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Apr 16

Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad? How Domestic Political Conditions Shape Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear Credibility

Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days

5:30pm - 7:00pm

Location

Building 45 (MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing)

Apr 28

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

12:00pm - 1:30pm

Location

Building E40

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Working Groups

CIS provides working group grants for advancing interdisciplinary collaborations in the field of international studies. These small grants are provided as "seed" funds for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows seeking to address scholarly problems.

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The MIT Global Seed Funds grant program provides opportunities for MIT faculty to collaborate with pioneering researchers from around the world.

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Peter Krause

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Associate Professor of Political Science

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Nicholas Miller

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Associate Professor of Government

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Eric Heginbotham

Co-Director, SSP Wargaming Lab

Principal Research Scientist

Fellows

Samuel Seitz

Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow

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Noelle Selin

Department Head/Professor, Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

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Stephen Van Evera

Ford International Professor of Political Science, Emeritus

Student Spotlights

CIS makes it possible for MIT students to experience the world while advancing knowledge, tackling tough challenges, and preparing for lives of impact, service, and leadership in an interconnected global society.

Andy's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '27

Andy Zheng '27 finished off his freshman year with a summer internship at the Central Bank of Armenia. He learned what it meant to tell a story with data and share about the rich culture he's experienced while in Armenia.

Jocelyn's story

Management '25

Jocelyn Zhu's first in-person industry internship at Native Design Ltd in London, UK made her feel more capable of living abroad. It also helped her consider a career in a tech or developer role instead of a role in management.

Inna's story

Computer Science and Engineering '27

Inna Voloshchuk interned at Euromonitor International in Vilnius, Lithuania, through the MIT-Eurasia Program. She trained two models to predict product attributes and worked on data cleaning and analysis to understand the models' behavior.

Riley's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science '25

After an internship at a startup in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Riley Oh '25 is considering a career in Europe. What she loves most about being at a startup is the fast-paced work and the tight-knit relationships she's built with colleagues.

Shruti's story

Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Art and Design '25

Shruthi Ravichandran, worked on utilizing inductors to detect nanoparticles at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain).

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Educating global leaders and generating research and insights for a safer, more prosperous world

Featured News

Universities must become active launchpads for innovation

Supersize me

Professor Ben Ross Schneider discusses cuts to the Department of Education and USAID

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MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail

Are the United States and Europe still allies? The European public doesn’t think so

Entrepreneurship and innovation strategy books from MIT

From show trials to war: A brief history of Ukrainian scientists in portraits

Events

Divisions at Home, Divisions Abroad? How Domestic Political Conditions Shape Foreign Perceptions of U.S. Nuclear Credibility

Starr Forum: The US and the World Under Trump: The First 100 Days

Truth in Crisis: Navigating the Intersections of Scientific Discourse and Misinformation

Dollar Dominance, Deterrence, and Denial

Opportunities

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Peter Krause

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Eric Heginbotham

Samuel Seitz

Noelle Selin

Stephen Van Evera

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