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Professor Caitlin Talmadge interviewed by a Brookings Institution podcast: What did the US Achieve in the Venezuela operation?

Jan 9, 2026

The Coming Nuclear Hurricane: The Foreign Affairs Interview with Prof. Vipin Narang and Senior Nuclear Fellow Pranay Vaddi

Jul 18, 2025

MIT Initiative for New Manufacturing (INM), co-directed by Institute Professor Suzanne Berger, is a cross-disciplinary partnership to rethink how manufacturing can meet today’s biggest challenges.

May 27, 2025

Undergraduate Siddhu Pachipala on the science part of political science: "We have a rigorous understanding of why decisions turn out the way they do."

Apr 1, 2025

Professor Devin Caughey and undergraduate Sandra Youssef ‘26 improve course site for 17.20 Intro to American Political Process

Mar 18, 2025

Professor Kathleen Thelen speaks on Attention Shoppers: American Retail Capitalism and the Rise of the Amazon Economy at The American Academy in Berlin

Sep 26, 2024

Professor Mai Hassan featured speaker in panel discussion "Political Elites, Civil Society and the Future of Sudan" at the London School of Economics

Mar 15, 2024

Morning Joe MSNBC Interview with Professor Adam Berinsky: Disinformation and the 2024 Election

Nov 21, 2023

MIT Professor Adam Berinsky and Boston University Research Fellow Lee McIntyre discuss how disinformation is affecting democracy and the impact it can have on the 2024 election.

President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about public administration in Africa and how people mobilize against repressive regimes.

May 10, 2023

In her Curiosity Unbounded podcast, MIT President Sally Kornbluth talks with Associate Professor Mai Hassan about bureaucracy, public administration, and the state in Africa — and how people mobilize against repressive dictatorships.

Institute Professor Suzanne Berger featured in Financial Times Film "Why 3D printing is vital to success of US manufacturing"

Apr 19, 2023

"If you want to have innovation in the United States, you're going to have to have manufacturing in the United States."

Prof. Stewart joins panel on "Why the 2022 elections might determine the future of democracy in the US"

Nov 1, 2022

Voters need to pay attention to races up and down the ballot — especially to more obscure county-level contests — to protect democracy, panelists said during an Oct. 12 discussion titled “Why the 2022 Elections May Determine the Future of Democracy in the U.S.”

"Science needs all different voices" Listen to Chancellor Nobles discuss her role as guest editor for a special issue of Nature on racism in science.

Oct 19, 2022

Nature has published a special issue focused on racism in science. The issue was produced in collaboration with a board of guest editors from across the research spectrum. In his video, we hear from one of the team, political scientist and MIT’s Chancellor Melissa Nobles, on her involvement with the project.

Why the 2022 Elections May Determine the Future of Democracy in the U.S

Oct 13, 2022

Election experts will discuss how federal and state races around the country could determine how elections are conducted and ballots counted for years to come.

The Military Dimensions of the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis

Aug 22, 2022

Following U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, China has initiated unprecedented military exercises surrounding Taiwan, leading some experts to call this the beginning of the Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis. As we watch the military activities unfold, how is the PLA using force against Taiwan, and what are the larger strategic implications?

Pelosi Goes to Taiwan: Prof. Taylor Fravel speaks with Real Vision's Andreas Steno Larsen to talk about what happens next

Aug 2, 2022

Barry Posen speaks with DW News, "Is Russian defeat in Ukraine War nothing but a 'fantasy'?"

Jul 11, 2022

Cato Institute conversation with Barry Posen "What Will Be the Impact of the War in Ukraine for the Future of European Security?"

Jun 30, 2022

“Once you’re a member of NATO, the commitment of the U.S. to take nuclear risks for you is a given… And this is the one thing missing from the relationship with Ukraine.” — Barry R. Posen.

Listen to Prof. Evan Lieberman discuss his book with Justin Kempf on South Africa, and the relationship between democracy, dignity, and development.

Jun 7, 2022

Prof. Taylor Fravel on China-India relations, with ThePrint’s Nayanima Basu.

Apr 22, 2022

'Foreign minister Wang Yi’s visit to India was a reminder that China wants to return to diplomatic status quo with India,' M. Taylor Fravel, tells ThePrint’s Nayanima Basu in an interview.

America Is Preventing Nuclear Attacks in All the Wrong Ways

Apr 2, 2022

There's a deep psychological reason that America treats nuclear weapons like a spoiled child hogging all the neighborhood candy. Are we too paranoid to see it?

Understanding the War in Ukraine with MIT SSP

Mar 8, 2022

"Understanding the War in Ukraine" is a special seminar presented by MIT's Security Studies Program on Wednesday, March 2, 2022.

Conversation with Vipin Narang about his recently published book, Seeking the Bomb: Strategies of Nuclear Proliferation.

Feb 2, 2022

Most nuclear proliferation scholarship focuses on why states seek nuclear weapons. The question of how nuclear aspirants attempt to acquire the bomb has received far less attention, but is in many ways more consequential for international peace and security. What strategies have states employed to develop nuclear weapons? And what are the implications of these strategies for proliferation and conflict dynamics?