Class of 1991 Session Overview

“For me, the program provided a refreshing dose of thinking without the traditional bureaucratic hindrances. Fellows and faculty inspired a quality of thinking difficult to match in the world of deadlines and resource constraints.”
Lt Gen Ervin Rokke, USAF (Ret.) Former President of the National Defense University

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Dr. Condoleezza Rice
- Soviet Union Dr. Paul Goble, Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, Prof. Robert Legvold, Prof. Stephen Meyer, Dr. Vladmir Pechatnov, Dr. Jacques Rupnik, Prof. Mark Saroyan, Prof. Jadwiga Staniszkis
Europe 1992 Prof. Peter Hall, Dr. Josef Joffe
Iran and Islam Prof. Bernard Lewis, Dr. Gary Sick
China Dr. Harry Harding, Prof. Lucian Pye
- Japan and the Pacific Prof. Linda Lim, Prof. Mike Mochizuki, Prof. Gregory W. Noble, Prof. T.J. Pempel, Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Robert Smith, Amb. Koji Watanabe
India Prof. Bhabani Sen Gupta
Latin America Prof. Richard Joseph, Prof. Terry Karl
- Trade, Technology, and Security Jonathan E. Cornell, Dr. Janne E. Nolan, Kyle Olson, Dr. Sylvia Ostry, Clyde Prestowitz, Amb. Koji Watanabe, Prof. John Zysman

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Suzanne Berger
Assistant Director: Kimberly Nolan
Program Coordinator: Megan van Frank
Research Assistant: Susan Sanders
Program Assistant: Barry Cohen
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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