MIT Political Science Military intervention in Venezuela without a clear path to strategic and political success Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 How drones are altering contemporary warfare The United States Japan Foundation names its dissertation award the Richard J. Samuels Dissertation Award in Japanese Studies Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Charles Stewart III elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration APSA Awards include Merze Tate - Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award to Volha Charnysh and Political Networks Section Political Ties Award for best paper on political networks to Noah Nathan. Why countries trade with each other while fighting When a collective crisis strikes, nations with shallow safety nets respond with massive spending Military intervention in Venezuela without a clear path to strategic and political success Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 How drones are altering contemporary warfare The United States Japan Foundation names its dissertation award the Richard J. Samuels Dissertation Award in Japanese Studies Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS Charles Stewart III elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration APSA Awards include Merze Tate - Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award to Volha Charnysh and Political Networks Section Political Ties Award for best paper on political networks to Noah Nathan. Why countries trade with each other while fighting When a collective crisis strikes, nations with shallow safety nets respond with massive spending Highlights Julia Lodoen and Mrinalini Penumaka, 2025 Jeanne Guillemin Prize winners, conduct dissertation research abroad January 29, 2026 MIT Center for International Studies Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 January 10, 2026 MIT Office of Graduate Education Events February 4 — Commerce and Conflict February 10 — No Crime but Punishment: How Migration Triggers Punitive Behavior Among Judicial Bureaucrats February 11 — New Weapons between Utopia and Apocalypse: An Intellectual History, 1860s–1970s February 13 — The Political Consequences of Dying Occupations
Julia Lodoen and Mrinalini Penumaka, 2025 Jeanne Guillemin Prize winners, conduct dissertation research abroad January 29, 2026 MIT Center for International Studies
Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 January 10, 2026 MIT Office of Graduate Education
February 10 — No Crime but Punishment: How Migration Triggers Punitive Behavior Among Judicial Bureaucrats