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MIT Seminar XXI
Address
77 Massachusetts Avenue CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139-4307

Campbridge
,
Massachusetts
02139

United States
Information
Other names
  • Seminar XXI
TypePrivate
Established1986 (1986)
PrincipalMichael Williams
GradesPostgraduate
Websitesemxxi.mit.edu

MIT Seminar XXI is a

History[edit]

The school began in 1986 with the initial seminar meeting on September 12–14.[1] Its three founders were Suzanne Berger, Jake W. Stewart, and Mitzi Wertheim who wanted to improve on the national security community's perspective in the 1970s and 1980s.[1] Its initial design was to "provide a unique educational perspective for senior military and civilian officials and to afford an opportunity for frank and challenging exchanges of ideas between policymakers, university scholars, and Seminar XXI Fellows".[2]

Seminar XXI Program Directors included Suzanne Berger (1986–1993); Barry Posen, Myron Weiner, and Ken Oye (1993–1998); Ken Oye (1998–2000), and Robert Art (2000–2021).[1] As of July 2021, Dr. Kelly Greenhill became the seminar director.[3]

As of 2020, 2,530 fellows had graduated from the program.[3]

Structure[edit]

Seminar XXI falls under MIT's Center for International Studies.[4] It educates national security professionals across multiple government and non-governmental organizations "with significant potential to move into key decision-making roles in the next 5–10 years".[4]

Admissions[edit]

Initially for military students, fellows since the outset have come from various organizations. These include the "Departments of State, Commerce, Justice, Energy, and Homeland Security, as well as from the Congressional Budget Office, Governmental Accountability Office, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees, the intelligence community, the US Coast Guard, and industry" as well as non-governmental organizations.[1]

Curriculum[edit]

As of 2023, the curriculum comprises nine sessions in the National Capital Region between September and May.[5]

Notable faculty[edit]

The seminar has featured a number of notable faculty members. These include the Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Honorable Caspar Weinberger, Honorable Kathleen Hicks, Michèle Flournoy, Bernard Lewis, Francis Fukuyama, Peter Singer, Sumit Ganguly, Samuel Huntington, James Stavridis, Sarah Chayes, John Mearsheimer, Joseph Nye, Anne-Marie Slaughter, Gerard Prunier, and James Dobbins.[6][1]

Faculty as of 2023 include academics from universities such as Harvard, Yale, MIT, Cornell, Columbia, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton, Tufts, Johns Hopkins, Georgetown, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, Loughborough University of London, George Washington, Dartmouth, Texas A&M, and Syracuse University.[6] Think tanks, non-governmental, and private organizations also have faculty representatives, such as Brookings, Center for Strategic and International Studies, American Enterprise Institute, Council on Foreign Relations, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Boston Dynamics, and Over Zero.[6]

Notable former students[edit]

Graduates have served in various positions including Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Director of the National Security Agency, Deputy Secretary of Defense, USAID Administrator; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command; Chief of Staff of the United States Army; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force; Chief of Naval Operations; Commandant of the Marine Corps; Commanding General, US Army Europe; and Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard.[5][7] Admiral Stuart Munsch, Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa also lists Seminar XXI in his biography.[8]

Alumni from U.S. uniformed services include the Honorable Andrew S. Natsios, Honorable Robert Work; Honorable Rudy de Leon, Admiral James Stavridis General Philip Breedlove General Mark Milley, General George Casey; Admiral Charles Ray, Admiral John Richardson, General Mark Welch, Admiral Harry Harris, General Lee Butler; General James Cartwright. General James Conway, General Montgomery Meigs, General Norton Schwartz, Admiral Robert F. Willard, and Vice Admiral Joanna Nunan.[7][5]

Notes[edit]

Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Berger, Stewart, and Wertheim 2017.
  2. ^ MIT 2023.
  3. ^ a b English 2020.
  4. ^ a b U.S. Navy 2022.
  5. ^ a b c Shapiro 2023.
  6. ^ a b c MIT 2023.
  7. ^ a b Art 2015.
  8. ^ Munsch 2022.

Bibliography[edit]

  • Art, Robert (September 2015). "From the Director". MIT. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • Berger, Suzanne; Stewart, Jake W.; Wertheim, Mitzi. "25th Anniversary: Founders' Message". MIT. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • English, Michelle (28 May 2020). "Robert Art Retires as Director of the Seminar XXI Program". MIT. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • MIT. "MIT Seminar XXI: Beginnings". MIT. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • Munsch, Stuart (22 July 2022). "Admiral Stuart Munsch". U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • MIT. "MIT Seminar XXI: Faculty". MIT. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • Shapiro, Zach (21 February 2023). "Announcing MIT Seminar XXI Opportunity for Coast Guard Members". U.S. Coast Guard. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  • U.S. Navy (28 January 2022). "MIT Seminar XXI Class of Academic Year 2022–2023 Call For Applications". www.navy.mil. U.S. Navy. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

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