What is it like to share a meal with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Jim Walsh PhD '00 has dined with Ahmadinejad on five occasions and discussed topics like human rights, nuclear weapons, and the unrest in the Middle East.
Walsh is one of a small number of Americans who has traveled to North Korea and Iran for talks with officials about nuclear issues. A research associate in the MIT Security Studies Program, he is an international security expert who has testified before the US Senate on terrorism and Iran’s nuclear program.
Walsh will offer his thoughts on international security, nuclear weapons, and terrorism, and take questions from the worldwide MIT community via video chat on Monday, June 4, 2012, from noon-12:30 p.m. ET.
Register for this free event—My Five Dinners with Ahmadinejad: Discussions on Iran, North Korea, and the Nuclear Age—to receive the link for live viewing. After the event, come back to the Slice of MIT blog and continue the conversation in the comments.
About Jim Walsh PhD '00
Walsh was previously Executive Director of the Managing the Atom project at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a visiting scholar at the Center for Global Security Research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. He received his PhD in political science from MIT in 2000.
In 2008, British newspaper The Independent selected his thoughts on Iran’s nuclear activities as one the year's 10 best ideas. Walsh's analysis has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, NPR, and other national and international media outlets and he served as editor for the book series, Terrorism: Documents of International & Local Control.
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Walsh discusses dining with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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Comments
George Sweeney
Thu, 05/31/2012 1:55pm
Faculty Forum, June 4, 2012
I need the URL for the Faculty Forum on June 4, at noontime. You nay have sent it, but I don't have it.
Thank you.
George Sweeney '47
Bert Aubrey
Fri, 06/08/2012 5:10pm
Extremely informative. Thank you.
Liberatus Rozario
Wed, 06/06/2012 12:27pm
An excellent presentation. I am with the MIT Alumni Club of Princeton. I have always felt proud of the Political Science department of the Institute, starting off my introduction to Noam Chomsky. It is indeed pleasing to note that MIT is expanding its role into security studies. I feel that bringing a proper understanding of the current global situation to the mainstream is critical to us as a nation at this juncture , when we are moving into a different global balance of power and interest. It affects foreign policy and diplomacy, military, markets and business, media, technology and culture.
Would be happy to look into the possibility of joint sponsorship of events on such topics in our Princeton area.
Tim Chambers
Mon, 06/04/2012 12:13pm
Why does my chat application have a green box, a button that says "disconnect from chat," and yet it also has a message "not connected" highlighted in pink? Am I connected, or not? See http://home.pcisys.net/~tbc/tmp/mit.ffo.120604.png
Jay London
Thu, 05/31/2012 1:57pm
Hi George,
To receive the URL, you must first register for the event at: http://alumic.mit.edu/myfivedinners.