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The Center's Audits of the Conventional Wisdom series continues with Jim Walsh on Iran. Iran’s nuclear program: a race between sanctions and centrifuges? Jim Walsh, MIT September 23, 2009
Fotini is an assistant professor at the Department of Political Science at MIT. The Center's Audits of the Conventional Wisdom series continues with Fotini Christia on Afghanistan. He is a member of the Center's Security Studies Program and is a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at the Cato Institute.Īfghanistan: elections, McCrystal report, & the Taliban Fotini Christia, MIT October 22, 2009 Is it a rational response to the threats and the dangers that the United States faces-or not? Benjamin Friedman is a PhD student at the MIT Department of Political Science. The Center's Audit of the Conventional Wisdom series continues with an analysis of the defense budget-the largest since World War II. Why is the defense budget so big? Benjamin Friedman, MIT April 2, 2010 Is this a global good or evil? Ken Oye, director of the Center's Program on Emerging Technologies and associate professor of political science and engineering systems, discusses the discovery from his MIT office. The Center's series continues with a look at the recent discovery out of the Venter laboratory: artificial life. In fall 2010, Staniland will join the University of Chicago as assistant professor of political science.Īrtificial life: a global good or evil? Kenneth Oye, MIT May 28, 2010 Paul Staniland, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at MIT and a member of the Center's Security Studies Program is featured.
The series Audit of the Conventional Wisdom continues with a look at the Obama administration's strategy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asia. Obama's strategy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South AsiaPaul Staniland, MIT June 4, 2010 She is a senior managing partner with Success Spark Brand Limited, a communications and educational company, and a co-founder of Mastermind Africa Group Limited, a business-networking group. She is a Ugandan journalist, writer, and entrepreneur. Jackee Budesta Batanda was in residence at CIS as a Elizabeth Neuffer Fellow. He was Iran's deputy foreign minister from 1988–1997.įuture of the euro: threats and opportunitiesMarco Mazzucchelli and David Singer, MIT April 23, 2012ĭavid Andrew Singer, associate professor of political science at MIT, discusses the future of the euro with Marco Mazzucchelli, visiting scholar, MIT Sloan.Ĭutting aid to Africa won't help gay rights Jackee Budesta Batanda, MIT February 12, 2012
He is assistant professor of political science at Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, director of the International Institute for Caspian Studies, and senior associate of the Belfer Center's International Security Program. Wilhelm Fellow June 28, 2012Ībbas Maleki was in residence at CIS as a Robert E. Improving Iran-US relationsAbbas Maleki, CIS Robert E. Let me try to set the stage for your discussions by raising some difficult questions for you to ponder. We are entering a novel period in our history–one in which the United States will be both fiscally constrained and also unable to call the shots in many places around the globe.
Nobody’s century: the American prospect in post-imperial timesAmbassador Chas W. As these systems have grown, a chorus of skeptics has raised questions about the tactical, ethical, and strategic implications of this technology. The United States has dramatically increased the development, acquisition, and use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Syria policy to the forefront of national debate.Īttack of the drones: ethical, legal and strategic implications of UAV use Lena Simone Andrews, MIT February 16, 2013 In the aftermath of a chemical attack in the suburbs of Damascus on August 21, President Obama's threat to launch a limited cruise missile strike to "deter and degrade" Syrian President Bashar al-Asad's chemical weapons capability has once again thrust U.S.