News + Media Current Headlines Prof. Kathleen Thelen wins the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for Best Book in the Field of U.S. National Policy from the American Political Science Association July 16, 2026 American Political Science Association Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg wins the Best Book in Conflict Processes from the American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section July 15, 2026 American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section MIT Washington Summer Interns visit U.S. Representative Thomas Massie July 6, 2026 MIT Political Science How architecture influences political activity June 26, 2026 MIT News MIT Summer Reading List Features Books by Profs. Grinberg and Lin-Greenberg June 25, 2026 MIT News More Headlines Op-Ed Valuing human authenticity in the age of AI By Evan Lieberman March 27, 2026 Global Commons Substack The Hormuz Minefield: In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage--and America has No Good Options By Caitlin Talmadge March 13, 2026 Foreign Affairs More Op-Eds Quoted “This is not a document the United States agreed to because the war demonstrated a new U.S. military superiority. I think it's a document that has resulted from the fact that the United States bit off more than it could chew and doesn't want to escalate.” — Prof. Caitlin Talmadge June 21, 2026 Boston Globe More Quoted Multimedia Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg explores how drones are reshaping modern warfare and what this new era could mean for the future of conflict on Plain English With Derek Thompson More Multimedia
Prof. Kathleen Thelen wins the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for Best Book in the Field of U.S. National Policy from the American Political Science Association July 16, 2026 American Political Science Association
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg wins the Best Book in Conflict Processes from the American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section July 15, 2026 American Political Science Association Conflict Processes Section
MIT Washington Summer Interns visit U.S. Representative Thomas Massie July 6, 2026 MIT Political Science
The Hormuz Minefield: In the Strait, Iran Holds the Advantage--and America has No Good Options By Caitlin Talmadge March 13, 2026 Foreign Affairs
“This is not a document the United States agreed to because the war demonstrated a new U.S. military superiority. I think it's a document that has resulted from the fact that the United States bit off more than it could chew and doesn't want to escalate.” — Prof. Caitlin Talmadge June 21, 2026 Boston Globe
Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg explores how drones are reshaping modern warfare and what this new era could mean for the future of conflict on Plain English With Derek Thompson