MIT Center for International Studies
MIT Center for International Studies

MIT Center for International Studies

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  • Mind, Hand, World: The MIT Center for International Studies

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    The MIT Center for International Studies undertakes research, teaching, international education, and public and policy engagement on a broad range of global issues. The major programs are: MISTI, the ground-breaking initiative to send MIT students to work in labs in 13+ countries. MISTI serves 500+ students annually; Security Studies Program, a world-renowned teaching and research program emphasizing U.S. strategy; Program on Emerging Technologies, innovative research linking scientists, engineers, and historians to understand globalization's winners and losers; and Middle East, including the Jerusalem 2050 project, cosponsored with DUSP, and the Persian Gulf Initiative, which focuses on Iran and Iraq in workshops and public outreach. CIS includes some forty MIT faculty, mainly from political science and urban studies and planning, plus another forty affiliate scholars from other institutions, thirty staff, and about eight visiting fellows. In addition to the MISTI student contingent, graduate students are involved with every program. Show less
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    The CIS Starr Forum is a public event series sponsored by the Starr Foundation of New York. We bring to the MIT campus leading academics, policymakers and journalists to discuss pressing issues in the world of international relations and U.S. foreign policy. CIS Starr Forums are open to the general public as well as to the MIT community.
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    • Starr Forum: Bitcoin and the Global Economy - Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes.

      • 1 year ago
      • 183,709 views
      Thursday, April 07, 2016

      Starr Forum: Bitcoin and the Global Economy

      About the Speakers:

      Michael Casey
      Senior Advisor, Digital Currency Initiative,
      MIT Media Lab
      Former journalist, The Wall Str...

    • Starr Forum: Racing to the Precipice: Global Climate, Political Climate - Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes.

      • 8 months ago
      • 24,456 views
      March 23, 2017 - 5:00pm to 6:30pm

      Starr Forum lecture with Noam Chomsky on climate change and President Trump.

      About Noam Chomsky:
      Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive sci...
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    • Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now - Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes.

      • 2 years ago
      • 12,486 views
      Tuesday, September 15, 2015

      Starr Forum: Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now

      A conversation with Ayaan Hirsi Ali

      About the Speaker:
      A distinguished political leader and relentless champio...
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    • Starr Forum: Why Nations Fail - Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes.

      • 4 years ago
      • 11,053 views
      Monday, October 22, 2012

      Starr Forum: Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty

      A book talk featuring Daron Acemoglu and joining the conversation is John Tirman as a discuss...

    • Starr Forum: The ISIS Apocalypse (entire event) - Duration: 1 hour, 13 minutes.

      • 2 years ago
      • 7,821 views
      Thursday, October 01, 2015

      Starr Forum: The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State

      A conversation with William McCants

      About the Speaker:

      William McCan...
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    • Starr Forum: The Trump-Putin Phenomenon - Duration: 1 hour, 29 minutes.

      • 2 months ago
      • 4,576 views
      A session of the Focus on Russia Lecture Series

      Co-chairs, Carol Saivetz and Elizabeth Wood

      Speakers
      Julia Ioffe, Moscow born American journalist who covers national security and foreign policy t...
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    • Starr Forum: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy - Duration: 2 hours.

      • 2 years ago
      • 3,689 views
      Wednesday, October 03, 2007

      Starr Forum: The Israel Lobby and US Foreign Policy

      John Mearsheimer (Wendell Harrison Professor of Political Science, University of Chicago) and Stephen Walt (Robert ...

    • Mind, Hand, World: The MIT Center for International Studies - Duration: 8 minutes, 39 seconds.

      • 5 years ago
      • 3,538 views
      The MIT Center for International Studies undertakes research, teaching, international education, and public and policy engagement on a broad range of global issues. The major programs are: MISTI, t...
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    • Starr Forum: Solving America's and China's North Korea Problem? - Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes.

      • 7 months ago
      • 3,475 views
      Starr Forum discussion on U.S.-China-North Korea Crisis

      Moderator:
      Richard Samuels, MIT Ford International Professor of Political Science; Director, Center for International Studies (CIS)

      Speaker...

    • Starr Forum: Whither US Grand Strategy - Duration: 1 hour, 26 minutes.

      • 2 years ago
      • 2,470 views
      Thursday, October 09, 2014

      Starr Forum: Whither US Grand Strategy

      Speaker: Barry Posen, Frank Gavin, Stephen Walt

      Speakers:
      Barry Posen is Ford International Professor of Political Science at MI...

    • Starr Forum: An American in China - Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes.

      • 4 years ago
      • 2,164 views
      Wednesday, December 05, 2012

      Starr Forum: An American in China

      A conversation with James Fallows on what the rise of China means for the rest of the world.


      About the Speaker
      James Fallows is a ...

    • Starr Forum: The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine - Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes.

      • 4 years ago
      • 2,099 views
      Wednesday, March 13, 2013

      Starr Forum: The General's Son: Journey of an Israeli in Palestine

      Speaker: Miko Peled

      Book Talk with Miko Peled

      About the author:
      Miko Peled is an Israeli peace activ...

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