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Session Date	Title	Participating Faculty
December 1, 2025	US Alliances and Partnerships in a Time of Transition Reading List RSVP	Liana Fix, Richard Samuels, Clint Work
January 5, 2026	Emerging Technologies Reading List	Kevin M. Esvelt, Erik Lin-Greenberg, Kenneth Oye
January 30, 2026	National Economies in a Globalized World Reading List	Rawi Abdelal, Sarah Chayes, Alexander de Waal, Daniel Drezner, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Kenneth Oye, Adam Segal, Luis Videgaray, Edward You
March 2, 2026	Border Security and Non-Military Challenges: Illicit Flows, Migration, and US-Latin American Relations Reading List	Kelly M. Greenhill, Chappell Lawson, Andrew Selee
March 30, 2026	Israel, Iran and Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East Reading List	Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs
May 1, 2026	US National Security Policy Reading List	Daniel Byman, Fiona Cunningham, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Brian Taylor

Session Date	Title	Participating Faculty
September 3, 2025	Introductory Session Reading List	Richard Danzig
October 3, 2025	Identity Politics, Nationalism and Conflict Reading List	Scott Appleby, Alexander de Waal, Alexander Downes, Kelly M. Greenhill, Ron Hassner, Janet Lewis, Oxana Shevel, Ömer Taşpınar, Richard Wilcox, Steven Wilkinson
November 3, 2025	Realism, Liberalism and Implications for US-China Relations Reading List	John Mearsheimer, Andrew Moravcsik
December 1, 2025	US Alliances and Partnerships in a Time of Transition Reading List RSVP	Liana Fix, Richard Samuels, Clint Work
January 5, 2026	Emerging Technologies Reading List	Kevin M. Esvelt, Erik Lin-Greenberg, Kenneth Oye
January 30, 2026	National Economies in a Globalized World Reading List	Rawi Abdelal, Sarah Chayes, Alexander de Waal, Daniel Drezner, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Kenneth Oye, Adam Segal, Luis Videgaray, Edward You
March 2, 2026	Border Security and Non-Military Challenges: Illicit Flows, Migration, and US-Latin American Relations Reading List	Kelly M. Greenhill, Chappell Lawson, Andrew Selee
March 30, 2026	Israel, Iran and Shifting Dynamics in the Middle East Reading List	Suzanne Maloney, Natan Sachs
May 1, 2026	US National Security Policy Reading List	Daniel Byman, Fiona Cunningham, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Brian Taylor

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Fellows must attend at least two weekend sessions and three week night sessions to receive the certificate of completion from the program.

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