Program Director: Prof. Suzanne Berger
Assistant Program Director: Kimberly Nolan
Administrative Assistant: Eje Wray
Research Assistants: John Fenske, Annalee Saxenian, Ashutosh Varshney
Senior Advisors: Jake Stewart, Mitzi Wertheim
Class of 1988 Session Overview
“MIT’s Seminar XXI was invaluable for me in providing the framework I later used as a flag officer, as well as a political appointee in DOD and in the Coalition in Iraq.”
RADM Dave Oliver, USN (Ret.) Former PD/USD AT&L; President & CEO, EADS Defense NA
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Program Director and Staff
| Session Date | Participating Faculty | |
|---|---|---|
| July 27, 1987 | Introduction | Prof. Gary Sick |
| September 11, 1987 | Soviet Union | Dr. Hannes Adomeit, Pierre Hassner, Dr. Ed A. Hewett, Prof. Gail Lapidus, Prof. Robert Legvold, Prof. Stephen Meyer, Prof. Adam Ulam |
| October 5, 1987 | Western Europe | Dr. Josef Joffe, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut |
| November 9, 1987 | Japan | Dr. Tatsuo Arima, Prof. Richard Samuels |
| December 7, 1987 | Iran | Prof. Shaul Bakhash, Prof. Bernard Lewis |
| January 11, 1988 | India | Dr. Ashis Nandy, Prof. Myron Weiner |
| February 8, 1988 | China | Dr. Harry Harding, Prof. Lucian Pye |
| March 7, 1988 | Palestinians and Middle East Conflict | Prof. Yehoshafat Harkabi, Prof. Walid Khalidi |
| April 11, 1988 | Central America | Prof. Terry Karl, Prof. Richard Millet |
| May 6, 1988 | Trade and Technology | Jean-Louis Gergorin, Prof. Michael Piore, Dr. John Steinbruner, Amb. Koji Watanabe, Prof. John Zysman |
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