Defense and Arms Control Studies Program
Abstract
The Defense and Arms Control Studies (DACS) Program is a graduate-level research and training program based at the MIT Center for International Studies. It traces its origins to two initiatives. One is the teaching on international security topics that Professor William Kaufmann began in the 1960s in the MIT Political Science Department. The other is the MIT-wide seminars on nuclear weapons and arms control policy that Professor Jack Ruina and Professor George Rathjens created in the mid 1970s. Currently, the program's teaching ties are primarily but not exclusively with the Political Science Department at MIT. The DACS faculty, however, includes natural scientists and engineers as well as social scientists. Of particular pride to the program is its ability to integrate technical and political analyses in studies of international security issues. Several of the DACS faculty members have had extensive government experience. They and the other program faculty advise or comment frequently on current policy problems. But the program's prime task is educating those young men and women who will be the next generation of scholars and practitioners in international security policy making. The program's research and public service activities necessarily complement that effort. This Annual Report contains the Report of the Director, Harvey M. Sapolsky; profiles of professors in the DACS Program; visitors to the program; 1990-1991 degree recipients; graduate students during 1990-1991; PhD and Master's degree candidates; working groups; selected publications; DACS Program publications; outside professional activities of faculty; course offerings; and seminar series.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1991
- Accession Number
- ADA457983
Entities
Organizations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology