MIT SSP

In the meantime, catch up on the conversation with our archived seminars: youtube.com/playlist?list=…

Thank you, Heidi Urben, for your important discussion on assessing internal accountability in the US military during this week’s Wednesday Seminar. With that, it’s a wrap on Wednesday Seminars for the semester! Wednesday Seminars will return in the fall.

Mariana Budjeryn, Center for Nuclear Security Policy Senior Researcher, joins a panel of experts to explore Chernobyl’s enduring legacy. Hosted by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Register now for this in-person and online discussion. 🗓️May 7, 2026 🕘9:00-10:15am ET 📍1779 Mass Ave, Washington DC @mbudjeryn @CarnegieEndow

Join us tomorrow for the final Wednesday Seminar of the semester, in which Heidi Urben will discuss internal accountability in the US military. 🗓️4/29 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream* youtube.com/live/yegx7ekZT… *this livestream will not be recorded

Congratulations to the Security Studies Program PhD students Kathryn Dura, Christine Liu, and Tyler Sagerstrom on receiving the Center for International Studies PhD Student Research Grants! Learn more about their grants and research topics👇🏽

Join today's discussion on dual-use technology, which asks: 🛰️How can we balance rapid technological progress with adequate research and security standards? 🤖What opportunities and risks do biotechnology and AI tools pose in dual-use contexts? 🌏How can we protect research openness and international collaboration while ensuring national security? Moderated by SSP PhD student Diana Zhu.

Via Baltic Worlds balticworlds.com/atoms-for-peac…

40 years after the Chornobyl disaster, Center for Nuclear Security Policy Senior Researcher Mariana Budjeryn reflects on the impact of peaceful and weaponized nuclear energy in Ukraine’s history in “Atoms for Peace and Atoms for War”. @mbudjeryn

Join us for the final Wednesday Seminar of the semester, in which Heidi Urben will discuss internal accountability in the US military. Learn more: ssp.mit.edu/events/2026/to… 🗓️4/29 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream youtube.com/live/yegx7ekZT…

Thank you, Joshua Kertzer, for your lively discussion “Advisers in Foreign Policy” during this week’s Wednesday Seminar.
There are only two seminars left in the semester! @jkertzer

“Brian is an incredible student who embodies MIT's commitment to both education and service—he's seamlessly balanced two majors, a master's program and Air Force ROTC, and will step into his Air Force career with a deep understanding of both international politics and aerospace engineering,” says Wargaming Lab Co-director Erik Lin-Greenberg. “He'll be precisely the type of officer we need leading airmen in today's complex strategic environment.”

🥗Spend your lunchtime with us! In tomorrow’s Wednesday Seminar, Joshua Kertzer explores the role of advisers in foreign policy, highlighting the systematically different counsel offered by hawkish and dovish advisers. 🗓️4/15 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream* youtube.com/live/A1SxyUM29… *This discussion will be livestreamed but not recorded. @jkertzer

SSP Senior Research Associate @DrJimWalshMIT thinks that the US may be ready to walk away from the war, despite not having met its strategic goals. 🎧Listen to the full interview with @WBUR @hereandnow wbur.org/hereandnow/202…

Full interview: youtu.be/UdLTd_dwjJU?si…

Center for Nuclear Security Policy Senior Researcher Mariana Budjeryn discusses the impasse in negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in this @TVPWorld_com excerpt.

🗓️4/15 at noon ET 📍MIT community can join in person at E40-496 📡Bookmark the livestream* youtube.com/live/A1SxyUM29… *This discussion will be livestreamed but not recorded.

In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Joshua Kertzer explores the role of advisers in foreign policy, highlighting the systematically different counsel offered by hawkish and dovish advisers. @jkertzer

“AI is an extraordinary tool—but it’s not a genie to which humans can delegate judgment,” writes Joel Brenner, SSP Senior Research Fellow. Read Brenner’s full commentary, “Myth of the AI Oracle” via @lawfare. @joelfbrenner