The Center is honored to announce our most distinguished fellows: global economic leader @MarcosTroyjo and veteran diplomat Richard M Mills Jr. As Robert E Wilhelm Fellows, they will produce research and engage with @MIT faculty and students on the complex economic, diplomatic and geopolitical challenges shaping the international order. Read more here: cis.mit.edu/news/global-econ… @evlieb @MIT_SHASS @GlobalMIT @MIT_SSP @MITPoliSci

Duane Boning, MIT’s vice provost for international activities, discusses the Institute’s approach to global engagement. Read more here: cis.mit.edu/news/3-questions… @MIT_SSP @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci @GlobalMIT

Evan Lieberman, CIS director, provides commentary on a recent World Bank study that concludes that in a slow growth world more governments are considering a return to more deliberate policy to spur particular economic activities. Read more here: cis.mit.edu/news/envisioning… #development #africa @evlieb @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

Join us on September 28 for the first Starr Forum of the academic year, Housing the World: Inequality, Informality, and the Future of Cities, with Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). 🗓️Monday, September 28, 2026, 5 - 6:30pm ET 📍45 - 230 🌐Learn more and RSVP at bit.ly/HousingtheWorld #housing #inequality #starrforum #events @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci @mitsap @AnacludiaRossb1 @UNHABITAT

Ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi, Mihaela Papa, director of the Center's BRICS Lab, spoke with the Financial Times about the grouping’s growing global influence and the US response to its rise. She noted that explicit US threats directed at BRICS countries signal that the grouping is increasingly being perceived in Washington as a geopolitical challenge. cis.mit.edu/news/brics-rise @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci #brics

The Center welcomes Marcos Troyjo, one of our new Robert E Wilhelm Fellows, as the speaker for the first seminar of the fall semester on, The Rise of ESG 2.0: Economy-Security-Geopolitics. The talk is a part of the Center’s Global Research & Policy Seminar series. 🗓️ September 14, 2026, 12-1PM ET 📍E40-496 🌐 Learn more and RSVP at cis.mit.edu/events-seminars/… #CIS #ESG2 #GlobalResearch #PolicySeminar #EconomySecurity #Geopolitics #FallSeminar #MarcosTroyjo @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

On the anniversary of September 11, we pause to honor the victims, survivors, and heroes whose lives were forever changed by the attacks. Through events and discussions exploring the attacks from historical, political, social, and cultural perspectives, CIS and other global experts have contributed to the ongoing effort to understand the history and lasting impact of September 11. View the CIS playlist featuring our events related to 9/11. piped.video/playlist?list=PL… #September11 #911Anniversary #NeverForget #CIS #September11 #CIS @StudiesMit4226 @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

Welcome first-year students and welcome back to all returning students! #ThisisMIT

Congratulations to the fourth cohort of Pathways@GDL students on completing their summer internship! Pathways@GDL is funded by @MITPoliSci and @mit_cis. Read more about this summer's cohort here: polisci.mit.edu/news/2026/pa… @MIT_SHASS

Kathleen Thelen (@MITPoliSci, @MISTIatMIT) received the 2026 Gladys M Kammerer Award from @APSAtweets for “Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy." Read here: politicalsciencenow.com/kath… @MIT_SHASS

MIT’s Wargaming Lab is seeking a Program Coordinator to provide operational and administrative support; coordinate events, meetings, and seminars for the MIT Security Studies Program Wargaming Lab; and provide day-to-day operational activities, working closely with the co-directors of the Lab, developing, implementing, and monitoring program and project plans. Requirements ·Bachelor’s degree ·Minimum 2 years of events planning and/or program/project management ·Ability to learn and master financial systems Details ·Full-time, hybrid ·Occasional evening, weekend, and travel required

Job Alert: Come work at @MIT_CIS! A research support associate reporting to Mihaela Papa, Director of Research and Principal Research Scientist, who also directs the BRICS lab. Mix of research and admin support, perfect as a pre-doctoral position. tinyurl.com/5yf8py7s

Erik Lin-Greenberg (@eriklg), co-director of @MIT_SSP's Wargaming Lab, argues that ambiguity in US messaging and shifting policy have done more harm than good in the war with Iran, and that the Trump administration must clearly define its goals to help reach a truce. Read here: foreignaffairs.com/united-st… @MIT_SHASS @MITPoliSci

Evan Lieberman (@evlieb), director of CIS and Total Professor of @MITPoliSci and Contemporary Africa, discusses the history of rooibos tea in South Africa and argues that peaceful trade can strengthen political relationships. Read here: globalcommons.substack.com/p… @MIT_SHASS

Dafna Rand (@dafnahrand), the 2025–2026 Wilhelm Fellow, examines the challenges of ending wars fought by a US security partner, as US and its partners often disagree on a shared end state and have diverging interests regarding security objectives, strategy, and operational design. Read her research in @BrookingsInst here: brookings.edu/articles/why-t… @MIT_SHASS

And that’s a wrap on the 2026 Summer Wargaming Institute! Over the last five days, MIT’s Wargaming Lab brought together a diverse cohort of students, researchers, military professionals, and policy practitioners for an intensive multi-day training program. The Summer Institute has become one of the Lab’s signature programs and continues to play a key role in cultivating the next generation of wargaming scholars and practitioners. By providing participants with both theoretical foundations and hands-on experience, the Institute helps expand the broader community of individuals capable of designing, executing, and evaluating wargames in academic, governmental, and professional settings. Thank you, to all of our presenters and participants who came from near and afar, thanks to our hosts at the MIT Endicott House, and a very special thanks to Elena Capuzzo for putting this event together!

Evan Lieberman (@evlieb), director of CIS and Total Professor of @MITPoliSci and Contemporary Africa, discusses the need for social trust in classrooms in the age of AI. Read here: globalcommons.substack.com/p… @MIT_SHASS

Volha Charnysh (@vcharnysh; @MITPoliSci, @lab_diversity) and Richard Nielsen (@MITPoliSci, @MISTIatMIT, @MIT_SSP) were among the inaugural SHASS Faculty Fellows, a program that fosters interdisciplinary discussion and collaboration. Learn more here: news.mit.edu/2026/building-s…

Prof. Kathleen Thelen's book Attention Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy has received the American Political Science Assoc. Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book published in the field of U.S. national policy @MIT_CIS @MIT_SHASS