MIT SSP✓

The Security Studies Program at MIT is accepting applications for the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program. We are looking for the next generation of thought leaders in nuclear security by supporting research that will advance policy-relevant understanding of the subject. Fellowships are available for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars and for junior faculty. Fellows will be in residence at MIT and receive a ten-month stipend. Application deadline is November 30, 2026. Decisions will be announced in January 2027. Information & application:

The Promise and Peril of the Intelligence Community-Policy Relationship

Join us for tomorrow's Wednesday Seminar, in which Amy McAuliffe will discuss the Intelligence Community's (IC) mission and features of a "proper" IC-policy relationship, drawing on her experience as a senior CIA executive. 📡Bookmark the livestream

The Security Studies Program at MIT is accepting applications for the Stanton Nuclear Security Fellows Program. We are looking for the next generation of thought leaders in nuclear security by supporting research that will advance policy-relevant understanding of the subject. Fellowships are available for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars and for junior faculty. Fellows will be in residence at MIT and receive a ten-month stipend. Application deadline is November 30, 2026. Decisions will be announced in January 2027. Information & application:

In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Amy McAuliffe will discuss the Intelligence Community's (IC) mission and features of a "proper" IC-policy relationship, drawing on her experience as a senior CIA executive. Learn more: 🗓️10/28 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream

Thank you, Evan Medeiros, for your talk, “Racing, Not Competing: The New US-China Power Dynamic” at this week’s Wednesday Seminar.

Recently, SSP Director M. Taylor Fravel joined a panel of experts to discuss, “What Would the US Do in a Middle Power Order?” This discussion, featuring Anne-Marie Slaughter, incoming dean of public policy at the London School of Economics, opened the @MIT_CIS 75th anniversary celebration. Bookmark the recording🎞️ @fravel

In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Georgetown University Professor Evan Medeiros will discuss a range of China-related topics including East Asian security, US-China relations, and modern Chinese and American defense and foreign policy. Learn more: 🗓️10/21 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream

🚨This event has not been recorded for later viewing.

Join us for tomorrow's Wednesday Seminar, in which Georgetown University Professor Evan Medeiros will discuss a range of China-related topics including East Asian security, US-China relations, and modern Chinese and American defense and foreign policy. 🗓️10/21 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream

🚨This event was not recorded for later viewing.

Thank you, Lennart Maschmeyer, for your discussion, “Deception and Detection: Why AI Empowers Cyber Defense over Offense,” at last week’s Wednesday Seminar. 💻ICYMI catch up with the recorded stream: @LenMaschmeyer

Recently, @mbudjeryn, senior researcher at the Center for Nuclear Security Policy, joined a panel of experts to examine how European allies can strengthen deterrence and reassurance while maintaining alliance cohesion and managing the risks of proliferation and escalation. Hosted by @BIGEurope. 📺view the recorded stream:

Deception and Detection: Why AI Empowers Cyber Defense over Offense

Join us for tomorrow's Wednesday Seminar, in which Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Lennart Maschmeyer examines the limits of AI through the gaps between offensive and defensive capabilities. Learn more: 🗓️10/14 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream @LenMaschmeyer

Thank you, Eric Evans, former director of @MITLL, for your discussion, “Technology Priorities for National Security,” at last week’s Wednesday Seminar.

Former Grand Strategy, Security, and Statecraft Fellow @JoshuaASchwartz and coauthor @sabrinabarias release a new study that provides one of the few causally identified tests of local policy makers’ climate policy preferences. Read the paper via Perspectives on Politics:

In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Georgia Institute of Technology Professor Lennart Maschmeyer examines the limits of AI through the gaps between offensive and defensive capabilities. 🗓️10/14 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream @LenMaschmeyer