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A police officer and commuters

In the News

December 4, 2024

3 Questions: Community policing in the Global South

MIT News

A new experiment co-led by MIT professor and CIS research affiliate Fotini Christia found that community policing had no impact in several countries across the Global South, from Africa to South America and Asia.

BRICS+ meeting

In the News

December 4, 2024

Trump’s warning to BRICS on US dollar adds to SE Asia’s worries

Benar News

The Center's director of research and principal research scientist Mihaela Papa was quoted: “Developing a joint currency … on a large scale is a lengthy process, making it unlikely the dollar will face a significant challenge soon." 

BRICS meeting

In the News

December 3, 2024

The magnetic pull of BRICS

Mihaela PapaAfrica Policy Research Institute

CIS director of research and principal research scientist Mihaela Papa explores how the group’s evolving strategies have increased global demand for membership.

 

Josephine Carstensen and David McGee

In the News

December 2, 2024

Q&A: Transforming research through global collaborations

MIT News

Josephine Carstensen and David McGee discuss the value and impact that MIT Global Seed Funds, which create synergistic partnerships between faculty and peers abroad, added to their research.

 

MIT Washington Summer Internship Program

In the News

November 19, 2024

Making a mark in the nation’s capital

MIT News

MIT Vice Provost Philip Khoury, a faculty affiliate of CIS and leader of the Center’s Bustani Middle East seminars, assisted the launch of MIT's DC summer internship program 30 years ago. Khoury, along with other founders and alumni of the program, reflect on the three decades of impact.

 

Tanks in a parade

In the News

November 18, 2024

The stakes of the Russia-North Korea alliance

Carol R. Saivetz

Carol R. Saivetz, a senior fellow of MIT's Security Studies Program, discusses the implications of an alliance between Russia and North Korea in her recent article. 

 

SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Lauren Sukin and SSP Russian Foreign & National Security Policy Fellow Polina Beliakova

In the News

November 18, 2024

Elections in the US and Europe and the Transatlantic security relationship

Boston University

What do the 2024 electoral shake-ups mean for the transatlantic security relationship? SSP Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Lauren Sukin and SSP Russian Foreign & National Security Policy Fellow Polina Beliakova were among the panel exploring the question.

2025 Rhodes Scholars

In the News

November 16, 2024

MISTI GTL students named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

MIT News

Yiming Chen, Wilhem Hector, and Anushka Nair are among the four selected as the 2025 Rhodes Scholars at MIT. All three are involved with MISTI Global Teaching Labs with placements in Italy, Spain, and Scotland.

Takuma Dan.

In the News

November 14, 2024

Samurai in Japan, then engineers at MIT

MIT News

A new exhibit, "From Samurai into Engineers," explores MIT's first Japanese students and their history. The exhibit was developed in collaboration with Christine Pilcavage, managing director of the MIT-Japan program.

 

President of Brazil

In the News

November 12, 2024

BRICS in transition: From the Kazan Summit to Brazil’s 2025 presidency

Mihaela PapaEnsured Europe

Mihaela Papa, director of research and a principal research scientist at CIS, discusses how BRICS could evolve as Brazil takes on the BRICS presidency in 2025. 

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