| Oct 10, 1996 | Duvall, Raymond | Cultures of Insecurity |
| Oct 17, 1996 | Ward, Cary | The Scholar-Diplomats: Academia and the Establishment in the Making of American Foreign Policy |
| Oct 24, 1996 | Dabringhausen, Michaela | Industrial Restructuring the EC’s Fortress Europe Strategy, and the Temporary Success of the ERM |
| Oct 31, 1996 | Snyder, Glenn | Alliances in a Multipolar System |
| Nov 07, 1996 | Lieber, Robert | Domestice Political Consequences of the End of the Cold War: Implications for American Foreign Policy |
| Nov 14, 1996 | Powell, Robert | Power Transition with Endogenous Offers |
| Nov 21, 1996 | Portnoy, Brian | Transnational Corporations Developing Countries and Institutional Bargaining |