Class of 2001 Session Overview

“Attending Seminar XXI reminded me how important it is to pay attention to world events, listen to other Services’s perspectives, and ask tough questions at work.”
Col Marcely Atwood, USAF (Ret.) Former Dep J-1, Joint Staff

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Amb. Robert Gallucci
- Ethnic Conflict Prof. Steven Burg, Prof. Dan Byman, Prof. Paul Goble, Prof. Robert Price, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Prof. Stephen Van Evera, Prof. Ashutosh Varshney
Islamism and Politics Prof. Lisa Anderson, Prof. Gary Sick
Democratization and Human Rights Prof. Katharine Sikkink, Prof. Jack Snyder
Intervention Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter
- US National Security Policy Prof. Victor Cha, Prof. Thomas Christensen, Dr. Shai Feldman, Prof. Gregory Gause, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik, Lord John Roper, Prof. Richard Samuels
Terrorism Dr. Brian Jenkins, Prof. Jessica Stern
Economics and National Security Prof. Michael Mastanduno, Prof. Robert Pape
- Regional and Global Integration Prof. David Asher, Prof. Gerry Gendlin, Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Prof. Nicholas Lardy, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Robert Litwak, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Carmen Reinhart

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Coordinator: Amy Tarr
Program Assistant: Sonya Brathwaite
Research Assistants: Rafael Bonoan, Jeffrey N. Vanness
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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