Class of 2006 Session Overview


“The lively exchange of views among participants from various agencies and guest lecturers has sharpened my understanding of the issues that command our attention today. Seminar XXI also allowed me to familiarize my colleagues with USAID’s capabilities and perspectives.”
Elisabeth Kvitashvili Director, Office of Conflict Management and Mitigation, USAID

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introduction Hon. Andrew S. Natsios
- Ethnic and Religious Conflict Prof. Scott Appleby, Prof. Daniel Byman, Prof. Sumit Ganguly, Prof. Chaim Kaufmann, Prof. Roger Petersen, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Prof. Stephen Van Evera
Israel and Palestine Dr. Shai Feldman, Dr. Khalil Shikaki
Terrorism and Counterterrorism Prof. Bruce Hoffman, Prof. Louise Richardson
Realism, Liberalism, and the Future of World Politics Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
- National Economies in a Globalizing World Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Kimberly Elliott, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Dr. Steven Radelet, Prof. Robert Rotberg, Dr. Adam Segal
State Building and Iraq Prof. James Dobbins, Dr. Kenneth Pollack
Democratization Prof. Terry Karl, Prof. Habib Malik
- US National Security Policy Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. David Kang, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. Christopher Layne, Prof. Keir A. Lieber, Lord John Roper, Prof. Robert Ross, Prof. Leonard Schoppa, Prof. Stephen Walt

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Executive Director: Tisha Gomes Voss
Program Assistant: Kristen Jamison
Research Assistants: Colin Jackson, Joshua Rovner
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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