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 Chappell Lawson, Andrew Selee
Israel, Iran and the Gulf States: Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East Gregory Gause, Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs
- US National Security Policy Daniel Byman, Fiona Cunningham, Alexander Downes, Charles Glaser, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Brian Taylor

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