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Explorations in International Relations

Exploration in Cyber International Relations (ECIR), is the label of a multidisciplinary and multidimensional research project initiated under a grant from the Minerva Research Initiative, Department of Defense.

A joint project of MIT and Harvard University, ECIR included, but was not limited to Political Science, Economics, Business and Management, Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, and Law and Government. In response to new 21st century realities, the goal is to construct a cyber-inclusive view of international relations (CyberIR World)—with theory, data, analyses, simulations—to anticipate and respond to cyber threats and  challenges to national security and international stability.

Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD)

GSSD is an evolving knowledge networking system dedicated to sustainable development. Designed to help identify and extend innovative approaches toward sustainability—including enabling technologies, policies, and strategies—it tracks diverse aspects of challenges, problems, and emergent solutions to date.

Specifically, it is a computer-assisted, organized system linking discrete actors with a knowledge producing capacity that is, combined via common organizing principles, and based on individual autonomy; such that the value of networked knowledge is enhanced, and the stock of knowledge is expanded further.

CyberIR@MIT: Knowledge for Science, Policy, Practice

Cyber-IR@MIT is a dynamic, interactive ontology-based knowledge system focused on the evolving, diverse & complex interconnections of cyberspace & international relations.