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A business of hope and transformation

May 11, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

Entrepreneur and political science master’s student Milain Fayulu builds brands to bring change to the Democratic Republic of Congo.

SSP presents Space Force intel chief Lauderback with Doolittle Award

April 28, 2022 MIT SSP

Maj. Gen. Leah G. Lauderback, the Director of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance for the U.S. Space Force, was awarded the General James Doolittle Award by MIT’s Security Studies Program on Thursday, April 7.

MIT students Bhav Jain and Liberty Ladd named 2022 Truman Scholars

April 15, 2022 Office of Distinguished Fellowships

Fellowship provides funding for graduate school and recognizes future public service leaders.

What Russia’s invasion of Ukraine means for the world

April 5, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News Office

An expert panel explores the war’s impact, from a refugee crisis to China’s role and nuclear tensions.

Frequency builds familiarity

April 1, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

Urban street networks that encourage encounters among strangers link to lower ethnic tensions and anti-immigrant hostility.

Vipin Narang appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy

March 29, 2022 MIT Department of Political Science

MIT Political Science and the MIT Security Studies Program are proud to announce that Vipin Narang, Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Political Science, was sworn in as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy on Monday, March 28, 2022.

Reviving war-game scholarship at MIT

March 22, 2022 Eyal Hanfling MIT News/Center for International Studies

War games and crisis simulations are exercises where participants make decisions to simulate real-world behavior. In the field of international security, games are frequently used to study how actors make decisions during conflict, but they can also be used to model human behavior in countless other scenarios. 

Munk Debates with Professor Posen "Ukraine War: Be it resolved, NATO is partly responsible for Russian aggression in Ukraine"

March 15, 2022 Barry Posen and Stephen Rademaker Munk Debates Podcast

2020 Was a Banner Year for U.S. Election Administration

March 10, 2022 Claire DeSoi MIT Election & Data Science Lab

The Americanist

March 8, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

Studying U.S. history, Chinese-born political science doctoral student Zeyu Chris Peng maps the impact of anti-immigrant attitudes on party politics.

Racial equity and data science

March 4, 2022 MIT IDSS

Professor Fotini Christia introduces a new MIT-wide effort to address systemic racism with social science and computation.

Q&A: Climate Grand Challenges finalists on building equity and fairness into climate solutions

March 4, 2022 MIT News Office

Faculty leaders discuss the opportunities and obstacles in developing, scaling, and implementing their work rapidly.

Barry Posen joins CATO's "Power Problem" podcast: Russia, Ukraine, and European Security

February 22, 2022 John Glaser CATO Institute

Barry Posen joins CATO's "Power Problem" podcast to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, the origins of the conflict, what diplomatic approaches are available, and how US strategy is pushing China and Russia together.

Leveraging schools for political influence

February 22, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Department of Political Science

Doctoral student Blair Read links rise of private education in India to local political competition, signaling potential erosion of public services.

3 Questions: The future of international education

February 16, 2022 Anna-Rose Stember/MISTI MIT News

New MISTI faculty director Evan Lieberman discusses the crucial role of international education for global solutions.

Study: Higher minimum wages raise voter turnout

February 15, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

Low-wage workers, who vote infrequently, gain a participation boost when their salaries increase.

First-ever Climate Grand Challenges recognizes 27 finalists

February 14, 2022 MIT News Office

The Climate Grand Challenges competition launched in July 2020 with the goal of mobilizing the entire MIT research community around transformative projects that have the potential to make major advances in solving the big problems that stand in the way of effective global climate response.

From modeling quantum devices to political systems

February 8, 2022 Leah Campbell School of Science

Senior Sihao Huang uses his background in physics and complex systems to inform his interdisciplinary approach to political science.

Is an armed conflict imminent?

February 4, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

As Russia masses military equipment near Ukraine borders, experts in an MIT forum express concern about possible action and its consequences.

Where legal, voting by those in prison is rare, study shows

January 25, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

A new study by MIT scholars, “How Often Do People Vote While Incarcerated? Evidence from Maine and Vermont,” examines the two U.S. states where people can vote even while they are incarcerated.

An award that empowers change

January 14, 2022 Leda Zimmerman MIT Politicial Science Department

Pressman Program inspires undergraduate engagement in politics and policy, and sometimes a complete pivot in direction.

A look at how countries go nuclear — and why some do not

January 11, 2022 Peter Dizikes MIT News

In his new book, “Seeking the Bomb,” Vipin Narang looks at the variety of tactics countries use as they attempt to acquire nuclear weapons.

Putting ideas into action

December 17, 2021 Richard Byrne Technology Review

MIT’s new chancellor laid a foundation for leadership through her groundbreaking research on politics and racial justice.

SSP PhD uses computational analysis to understand expansive oral history archives

December 14, 2021 Christopher Burns MIT Security Studies Program

Alumni Profile: Tim Wright

December 13, 2021 MIT Security Studies Program

In this section we will ask an SSP alum 10 “Frequently Asked Questions” in order to spotlight their own career achievements as well as what insight they have gained as a result from their years at SSP. Tim Wright is the Director for Western Europe on the National Security Council, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army