Class of 1998 Session Overview

“The value of the program is found in the opportunities with peers and experts to understand the global context in which we have to lead and execute our jobs.”
RADM Sally Brice-O’Hara, USCG Dir of Reserve and Training, USCG

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Prof. Coit (Chip) Blacker
- Ethnic Conflict Dr. Aleksa Djilas, Dr. Paul Goble, Prof. Kemal Kirisci, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Prof. Astri Suhrke, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Prof. Myron Weiner
Islam and Central Asia Prof. Lisa Anderson, Dr. Barnett Rubin
Democratization Prof. Terry Karl, 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. Andrew Moravcsik, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter, Prof. Stephen Walt
Nuclear Proliferation Prof. Scott Sagan, Prof. Kenneth Waltz
Economics and Security William Greider, Prof. Theodore J. Lowi
- Global and Regional Integration Prof. Suzanne Berger, Prof. Kimberly Elliott, Prof. Miles Kahler, Prof. Edward Steinfeld, Dr. Zhang Yunling

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Myron Weiner
Program Coordinator: Amy Tarr
Program Assistant: Dan Shaw
Research Assistants: Robert Davine, John Maher
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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