précis, the MIT Center for International Studies newsletter, covers the wide range of Center activities and tracks the accomplishments of our faculty, researchers and affiliates. It is published twice yearly, once during each academic semester. Both the current issue and past issues of précis are featured online.

Rt Hon David Miliband MP joined CIS as a Robert E. Wilhelm Fellow in Residence from April 11 through April 15, 2011. Miliband was the Foreign Secretary for the United Kingdom from 2007 to 2010 and is an alumnus of the Department of Political Science at MIT.

Among the topics discussed in the interview are: the reasons he came back to MIT; suggestions about how academics might better bridge the gap between research and political action; and the key elements of his vision for the future of Afghanistan. Read More

In recognition of the Center's 60th anniversary, précis discussed the evolution of CIS with three of its directors: Richard Samuels (2000 to present); Kenneth Oye (1992 to 2000); and Eugene Skolnikoff (1972 to 1987). Read More

The recent collapse of the authoritarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt—and the wave of anti-authoritarian protests in numerous other Arab countries—has reacquainted scholars and policymakers with a long-known truth: Unrest in one country sometimes spreads to another. Read More