Class of 1995 Session Overview

“MIT’s Seminar XXI provided a unique opportunity to interact with the foremost academics and engage in stimulating discussions with colleagues from the US military as well as the private sector. It was an enriching experience which allowed me to bring new proposals to the never-ending challenges we face in the Department of State.”
Amb. Harry Thomas Exec Sec for the Dept of State; former Amb. to Bangladesh

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Prof. William Quandt
- Ethnic Conflict Prof. Walker Connor, Dr. Aleksa Djilas, Dr. Paul Goble, Prof. Robert Price, Dr. Michael Teitelbaum, Prof. Aristide Zolberg
North Africa, the Palestinians, and Islam Prof. Lisa Anderson, Dr. Martin Kramer
Democratization Prof. Terry Karl, Prof. Lilia Shevtsova
The Future of European Security Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
- US National Security Policy Prof. Richard K. Betts, Prof. John Lewis Gaddis, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. Stephen Meyer, Col. William Minnis, Prof. Mike Mochizuki, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Prof. Jack Snyder, Prof. Stephen Van Evera
Nuclear Proliferation Prof. Scott Sagan, Prof. Kenneth Waltz
Economic Growth and Productivity Prof. F. Gerald Adams, James Fallows
- Regional Integration Prof. Suzanne Berger, Dennis Encarnation, Dr. Gary Hufbauer, Prof. Miles Kahler, Prof. Kenneth Lieberthal, Dr. John Ravenhill, Dr. Roberto Villareal Gonda, Amb. Koji Watanabe

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Myron Weiner
Program Coordinator: Barry Cohen
Program Assistant: Deborah Ullrich
Research Assistants: Rachel Kaganoff Stern, Jim Walsh
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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