MIT Center for International Studies

The Center for International Studies focuses on the critical role of international education in science and technology in the transformation and future conduct of foreign affairs and commercial diplomacy. At CIS, we are also seeking new ways that the social sciences, in conjunction with emerging technologies, can be brought to bear on public policy. The quest for this new knowledge, along with a range of unresolved problems (from challenges to the viability of international institutions, non-proliferation and nuclear confrontation in Asia to widespread ethnic conflict and structural poverty) are the main forces driving MIT to increase significantly its efforts in internationally oriented research and education.