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Recent PhD graduate Kunal Singh Kunal Singh on "Why you can’t always trust the intelligence on nuclear breakout" thebulletin.org/?p=123917 via Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists MIT SSP

Vipin Narang (Vipin Narang) and Pranay Vaddi (Pranay Vaddi) of MIT SSP's Center for Nuclear Security Policy examine the multiplying threats and emerging challenges in today’s evolving nuclear order. Read here: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences


Looking for summer reading suggestions? MIT News' latest list features books by several of our faculty members: • Phil Budden (Dr.Phil_Budden) & Fiona Murray (Fiona Murray) - MIT-UK • Volha Charnysh (Volha Charnysh) - MIT Global Diversity Lab • Kathleen Thelen - MIT-Germany, MIT-Scandinavia

Mihaela Papa, director of research at CIS, discusses Brazil's push to position BRICS as “a pragmatic, Global South–focused platform for sustainable development and institutional reform.” Read here: scmp.com/news/china/dip… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences #BRICS

On June 27-28, the Wargaming Lab held its annual Flagship Game at the Endicott House in Dedham, MA. Held over two days, 30 participants from various governmental organizations, the private sector, and academia participated in the Wargaming Lab's Crisis 2030 wargame. Erik Lin-Greenberg




Fiona Murray (Fiona Murray), faculty director of the MIT-UK Program, also serves as the faculty director of MIT Proto Ventures, which recently published a playbook to help research institutions establish their own in-house venture studios. Read here: news.mit.edu/2025/from-mit-…

Zachary Burdette, a recent MIT SSP PhD graduate, explores how artificial intelligence could influence the future of international security. Read here: thebulletin.org/premium/2025-0… MITPoliticalScience MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

Lauren Sukin (Lauren Sukin), Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow at MIT SSP, discusses her recent article on nuclear deterrence co-authored with Stanton Nuclear Security Fellow Samuel Seitz (Sam Seitz) in an episode of LSE Phelan US Centre's The Ballpark. Listen here: blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Vipin Narang (Vipin Narang) and Pranay Vaddi (Pranay Vaddi) of MIT SSP's Center for Nuclear Security Policy discuss how the United States can survive the new nuclear age on a podcast episode with Foreign Affairs. Listen here: foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/comin… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

F. Daniel Hidalgo, associate professor of MITPoliticalScience and associated faculty of the MIT-Brazil Program, explores the intersection of data and politics in course 17.831 (Data and Politics). Read here: news.mit.edu/2025/exploring… MISTI MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences


M. Taylor Fravel (M. Taylor Fravel), director of MIT SSP, discusses China's military capability in a new article for Foreign Affairs. Read below:

Watch the latest #ThinkBigThursday episode with Yasheng Huang (Yasheng Huang 黄亚生), faculty director of the Center’s MIT-China program. youtu.be/AmrzGl5XWeI?si… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management MISTI

Alicia Chen (Alicia Chen), the 2025 International Women's Media Foundation Neuffer Fellow, explores how pro-democracy dissidents in Boston face surveillance, harassment, and threats from the Chinese government in a new The Boston Globe article. Read here: bostonglobe.com/2025/07/18/opi… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

CIS hosts Starr Forums, our flagship public event series, throughout the academic year. Explore past lectures and get ready for a new semester of thought-provoking discussions. Below, MIT Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu (Daron Acemoglu) discusses the fate of democracy in a
