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Nazli Choucri is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her research primarily focuses on international relations and cyberpolitics, particularly regarding the sources of conflict and threats to security, as well as strategies for sustainability in global governance. She acts as the Director of the Global System for Sustainable Development (GSSD) and has developed a distributed knowledge networking system centered on sustainability problems and solution strategies. Choucri's academic work extends the Lateral Pressure Theory originally framed by Robert C. North at Stanford University, emphasizing the interactions between various driving variables such as population, resources, and technology that shape the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century. This includes a focus on traditional geopolitical arenas, the natural environment, and the constructed domain of cyberspace. Professor Choucri has authored and/or edited twelve books, including 'Cyberpolitics in International Relations' (2012) and 'International Relations in the Cyber Age: Co-Evolution Dilemma' (2019) with David D. Clark. Her work has significant implications for understanding the intersection of technology and geopolitics in contemporary international relations.