Suzanne Berger is the John M. Deutch Institute Professor of Political Science at MIT. She works in comparative politics and political economy. Her current activities include continuing research on the analysis of the globalization strategies of Asian, American and European firms at the MIT Industrial Performance Center (the first results of which have been published in How We Compete (2005); new research on the localization of research, development, and manufacturing in Ile-de-France; and comparative analysis of political responses to the first globalization (1870-1914).