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How drones are altering contemporary warfare: a new book by Prof. Erik Lin-Greenberg examines the evolving dynamics of military and state action centered around drones.

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November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Prof. Mai Hassan was interviewed about recent violence in Darfur on CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS. Her interview begins at minute 33. @ssp-mit.bsky.social @mit-cis.bsky.social

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November 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Congratulatons to Prof. Richard J. Samuels! The United States Japan Foundation has named its dissertation award after you.

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November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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Students in our first year advising seminar take a break from discussing politics, policy, and political science at a field trip making bioplastics the MIT Museum.

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Students experiment with bioplastics.
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Anum Mustafa who is on the job market.

Learn more about Anum at www.linkedin.com/in/anum-must...
October 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Wright Smith who is on the job market.

Learn more about Wright Smith at wrightlsmith.com

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September 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Why countries trade with each other while fighting:

Mariya Grinberg’s new book, “Trade in War," examines the curious phenomenon of economic trade during military conflict.

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August 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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We are pleased to highlight PhD candidate Suzanne Freeman who is on the job market. Learn more about Suzanne in this MIT News profile and at this website.

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August 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Benjamin Norwood Harris who is on the job market.

Learn more about Benjamin Norwood Harris at www.benjaminnorwoodharris.com !

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August 27, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We're pleased to highlight PhD candidate Ye Zhang who is on the job market.

Learn more about Ye Zhang at iriszhangye.com!

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August 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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“I wanted to understand why countries like the U.S., which famously offer minimal state support, suddenly mobilize an enormous emergency response to a crisis — only to let it vanish after the crisis passes,” says PhD candidate Angie Jo. @angiehjo.bsky.social
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August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns!

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August 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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Congratulations to the four MIT Political Science faculty members who were included on MIT's summer reading list: Professors Andrea Campbell, @vcharnysh.bsky.social, Fotini Christia and @kathleenthelen.bsky.social!

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June 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Congratulations to Siddhu Pachipala for his first place finish in the Buckley Institute's 2025 National Undergraduate Essay contest examining social distrust.

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June 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Congratulations to PhD student @ayeletc.bsky.social, who has been selected by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy to receive a research grant in the social sciences for her research on "Varieties of Financial Citizenship: Welfare States and Savings Regimes."

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June 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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PhDs participating in commencement today include J.J. Kwon, Kunal Singh and Tomoya Sasaki, seen here with Department Head David Singer.
Congratulations to the Class of 2025!
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May 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Check out this profile of Professor Lily L. Tsai
in the newest issue of MIT Spectrum!

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May 22, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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The Shadow Architects of Power

Political Science doctoral candidate Suzanne Freeman reveals how intelligence agencies shape foreign policy in authoritarian states

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May 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Congratulations to @adamberinsky.bsky.social, a member of @carnegiecorp.bsky.social's 2025 class of #CarnegieFellows! These distinguished scholars are researching the causes of political polarization& seeking ways to strengthen social cohesion & fortify our democracy. polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/ad...
April 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Attention, Shoppers! American Retail Capitalism and the Origins of the Amazon Economy by MIT political scientist @kathleenthelen.bsky.social examines how large American retailers outgrew the capacity of government to regulate them.
April 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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PhD student Katharin Tai received a Smith Richardson World Politics & Statecraft Fellowship for dissertation research on "The Paper Ghost in the High-Tech Machine: How Bureaucracies shape, limit and enable High-Tech Governance."

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April 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Congratulations to Prof. Adam Berinsky whose book Political Rumors: Why We Accept Misinformation and How to Fight It has won the Goldsmith Book Prize from Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Congratulations to Professors Richard Nielsen and @vcharnysh.bsky.social who have been named Spring 2026 SHASS Faculty Fellows by MITHIC (the MIT Human Insight Collaborative). @mit-cis.bsky.social news.mit.edu/2025/mit-hum...
February 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Political Science collaborations with Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mathematics and Brain and Cognitive Sciences have received MIT Human Insight Collaborative (MITHIC) grants.
Congratulations to Profs. Choucri, Kim and Tsai!

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February 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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New study examines American attitudes on global climate policies. Authors are Professors Evan Lieberman and Volha Charnysh, MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoctoral student Erin Walks.

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Professor Evan Lieberman, Professor Volha Charnysh, MIT PhD student Jared Kalow and UPenn postdoctoral student Erin Walk
December 12, 2024 at 8:25 PM