Class of 1997 Session Overview

“First and foremost, I encountered an extraordinary circle of colleagues, many of whom remain good friends today. In addition to friendships, I took away the solid underpinnings of how the world of foreign policy works. All in all, a marvelous opportunity.”
VADM Jim Stavridis, USN Sr Mil Asst to SecDef

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Dr. Richard Solomon
- Ethnic Conflict Dr. Aleksa Djilas, Dr. Paul Goble, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Prof. Ashutosh Varshney
Islam and the Turkish Experience Prof. Feroz Ahmad, Prof. Lisa Anderson
Democratization Dr. Larry Diamond, Prof. Lucian Pye
Democratization and War Prof. Jack Snyder, Prof. Stephen Van Evera
- US National Security Policy Prof. Richard K. Betts, Prof. Thomas Christensen, Dr. Shai Feldman, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Prof. Jack Snyder, Prof. Stephen Walt
Nuclear Proliferation Prof. Scott Sagan, Prof. Kenneth Waltz
Economics and Security Prof. Robert Z. Lawrence, Clyde Prestowitz
- Regional Integration Prof. Suzanne Berger, Prof. Denise Dresser, Prof. Kimberly Elliott, Prof. Miles Kahler, Prof. Robert Pastor, Prof. Edward Steinfeld, Amb. Koji Watanabe, Prof. Hai Wen

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Program Director: Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Myron Weiner
Program Coordinator: Kelly M. Greenhill
Program Assistant: Judith A. Geiger
Research Assistants: Brian Hanson, P.R. Goldstone
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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