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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?

M. Taylor Fravel speaks with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

Dec 15, 2021

Barry Posen participated in the debate on “US Alliances: Fit for Purpose?"

Nov 3, 2021

The Open Mind: A Nuclear Threat from the Taliban?

Sep 21, 2021

MIT Professor of Nuclear Security Vipin Narang discusses the global buildup of nuclear weapons and legacy of mutual assured destruction.

Where Does the China-India Border Dispute Stand? The Diplomat hosts Prof. Fravel and expert panel to discuss

Sep 8, 2021

Over the past months, China and India have continued the slow process of disengaging along sections of their disputed border in Ladakh. Yet the two sides continue to disagree about who is responsible for the standoff of 2020-21, which culminated in a deadly clash in Galwan Valley in June 2020. How do things stand along the border today, and what are the implications for the bilateral relationship?

China's Military Strategy in the New Era, with M. Taylor Fravel

Apr 25, 2021

"China's Military Strategy in the New Era," Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, with Speaker: M. Taylor Fravel, Arthur and Ruth Sloan Professor of Political Science and Director of the Security Studies Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New Year, Fresh Threats

Jan 29, 2021

What can mis- and disinformation scholars learn from the security studies field? Erik Lin-Greenberg joined Susan Landau, Gabrielle Lim, and Joan Donovan for a Shorenstein Center 'Big, If True Webinar.'  

Threats to Healthy Elections

Sep 16, 2020

Experts discuss a variety of threats to a healthy elections process in these unprecedented times and some actions that can be deployed to address and combat these challenges.

Special Events

Wargames and the Sources of Nuclear Restraint – Reid B.C. Pauly

May 8, 2019

Reid B.C. Pauly explains how declassified records of wargames played by U.S. policymakers can reveal why nuclear weapons have not been used since 1945. From the March International Security Author Chats sessions.

MIT Prof. Lily Tsai joins CID Harvard Symposium: How Do You Mobilize Political Elites and Citizens?

Nov 16, 2018

How Do You Mobilize Political Elites and Citizens?

Prof. Adam Berinsky: Trends in public perceptions of the media and science. Excerpts from the 2018 ABIM Foundation Forum

Oct 18, 2018

Adam Berinsky, PhD, the Mitsui Professor of Political Science at MIT, discusses trends in public perceptions of the media and science, and offered suggestions for addressing mistrust.

Ford Professor Kathleen Thelen gives APSA's 114th Presidential Address "The American Precariat: US Capitalism in Comparative Perspective"

Oct 9, 2018

On August 30 – September 2, 2018, the 114th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition by Kathleen Thelen was held in Boston to address the latest scholarship in political science while exploring the 2018 theme, “Democracy and Its Discontents.”