Class of 1990 Session Overview

“The years 1989–1990 were one of those periods in history when cataclysmic geopolitical changes occurred. Seminar XXI brilliantly provided a framework that enabled us to understand what was occurring and to navigate those chaotic times.”
Stu Starr Former Director of Plans, MITRE Corp.; Sr Research Fellow, NDU

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Dr. Condoleezza Rice
- Soviet Union Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Dr. Ed A. Hewett, Prof. Robert Legvold, Prof. Stephen Meyer, Dr. Vladmir Pechatnov, Dr. Aleksander Smolar
Western Europe 1992 Dr. Josef Joffe, Dr. Dominique Moise
Iran and Islam Prof. Bernard Lewis, Dr. Gary Sick
China Dr. Harry Harding, Prof. Lucian Pye
Japan Prof. Richard Samuels, Amb. Koji Watanabe
South Africa Michael Clough, Khehla Shubane
India Prof. Bhabani Sen Gupta, Prof. Myron Weiner
Central America Elliot Abrams, Prof. Terry Karl
- Trade, Technology, and Security Prof. Jamos Kornai, Prof. Richard Lester, Robert McCormack, Yukio Okamoto, Clyde Prestowitz, Dr. Jacques Rupnik, Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Laura d’Andrea Tyson, Dr. Michiyuki Uenohara

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Suzanne Berger
Assistant Director: Kimberly Nolan
Research Assistants: Jonah Levy, Dale Murphy
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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