Students Win Fellowships for Language Study and Research in Taiwan and Kazakhstan
| by Jason Warburg
Two nonproliferation and terrorism studies students have won highly competitive Boren Fellowships.
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| by Jason Warburg
Two nonproliferation and terrorism studies students have won highly competitive Boren Fellowships.
| by Jake Lopata
Students recently hosted Gary Wright, CEO and Chief Technology Officer of an AI company, for a conversation on challenges at the intersection of cyber threats, emerging AI technology, and national security.
| by Sierra Abukins
She will be teaching courses and continuing her research on international security questions emerging from the adoption of new technologies, with a particular focus on ransomware, state-backed cyber crime, and cryptocurrency.
| by Jason Warburg
U.S. Army War College recently led a weekend-long simulation on campus with students from the Middlebury Institute, the Defense Language Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, and San Jose State University.
| by Mark C. Anderson
Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova recently briefed the U.N. Security Council alongside the UN Secretary-General, calling on them to fulfill their responsibilities to prevent the use of nuclear weapons.
| by Sierra Abukins
Researchers at our Center on Terrorism, Extremism and Counterterrorism (CTEC) have published key insights into the dynamics at play in the elections, including the weaponization of conspiracy theories, the mainstreaming of hate speech and extremism perpetuated by governments.
| by Mark C. Anderson
Leading security researchers from Stanford recently came to the Institute to find out how global security experts and students might deal with a complicated confrontation with China.
| by Nadia Pshonyak
Students traveled to Kosovo and North Macedonia over spring break to explore nationalism and new state formation – including one student who served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the region. as a part of the Nationalism and the Formation of New States in the Balkans global course. This year’s iteration of the trip was held over spring break and was led by Dr. Anne Campbell and Dr. Phil Murphy, two MIIS faculty members with ties to the region, as well as two students who had served as Peace Corps volunteers in North Macedonia.
A nonproliferation expert with the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Notte says the Russian president is now poised to escalate the war in Ukraine.