Charles Glaser Session Overview

CHARLES GLASER is a Senior Fellow in the MIT Security Studies Program. His research focuses on international relations theory and international security policy, including U.S. policy toward China, nuclear weapons policy, and U.S. energy security. He was a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, where he was the Founding Director of the Elliott School's Institute for Security and Conflict Studies. He has served on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon and was a peace fellow at the United States Institute of Peace. His books include Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America’s Future Against a Rising China; Rational Theory of International Politics; and Analyzing Strategic Nuclear Policy. Recent articles on nuclear policy include “The End of MAD? Technological Innovation and the Future of Nuclear Retaliatory Capabilities,” Journal of Strategic Studies, and “The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal Can Deter Both China and Russia: Why America Doesn’t Need More Missiles,” Foreign Affairs

Session Date Title Participating Faculty
- Reading List Scott Appleby, Alexander de Waal, Alexander Downes, Ron Hassner, Janet Lewis, Kenneth Oye, Oxana Shevel, Ömer Taşpınar, Steven Wilkinson
Reading List John Mearsheimer, Andrew Moravcsik
Reading List Liana Fix, Michael Mochizuki
Reading List Joel Brenner, Kenneth Oye
- Reading List Rawi Abdelal, Sarah Chayes, Alexander de Waal, Daniel Drezner, Matthias Matthijs, Adam Segal, Luis Videgaray, Edward You
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Introductory Session
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Richard Danzig
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Identity Politics, Nationalism and Conflict
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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
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John Mearsheimer, Andrew Moravcsik
US Alliances and Partnerships in a Time of Transition
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Liana Fix, Richard Samuels, Clint Work
Emerging Technologies
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Kevin M. Esvelt, Erik Lin-Greenberg, Kenneth Oye
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National Economies in a Globalized World
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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
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Chappell Lawson, Andrew Selee
Israel, Iran and the Gulf States: Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East
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Gregory Gause, Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs
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US National Security Policy
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Daniel Byman, Fiona Cunningham, Alexander Downes, Charles Glaser, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Brian Taylor

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