practice-based class that helps students parse and understand data and politics.

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 17

Lauren Sukin (@Lauren_Sukin), Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at @MIT_SSP, discusses her recent article on nuclear deterrence co-authored with Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Samuel Seitz (@samseitz3) in an episode of @LSE_US's The Ballpark. Listen here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025……

MIT_CIS's tweet card. What does the focus on nuclear weapons for both deterrence and reassurance mean for US foreign policy and for the security of East Asia?

MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 16

Zachary Burdette, a recent @MIT_SSP PhD graduate, explores how artificial intelligence could influence the future of international security. Read here: thebulletin.org/premium/2025-0… @MITPoliSci @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. Unlike the dystopian visions of artificial intelligence ushering in a new era of conflict and chaos, the likelihood of AI tools directly triggering a major war appears limited. But there are specific...

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 14

Fiona Murray (@Fiona_MIT), faculty director of the MIT-UK Program, also serves as the faculty director of @MITProtoVenture, which recently published a playbook to help research institutions establish their own in-house venture studios. Read here: news.mit.edu/2025/from-mit-……

MIT_CIS's tweet card. MIT Proto Ventures published an instruction manual to help other universities and research institutions create their own venture studios. The manual provides a repeatable process for turning lab...

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 11

CIS Director of Research Mihaela Papa credits BRICS with building consensus on development finance, global health, the climate, and artificial intelligence, “areas where the Trump administration’s multilateral engagement has waned”. Read her insights here: scmp.com/week-asia/poli……

MIT_CIS's tweet card. It has condemned tariffs and military strikes on Iran, but analysts say Brics’ true test is in moving beyond rhetoric to deliver results.

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 11

CarolSaivetz, senior fellow at @MIT_SSP, analyzes Russia's lack of support for Iran following the US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position. Read here: nationalinterest.org/blog/middle-ea… @MIT_SHASS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. Despite fiery rhetoric, Russia has offered Iran no real support after US strikes, revealing Moscow’s weakened position, competing interests, and reluctance to jeopardize ties with Israel, the Gulf,...

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Sreeram Chaulia@sreeramchaulia · Jul 10

In terms of #geopolitics, is #BRICS becoming more anti-American and anti-Western? How has the entry of five new member states altered the agenda and character of BRICS? What is the role and purpose of the ten partner countries of BRICS? How credible is BRICS’ claim to don the…

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MIT SSP@MIT_SSP · Jul 10

On June 27-28, the Wargaming Lab held its annual Flagship Game at the Endicott House in Dedham, MA. Held over two days, 30 participants from various governmental organizations, the private sector, and academia participated in the Wargaming Lab's Crisis 2030 wargame. @eriklg

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 10

Mihaela Papa, director of research at CIS, discusses Brazil's push to position BRICS as “a pragmatic, Global South–focused platform for sustainable development and institutional reform.” Read here: scmp.com/news/china/dip… @MIT_SHASS #BRICS

MIT_CIS's tweet card. Emerging economy leaders gather amid geopolitical tensions, frayed Washington alliances under Trump trade policy.

MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 10

Looking for summer reading suggestions? MIT News' latest list features books by several of our faculty members: • Phil Budden (@Phil_Budden) & Fiona Murray (@Fiona_MIT) - MIT-UK • Volha Charnysh (@vcharnysh) - @lab_diversity • Kathleen Thelen - MIT-Germany, MIT-Scandinavia…

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 8

Recent PhD graduate Kunal Singh @d_extrovert on "Why you can’t always trust the intelligence on nuclear breakout" thebulletin.org/?p=123917 via @BulletinAtomic @MIT_SSP

MIT_CIS's tweet card. Intelligence about nuclear programs, such as the one in Iran, includes a lot of uncertainty—and always has a political component that shapes the narrative presented to the public.

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Saurabh Todi@saurabhtodi · Jul 8

An important piece by @d_extrovert on perils of relying too much on ‘intelligence’ to make or rationalise decisions post-facto! 👇🏽 thebulletin.org/2025/07/why-yo…

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MIT Center for International Studies@MIT_CIS · Jul 8

Mihaela Papa, #BRICS researcher at MIT, characterizes the group's orientation not as anti-Western, but as “advancing its own goals and remaining diplomatically and economically resilient when these goals clash with those of the West.” table.media/en/china/featu… #BRICSSummit2025…

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