Nazli Choucri

Nazli Choucri attended American University for four years where she received her B.A. with honors in 1962. She then joined the Department of Political Science at Stanford University, where she received both an M.A. and Ph.D. Her first academic appointment was as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies, Queen's University in Canada.

Nazli Choucri joined MIT in 1969. She serves as Senior Faculty at the Center of International Studies (CIS),{{Cite web |title=Nazli Choucri {{!}} MIT Center for International Studies |url=https://cis.mit.edu/people/nazli-choucri |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=cis.mit.edu}} and Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Data, Science, and Society (IDSS).{{Cite web |title=Nazli Choucri |url=https://idss.mit.edu/staff/nazil-choucri/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=IDSS |language=en-US}} She served as the associate director of the Technology and Development Program at MIT.{{Cite web |title=MIT{{!}}TDP - Technology and Development Program - About TDP |url=https://web.mit.edu/mit-tdp/about/admin.html |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=web.mit.edu}} Her work focuses on the area of cyberpolitics and computational social sciences in international relations—exploring emergent state dynamics and interactions within in and across three overarching "spaces" of 21st century politics: (i) the traditional human geo-political arena, (ii) the natural environment, and (iii) the constructed domain of cyberspace. She focuses on sources of conflict and threats to security as well as strategies for sustainability and global accord.

Dr.Choucri theoretical focus is on the dynamics of transformation and change in international relations articulated in the Theory of Lateral Pressure{{Cite web|url=https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/citations/AD1177505|title=Defense Technical Information Center}}—introduced by Robert C. North. Lateral Pressure Theory seeks to explain the relationships between state characteristics and patterns of international behavior. The theory addresses the sources and consequences of transformation and change in international relations and provides a basis for analyzing potential feedback dynamics.{{Citation |last=Choucri |first=Nazli |title=The Theory of Lateral Pressure: Highlights of Quantification and Empirical Analysis |date=2017-07-27 |encyclopedia=Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics |url=https://oxfordre.com/politics/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.001.0001/acrefore-9780190228637-e-300? |access-date=2024-06-27 |language=en |doi=10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.300 |isbn=978-0-19-022863-7|hdl=1721.1/141739 |hdl-access=free }}

She is the author and/or editor of twelve books, most recently Cyberpolitics in International Relations{{Cite web|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262517690/cyberpolitics-in-international-relations/|title=Cyberpolitics in International Relations|website=MIT Press}} (2012) and International Relations in the Cyber Age: The Co-Evolution Dilemma,{{Cite web|url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262038911/international-relations-in-the-cyber-age/|title=International Relations in the Cyber Age|website=MIT Press}} with David D. Clark (2018){{Cite web |title=BOOKS {{!}} Nazli Choucri |url=https://nchoucri.mit.edu/books |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=nchoucri.mit.edu |language=en}} and founding Editor of the MIT Press Series on Global Environmental Accord.{{Cite web |title=Global Environmental Accord: Strategies for Sustainability and Institutional Innovation |url=https://mitpress.mit.edu/series/global-environmental-accord-strategies-for-sustainability-and-institutional-innovation/ |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=MIT Press |language=en-US}}

Professor Choucri is also the architect and Director of the network related to  related knowledge and networking system Cyber International Relations (CyberIR@MIT), an  initiative rooted in the cyber-inclusive view of international relations introduced by the MIT-Harvard project on Explorations in Cyber International Relations{{Cite web|url=https://minerva.defense.gov/Research/Funded-Projects/Article/3051861/explorations-in-cyber-international-relations/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624215204/https://minerva.defense.gov/Research/Funded-Projects/Article/3051861/explorations-in-cyber-international-relations/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2022|title=Explorations in Cyber International Relations|website=Minerva Research Initiative}} (ECIR), for which she was Principal Investigator. Later, she participated in the NSF Science of Security and Privacy Program  of the Vanderbilt University, working as Principal Investigator of the research project on Analytics for Cybersecurity Policy of Cyber-Physical Systems.{{Cite web|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/146916|title=Analytics for Cybersecurity Policy of Cyber-Physical Systems|date=14 November 2022 |hdl=1721.1/146916 |last1=Choucri |first1=Nazli |last2=Agarwal |first2=Gaurav }}{{Cite web |title=Policy Analytics for Cybersecurity of Cyber-Physical Systems {{!}} Science of Security Virtual Organization |url=https://sos-vo.org/projects/policy-analytics-cybersecurity-cyber-physical-systems |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=sos-vo.org}}

She has served as General Editor of the International Political Science Review, and two terms on the editorial board of the American Political Science Review,{{Cite web |title=Nazli Choucri |url=http://newamerica.org/our-people/nazli-choucri/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=New America |language=en}} as well as on the Science Board of the Santa Fe Institute,{{Cite web |title=Nazli Choucri {{!}} Santa Fe Institute |url=https://www.santafe.edu//people/profile/nazli-choucri |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=www.santafe.edu |language=en}} also for two terms. She is a founding member of the Artificial Intelligence World Society (AIWS) and is on the Board of the Boston Global Forum.{{Cite web |title=Nazli Choucri {{!}} House of Honor |url=https://www.santafe.edu/people/profile/nazli-choucri |access-date=2024-06-26 |language=en-US}}

Dr. Choucri was appointed as President of the Scientific Advisory Committee of UNESCO's Management of Social Transformation Program, where she completed two terms.{{Cite web |title=Report of the Secretariat on the activities of the MOST Programme: MOST phase II; 2004-2005 |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000140186 |access-date=2024-06-27 |website=unesdoc.unesco.org}} She is a member of the European Academy of Science.{{Cite web |date=2022-04-13 |title=Members - European Academy of Sciences |url=https://www.eurasc.eu/members/ |access-date=2024-06-27 |language=en-US}}

• International Relation in the Cyber Age: The Co-Evolution Dilemma. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2019
• Cyberpolitics in International Relations. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2012
• Mapping Sustainablity: e-Networking and Value chain (editor, with Dinsha Mistree, Farnaz Haghseta, Toufic Mezher, Wallace R. Baker, Carlos I. Ortiz) New York: Springer, 2007
• Global Accord: Environmental Challenges and International Responses (editor). Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1997
• The Challenge of Japan Before World War II & After.Cambridge, MA, MIT Press, 1992
• Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Population and Conflict Syracuse, New York: Syracuse University Press, 1984
• Nations in Conflict: National Growth and International Violence, with Robert C. North. California: University of California. W.H. Freeman, 1975

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• https://nchoucri.mit.edu/ [Professional Website]
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