Class of 2015 Session Overview

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introductory Session Admiral James Stavridis
- Civil Wars, Ethnic & Religious Conflict Prof. Scott Appleby, Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Sumit Ganguly, Prof. Kelly Greenhill, Prof. Caroline Hartzell, Prof. Roy Licklider, Prof. Will McCants, Prof. Roland Paris, Dr. Kenneth Pollack, Dr. Gerard Prunier
Iran & Turkey Prof. Malik Mufti, Mr. Michael Singh
Japan & Europe: US Allies Forever? Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Jolyon Howorth
Realism, Liberalism, and World Politics Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
- National Economies in a Globalized World Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Prof. Benjamin Cohen, Mr. Alex de Waal, Ms. Kimberly Elliott, Prof. Jomo K.S., Mr. Herb Lin, Prof. Andrew Natsios, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof, Adam Segal, Prof. Michael Semple, Mr. Edward You
Latin America Prof. Kevin Gallagher, Prof. Chappell Lawson
Democratization in the Arab World Prof. Eva Bellin, Prof. Gregory Gause, Prof. Joshua Landis
- US National Security Policy Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. Taylor Fravel, Prof. Bruce Hoffman, Prof. Jonathan Kirshner, Dr. Andrey Kortunov, Prof. Christopher Layne, Prof. Keir Lieber, Dr. Stewart Patrick, Prof. Daryl Press, Prof. Robert Ross, Prof. James Walsh

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Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Executive Director: Tisha Gomes Voss
Program Assistant: Jennifer Kempe
Research Assistants: Matthew Isaacs
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

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