Class of 2014 Session Overview

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introductory Session The Honorable Michèle Flournoy
- Civil Wars, Ethnic and Religious Conflict Dr. Gerard Prunier, Prof. Scott Appleby, Prof. Alex Downes, Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Will McCants, Prof. Sumit Ganguly, Prof. Caroline Hartzell, Prof. Ron Hassner, Prof. Lise Howard, Prof. Kelly Greenhill, Prof. Joshua Landis
Iran & Turkey Prof. Malik Mufti, Mr. Michael Singh
Japan & Europe — US Allies Forever? Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Jolyon Howorth
Realism, Liberalism & US Policy towards China Prof. Keir Lieber, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
- National Economies in a Globalized World Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Ms. Sarah Chayes, Prof. Benjamin Cohen, Ms. Kimberly Elliott, Prof. Jomo K.S., Prof. Herb Lin, Prof. Andrew Natsios, Prof. Adam Segal, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Alex DeWaal, Mr. Edward You
Brazil & Mexico Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Ben Ross Schneider
Democratization & The Arab World Prof. Eva Bellin, Prof. Gregory Gause
- US National Security Policy Prof. Robert Ross, Prof. Keir Lieber, Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. James Walsh, Prof. Daryl Press, Prof. Marc Lynch, Prof. Bruce Hoffman, Prof. Jonathan Kirshner, Prof. Taylor Fravel

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Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Executive Director: Tisha Gomes Voss
Program Assistant: Jennifer Kempe
Research Assistants: Keren Fraiman, Victoria McGroary
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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