Program Director: Prof. Robert Art
Program Executive Director: Tisha Gomes Voss
Program Assistant: Jennifer Kempe
Research Assistants: Stephanie Kaplan, Andrew Radin
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim
Class of 2012 Session Overview
"MIT Seminar XXI widens your aperture to varying perspectives when analyzing the most pressing national and international security issues today. The faculty and staff superbly gather the subject matter experts who provoke stimulating dialogue amongst the diverse group of Fellows. Absolutely a phenomenal program!"
Brig Gen Stayce Harris, USAFR Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, 18th Air Force, Air Mobility Command
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Program Director and Staff
| Session Date | Participating Faculty | |
|---|---|---|
| September 6, 2011 | Introductory Session | Dr. Anne Marie Slaughter |
| September 30, 2011 | Ethnic and Religious Conflict | Dr. Gerard Prunier, Prof. Scott Appleby, Amb. James Dobbins, Prof. Alex Downes, Prof. Nelly Lahoud, Prof. Robert Art, Prof. Donald Horowitz, Prof. William McCants, Prof. Chaim Kaufmann, Mr. Praveen Swami |
| November 7, 2011 | Iran & Turkey - Israel & Palestine | Prof. Malik Mufti, Prof. Karim Sadjadpour, Prof. Khalil Shikaki, Prof. Shai Feldman |
| December 5, 2011 | Japan & Europe — US Allies Forever? | Prof. Richard Samuels, Prof. Jolyon Howorth |
| January 4, 2012 | Realism, Liberalism and China | Prof. John Mearsheimer, Prof. Andrew Moravcsik |
| January 27, 2012 | National Economies in a Globalizing World | Prof. Kenneth Oye, Prof. Jomo K.S., Ms. Kimberly Elliott, Prof. Andrew Natsios, Prof. Adam Segal, Prof. Rawi Abdelal, Ms. Sarah Chayes, Prof. Chappell Lawson, Prof. Benjamin Cohen |
| March 5, 2012 | Environment & Demography | Prof. Nick Eberstadt, Prof. Thomas Homer-Dixon |
| April 2, 2012 | Democratization & The Arab Spring | Prof. Eva Bellin, Prof. Terry Karl, Prof. Marc Lynch |
| April 27, 2012 | US National Security Policy | Prof. Robert Ross, Prof. Christopher Layne, Prof. Taylor Fravel, Prof. Keir Lieber, Prof. Stephen Cohen, Prof. James Walsh, Prof. Daryl Press, Prof. Daniel Byman, Prof. Bruce Hoffman, Mr. James Lewis |
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