News + Media Current Headlines Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 January 10, 2026 MIT Office of Graduate Education MIT SHASS Alumni Gallery: Meicen Sun PhD '22 December 10, 2025 MIT SHASS Fall 2025 MIT Political Science Newsletter November 23, 2025 MIT Political Science How drones are altering contemporary warfare November 13, 2025 MIT News Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS November 10, 2025 CNN.com More Headlines Op-Ed Military intervention in Venezuela without a clear path to strategic and political success By Caitlin Talmadge January 5, 2026 Brookings.edu 2024 brought high voter turnout--but a growing racial gap By Devin Caughey, Bernard Fraga, Robert Griffin and Christopher Warshaw October 7, 2025 Goodauthority.org More Op-Eds Quoted “I doubt that the shortages are big enough to affect the initial stages of a war with Iran. If it were to go on for a while, that could change. Also, if you use your best to fight Iran, then you could be short in another contingency. That is always one of the major concerns. Do you have enough weapons for ALL the priority contingencies.” —Professor Barry Posen January 15, 2026 Newsweek More Quoted Multimedia Professor Caitlin Talmadge interviewed by a Brookings Institution podcast: What did the US Achieve in the Venezuela operation? More Multimedia
Professor F. Daniel Hidalgo among eighteen MIT faculty honored as "Committed to Caring" for 2025-2027 January 10, 2026 MIT Office of Graduate Education
Prof. Mai Hassan interviewed on recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS November 10, 2025 CNN.com
Military intervention in Venezuela without a clear path to strategic and political success By Caitlin Talmadge January 5, 2026 Brookings.edu
2024 brought high voter turnout--but a growing racial gap By Devin Caughey, Bernard Fraga, Robert Griffin and Christopher Warshaw October 7, 2025 Goodauthority.org
“I doubt that the shortages are big enough to affect the initial stages of a war with Iran. If it were to go on for a while, that could change. Also, if you use your best to fight Iran, then you could be short in another contingency. That is always one of the major concerns. Do you have enough weapons for ALL the priority contingencies.” —Professor Barry Posen January 15, 2026 Newsweek
Professor Caitlin Talmadge interviewed by a Brookings Institution podcast: What did the US Achieve in the Venezuela operation?