The Security Studies Program Seminars are scheduled for Wednesdays, 12:00 to 1:30 PM (unless otherwise noted) at the MIT Center for International Studies, 292 Main Street, Kendall Square, Building E38, room 615. Bring a bag lunch; refreshments will be provided.

September 17	Steven Simon, Senior Analyst, Rand. Topic: "Update on the War on Terror"
September 24	Robert Rotberg, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard; Director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution in the Belfer Center, Harvard. Topic: "When States Fail: Causes and Consequences"
October 1	Mike Doran, Assistant Professor, Department of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University; Adjunct Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations. Topic: "The Conspiracy between the United States and the Shi'ites to Control the Persian Gulf and Destroy Islam"
October 8	Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science, MIT. Topic: "European Union Security and Defense Policy"
October 15	Laura Holgate, Vice President for Russia/New Independent States Programs Nuclear Threat Initiative. Topic: "Securing Nuclear Materials in Russia and Beyond"
October 22	Jennifer Leaning, Professor of International Health, Department of Population and International Health, Harvard University. Topic: "The Role of the Military in Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Current Issues and Challenges in Afghanistan and Iraq"
October 29, 3:00-4:30pm	Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, Vice President, Strategic Planning and Business Development, Battelle; Vice Admiral (Retired), U.S. Navy. Topic: "Critical Challenges for the United States: The Fast War and Slow Peace"
November 5	Paul Bracken, Professor of Management and Political Science, Yale University. Topic: "The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age"
November 12	Jennifer Lind, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Political Science, MIT; Visiting Fellow, Dickey Center for International Understanding, Dartmouth College. Topic: "Continuity and Change in Japanese Security Policy: Testing Theories of International Relations"
November 19	Jeff Record, Senior Research Fellow, The Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; Visiting Professor, School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology. Topic: TBA CANCELLED
December 3	Martha Crenshaw, Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor of Global Issues & Democratic Thought, Department of Government, Wesleyan University. Topic: "Why the United States is a Target for Terrorism"

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