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At the end of June, after a two-decade tenure at the MIT Center for International Studies, Richard Samuels plans to step down. He will remain an active faculty member in the Department of Political Science and its Security Studies Program. Evan Lieberman, the current director of MISTI, will take on the leadership of CIS.

Putin would use a tactical weapon if pushed 1ai news, 3rd May, Keir A. Lieber  Keir Lieber is the Director of the Center for Security Studies and Security Studies Program, and Professor in the School of Foreign Service and Department of Government at Georgetown University. Since the Cuban missile crisis, the idea of all-out nuclear…

Dave Maxwell is the Editor-in-Chief of Small Wars Journal. He is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Senior Fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He is a 30-year veteran of the US Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He has worked in Asia for more than over 30 years, primarily in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.

Dave Maxwell is the Editor-in-Chief of Small Wars Journal. He is a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Senior Fellow at the Global Peace Foundation, and a Senior Advisor to the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy. He is a 30-year veteran of the US Army, retiring as a Special Forces Colonel. He has worked in Asia for more than over 30 years, primarily in Korea, Japan, and the Philippines.

March 20 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. MIT scholars discuss the history behind the war, lessons learned on state-building, and Iraq’s current political outlook.

In March 2023, during a particularly fraught period in U.S.-China relations, Corporation grantees offer perspectives on how to move toward bilateral stability

A year after Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine, experts at an MIT Starr Forum examined the domestic implications of the war in both countries.

A top defense official says Iran could produce enough fissile material for one nuclear bomb in about 12 days.

President Xi Jinping has modernized and expanded his military, but the balloon incident may indicate the challenges he faces in consolidating its power.

Security arrangements in the Asia-Pacific are being realigned as NATO looks to the region for an Asian version of the trans-Atlantic alliance.