The daughter of an American diplomat, Eleanor Freund spent most of her childhood living abroad in such places as Madagascar, Ghana, South Africa, and Austria. These experiences, she explains, led to an early interest in politics and international rel
As their strategic rivalry grows, China and the U.S. are increasingly operating in close proximity in the Asia Pacific. An accident or misinterpreted signal could set off a wider confrontation. The danger level is low, but dialogue is needed to dial it down further.
Eleanor Freund has won MIT's Jeanne Guillemin Prize. Awarded by the MIT Center for International Studies, the prize will help the PhD candidate support her dissertation research on Chinese foreign and security policy.