Class of 2002 Session Overview

“Seminar XXI was an enriching, intellectually stimulating adventure with a marvelous group of highly talented professionals. The presentations were always highly relevant, thought provoking, and fun!”
VADM Al Harms, USN (Ret.) Former Commander, Center for Naval Education and Training

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Program Director and Staff

Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Coordinator: Marsha Bolton
Program Assistant: Sonya Brathwaite
Research Assistants: Peter Evans, Jennifer Lind
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim

Session Date Participating Faculty
September 10, 2001 Introduction Dr. Morton Halperin
September 28, 2001 Ethnic Conflict Prof. Steven Burg, Dr. Daniel Byman, Prof. Paul Goble, Dr. Gerard Prunier, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Prof. Stephen Van Evera, Prof. Ashutosh Varshney
November 5, 2001 Religion and Politics Prof. Ian Lustick, Dr. Olivier Roy
December 3, 2001 Intervention Prof. Barry Posen, Prof. Anne-Marie Slaughter
January 7, 2002 Realism, Liberalism, and Europe Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik
February 1, 2002 US National Security Policy Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Thomas Christensen, Dr. Shai Feldman, Dr. Geoffrey Kemp, Dr. Andrei Kortunov, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Dr. Robert Litwak, Lord John Roper, Prof. Richard Samuels
March 4, 2002 Proliferation and Terrorism R. Kim Cragin, Amb. Robert Gallucci
April 1, 2002 Democratization Prof. Andy Nathan, Prof. Jack Snyder
April 26, 2002 National Economies in a Globalizing World Dr. Patrick Cronin, Kimberly Elliott, Dr. Gerry Gendlin, Kelly Greenhill, Prof. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Carmen Reinhart, Prof. Edward Steinfeld

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