Class of 2026 Session Overview

Session Date Participating Faculty
Introductory Session Richard Danzig
- Identity Politics, Nationalism and Conflict Scott Appleby, Alexander de Waal, Alexander Downes, Kelly M. Greenhill, Ron Hassner, Janet Lewis, Oxana Shevel, Ömer Taşpınar, Richard Wilcox, Steven Wilkinson
Realism, Liberalism and Implications for US-China Relations John Mearsheimer, Andrew Moravcsik
US Alliances and Partnerships in a Time of Transition Liana Fix, Richard Samuels, Clint Work
Emerging Technologies Kevin M. Esvelt, Erik Lin-Greenberg, Kenneth Oye
- National Economies in a Globalized World Rawi Abdelal, Sarah Chayes, Alexander de Waal, Daniel Drezner, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Matthias Matthijs, Kenneth Oye, Adam Segal, Luis Videgaray, Edward You
Border Security and Non-Military Challenges: Illicit Flows, Migration, and US-Latin American Relations Kelly M. Greenhill, Chappell Lawson, Andrew Selee
Israel, Iran and Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs
- US National Security Policy Daniel Byman, Fiona Cunningham, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Brian Taylor

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Program Director & Staff

Program Director: Kelly M. Greenhill
Program Executive Director: Tisha Gomes Voss
Program Assistant: Jennifer Kempe
Research Assistant: TBD
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim



 

 

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