Location: Brussels
December 2016 – Remaining Challenges for Demining Operations Worldwide (mines and all
explosive weapons)
Dr. Guy Rhodes, Chief of Operations , Geneva Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD)
Location: At NorthEastern University in Boston
September 29 –Shifts in International Relations: the Impact of the Cyber-Realm
Ryan Maness – Visiting Fellow of Security and Resilience Studies in the Department of Political Science,
Northeastern University
Nazli Choucri – Professor of Political Science and Director of the Global System for Sustainable
Development (GSSD), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Panel Moderator – Matthew Cohen – PhD Candidate in Political Science, Northeastern University
October 6 –Rape During Civil War
Dara Kay Cohen – Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; Member of the
Board at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
November 3 – The Rise of the Machines? – Examining Lethal Autonomous Weapons
Michael W. Meier – Chief Legal Counselor, US State Department
Mary Wareham – Advocacy Director of the Arms Division, Human Rights Watch
Panel Moderator – Denise Garcia – Sadeleer Research Faculty and Associate Professor in the
Department of Political Science and the International Affairs Program, Northeastern University
November 17 – Transnational Threats and the Role of 21st Century Border Management
Alan Bersin – Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomatic Officer for the US
Department of Homeland Security Office of Policy
Steve Flynn – Professor of Political Science and Founding Director of the Center for Resilience Studies,
Northeastern University
SPRING SEMESTER
February 23 – Navigating the Global Food Fight: Is Free Trade Compatible with Food Security?
Jennifer Clapp – Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability in the Environment
and Resource Studies Department, University of Waterloo
March 8 – Social Capital and Human Security
Daniel Aldrich – Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Co-Director of the
Security and Resilience Studies Masters Program, Northeastern University
April 13 and 14 – Europe’s Parallel Foreign Policy: The Ukraine-Russia Crisis
Mitchell Orenstein – Professor of East European politics, Slavic Language and Literature Department,
University of Pennsylvania
Kaija Schilds – Faculty Member, International Relations, Boston University
Jolyon Howorth – Visiting Professor of Political Science and Jackson Institute and Ethics, Politics &
Economics, Yale University
Pawel Karolewski – Associate Professor of Political Science, Willy Brandt Centre for German and
European Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, University of
Potsdam, Germany.
Mai’a Cross – Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Northeastern University
Location: UN Geneva
TBD, June 2016. In the context of the Annual Northeastern Uni. Course on Global Governance of
Security with UNIDIR.