Upcoming Sessions Session Overview

The MIT XXI program consists of a series of 8 sessions over 9 months; 5 evening sessions held in Washington D.C. and three weekend sessions held in Warrenton, Virginia. Sessions are not open to the public. The introductory session is open to Fellows and Alumni. Sessions after the introductory session are open to current Fellows only. 

 

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Session Date Titlesort descending Participating Faculty
January 6, 2025 Emerging Technologies Kevin M. Esvelt, Benjamin Jensen, Kenneth Oye
April 7, 2025 Iran, Israel, and Turkey Suzanne Maloney, Malik Mufti, Natan Sachs
January 31, 2025 National Economies in a Globalized World Rawi Abdelal, Sarah Chayes, Alex de Waal, Daniel Drezner, Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Kenneth Oye, Vivien A. Schmidt, Adam Segal, Luis Videgaray, Edward You
December 2, 2024 US Alliances: Continuity and Change in Europe and East Asia RSVP Kurt M. Campbell, Liana Fix, Richard Samuels
May 2, 2025 US National Security Policy Fiona Cunningham, Bruce Hoffman, Keir Lieber, Vipin Narang, Abraham Newman, Daryl Press, Paul Staniland, Caitlin Talmadge, Brian Taylor
March 3, 2025 Weaponization of Migration, Illicit Flows, and US Border Security Peter Andreas, Kelly M. Greenhill

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