Class of 2002 Session Overview


“Seminar XXI was an enriching, intellectually stimulating adventure with a marvelous group of highly talented professionals. The presentations were always highly relevant, thought provoking, and fun!”
VADM Al Harms, USN (Ret.) Former Commander, Center for Naval Education and Training

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Dr. Morton Halperin
- Ethnic Conflict Prof. Steven Burg, Dr. Daniel Byman, Prof. Paul Goble, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Prof. Stephen Van Evera, Prof. Ashutosh Varshney
Religion and Politics Prof. Ian Lustick, Dr. Olivier Roy
Intervention Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter
Realism, Liberalism, and Europe Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
- US National Security Policy Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Thomas Christensen, Dr. Shai Feldman, Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Dr. Robert Litwak, Lord John Roper, Prof. Richard Samuels
Proliferation and Terrorism R. Kim Cragin, Amb. Robert Gallucci
Democratization Prof. Andy Nathan, Prof. Jack Snyder
- National Economies in a Globalizing World Dr. Patrick Cronin, Kimberly Elliott, Dr. Gerry Gendlin, Kelly Greenhill, Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Carmen Reinhart, Prof. Edward Steinfeld

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Coordinator: Marsha Bolton
Program Assistant: Sonya Brathwaite
Research Assistants: Peter Evans, Jennifer Lind
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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