http://hdl.handle.net/1811/29319 2013-05-24T13:21:49Z 2013-05-24T13:21:49Z Lerner, Mitchell http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53676 2013-01-17T07:28:41Z 2012-02-27T00:00:00Z

North Korea's Cold War Lerner, Mitchell Perhaps no country in the modern era has perplexed Western observers as much as North Korea, a nation whose extraordinary secrecy and internal repression has generally prevented scholars from exploring its Cold War experience. As a result, the country remains to many an enigma, a land of provocation and intrigue that is often criticized but rarely understood. Then came the liquidation of the Soviet empire, and with it a torrent of new information from the archives of North Korea's former communist allies. Records from the embassies of Russia, East Germany, Poland, Romania, Albania, Hungary, and elsewhere, pulled back the curtain of secrecy that had long enshrouded North Korea, and for the first time allowed outsiders to begin to understand the policies of the "Hermit Kingdom." By utilizing these materials, this conference will examine the inner workings and foreign relations of North Korea during the Cold War, and in doing so will open a virtually unparalleled window into the nation's use of force and diplomacy during the Cold War and beyond.

2012-02-27T00:00:00Z Lerner, Mitchell Mohamed, Jibril Joseph, Laura Malac, Deborah Arman, Abukar http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53675 2013-01-17T07:28:53Z 2012-01-27T00:00:00Z

Somalia at Crossroads: Foreign Intervention, Humanitarian Crisis, and Aspirations for Statehood Mohamed, Jibril; Joseph, Laura; Malac, Deborah; Arman, Abukar This two-day conference will bring together some of the brightest minds in Somali affairs with the aim of deepening public discourse and understanding of the complex situation in Somalia and developing strong, pragmatic, and principled policy recommendations for, post-transition political development in Somalia. Issues discussed include the national roadmap, piracy, humanitarian crisis, frontline state military interventions, Diaspora remittance challenges and community development issues. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-27T00:00:00Z Mohamed, Jibril Joseph, Laura Malac, Deborah Arman, Abukar Borland, Katherine Cardenal, Fernando http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53674 2013-01-17T07:30:05Z 2012-05-03T00:00:00Z

Good Works in Central America: Interrogating North American Voluntary Service Borland, Katherine; Cardenal, Fernando Short-term delegations to Central America for the purpose of providing material aid, assisting with grassroots development, or offering direct service have proliferated in the last four decades. This conference critically examines travel-for-service and the micro-politics of encounters between privileged visitors (professionals, politically motivated groups, service-learning programs) and impoverished third-world communities they visit, as well as the larger implications of poverty relief efforts organized outside of and sometimes in opposition to existing national and international institutions. Such projects promise solutions to seemingly entrenched problems in poorer nations through virtuous vigorous action. Yet in actuality, the dynamics of cosmopolitan interaction are complex. This conference will provide an opportunity for students and faculty interested or already engaged in international service to reflect upon their motives, practices, and experiences and to consider not only their immediate accomplishments but the longer-term implications of the kind of citizen-diplomacy they aspire to enact. The keynote speaker, Nicaragua's Father Fernando Cardenal, has committed his life to direct service to the poor within the framework of a religious vocation and training, more specifically, liberation theology. In 1980, he directed Nicaragua's National Literacy Crusade, an internationally acclaimed voluntary effort to teach reading and writing to rural and underserved populations, organized through the revolutionary state as a nationalist project. The academic speakers come from a variety of positions within the university but share a concern for reflection and the identification of "best practices." They have all either volunteered with or facilitated volunteer missions/delegations. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-03T00:00:00Z Borland, Katherine Cardenal, Fernando Abdel-Khalek, Gouda Korayem, Karima Aly, Hassan http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53673 2013-01-17T07:27:22Z 2012-01-09T00:00:00Z

Egypt and the Arab Spring Revolution Abdel-Khalek, Gouda; Korayem, Karima; Aly, Hassan The Arab people revolted against unjust economic models that have left the vast majority of society destitute and marginalized in their own countries. For decades, inappropriate policies were prescribed and imposed by the very same international actors that are called upon today to facilitate the transition. The main questions to be addressed are:What are the main factors causing revolutions in the Arab world? What packages are on offer from G8, EU, IMF, World Bank and EBRD? How are these packages structured and targeted? What sectors will benefit? And what are the constraints? How much of a problem is inequality? Will concerns about social justice seriously be addressed? Why did Egypt new government initially turn down IMF and World Bank offers of policy support packages? The Arab Spring Revolution is facing three main challenges: Restoring Security: The lack of security is the first complaint of the Egyptians at present; they don't feel safe in the streets, at home, at work, etc. Lack of security has been also reflected in traffic chaos, which forms another source for public complaints. There are several factors which have lead to this result and which need to be tackled strictly. Although the security is relatively better at present as compared to eight months ago, when the youth revolution started, there are still much to be done to achieve an overall security in the country. Having a Comprehensive Economic View: The government lacks an economic view that targets raising growth and creating employment opportunities. The problem with the government is that each minister is dealing on his own with the problems and challenges in his ministry, which are many, without having an economic view for all the ministries to revolve the production wheel again, with all what this implies of raising production and creating employment. To achieve that, the government needs to have a think tank (as a high profile institute, or a group of well chosen experts), that puts alternative scenarios for an overall economic plan in which all the ministries have an assigned role to play, and also identifying the policies which enhance the private sector's role in investment and production within the market economy system adopted in Egypt. Establishing Democracy: The question is how to achieve democracy, with all what it involves of having multiple competitive political parties and a respectable election rules for choosing the president with limited powers by law. Changing the previous system which has been prevailing for almost 60 years (after the 1952 revolution), and which consists of one dominant party that formulates consistently the government is not an easy task. Even when Sadat, followed by Mubarak, allowed the existence of more than one political party, there continued to be one dominant party headed by the president and has always formed the government. One important factor for achieving democracy is that all those parties are competitive in power and have equal chance to formulate the government. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-09T00:00:00Z Abdel-Khalek, Gouda Korayem, Karima Aly, Hassan Jojarth, Christine http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53011 2013-01-10T17:28:05Z 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z

The Fuzzy Governance of Soft Hard Law and Hard Soft Law Jojarth, Christine The increasing prominence of unconventional, cross-border security threats posed by non-state actors is challenging traditional international diplomacy and its most cherished tool: international treaties. Policy-making circles and academia alike often deplore the fact that it is getting ever more difficult to reach international agreements that are legally binding and global in reach. This talk challenges this appraisement on two fronts. For one, I will argue that legal bindingness in itself is a poor predictor of the effectiveness of an agreement’s ability to impact states' behavior. In fact, so-called "hard law" — i.e. legally binding agreements — often turns out to be "soft" in nature as a result of lacking precision and weak compliance mechanisms. For the other, a number of recent non-binding agreements demonstrate that 'soft law" can actually be "hard" in the innovative ways they incorporate an impressive arsenal of tools to effectively expose and sanction non-compliance. This talk draws on cases from the security arena and beyond to highlight the true drivers of effective international cooperation.

2011-11-01T00:00:00Z Jojarth, Christine Green, Jessica http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53010 2013-01-10T17:27:51Z 2012-05-16T00:00:00Z

Sink the Sinks?! Public and Private Regulation of Carbon Sinks in the Climate Change Regime Green, Jessica Forests cover approximately 30 percent of the globe, and felling of forests accounts for about 25 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions. This paper examines the long and storied history of carbon sinks in the climate change regime. In particular, it traces the positions of civil society, represented by the transnational advocacy network Climate Action Network (CAN). It explains why CAN, once vehemently opposed to carbon sinks in the Kyoto Protocol, has become an active supporter of sinks in other parts of the climate regime, including in private carbon markets. The paper uses this case to draw out the implications for the role of civil society in shaping both public and private forms of regulation. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-16T00:00:00Z Green, Jessica Zeiler, Thomas http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53009 2013-01-10T17:27:51Z 2012-05-11T00:00:00Z

Globalization's Perils: From Archie Bunker to Occupy Wall Street Zeiler, Thomas Thomas W. Zeiler is Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he also directs the Global Studies Academic Program. He teaches U.S. diplomatic history and globalization. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-11T00:00:00Z Zeiler, Thomas Khalaji, Mehdi http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53008 2013-01-10T17:27:51Z 2012-05-08T00:00:00Z

Iranian Islam and Democracy: Paradox of State and Religion Khalaji, Mehdi By declaring Shiism the official state religion and granting the Shiite jurist (ayatollah) guardianship over the government, the Islamic Republic has changed the nature of the religious institution and religiosity of Iranian society. On the one hand, it has empowered religious institutions; on the other, it has deprived them of their independence and their civil nature.The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is cementing its political and economic power over both the clergy and the country. This might possibly lead to the Islamic Republic's secularization. However, the fact that the Islamic Republic is becoming more militarized and less clerical makes Shiism still the central theoretical and practical issue surrounding the democratization of Iran. Streaming video requires Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-08T00:00:00Z Khalaji, Mehdi Mergenthaler, May http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53007 2013-01-10T17:26:17Z 2012-04-13T00:00:00Z

Transformations of the Public Sphere Mergenthaler, May This conference investigates the historical and contemporary significance of the public sphere and modern social imaginaries—of the discourses, norms, and ideas shared by members of a given society. The motivation for such an investigation arises from the growing interdependence of different nations, regions, and communities that demands and generates new ways of political, legal, economic, strategic, and cultural forms of cooperation. What kind of public spaces facilitate and what kind of shared imaginaries support such cooperation? What aspects in society hinder productive communication and interaction? Does productive social cooperation presuppose certain governmental, in particular democratic structures? Answers to these and related questions will be developed by drawing on several relevant disciplines, including, but not limited to social and political science, cultural theory, philosophy, history, history of science, and media studies.

2012-04-13T00:00:00Z Mergenthaler, May Noyes, Dorothy Lloyd, Barbara http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53006 2013-01-10T17:26:17Z 2012-05-18T00:00:00Z

Tales of Trickery, Tales of Endurance: Gender, Performance, and Politics in the Islamic World and Beyond Noyes, Dorothy; Lloyd, Barbara Professor Margaret Mills, retiring in June 2012 from the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, has made major contributions to the study of women in contemporary Afghanistan, the folklore of the Persian-speaking world and South Asia, women’s oral traditions, and traditional pedagogies. She has helped us to think about the rhetorical dimension of oral traditions; the gendering of religious experience; the partitioning of the traditional public sphere into gendered and performative situations; how literacies and pedagogies are mobilized to form political identities; how individual and collective expressive repertoires respond to war and displacement. This conference assembles some of her former students and longterm colleagues to discuss new developments in these lines of research.

2012-05-18T00:00:00Z Noyes, Dorothy Lloyd, Barbara Mueller, John http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53004 2013-01-10T17:27:51Z 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

The Terrorism Delusion Mueller, John It seems increasingly likely that the reaction to the terrorism attacks of September 11, 2001, has been massively disproportionate to the real threat al-Qaeda has ever actually presented either as an international menace or as an inspiration or model to homegrown amateurs. In result, we have been living a decade of delusion as trillions of dollars have been expended and tens of thousands of lives have been snuffed out in a frantic, ill-conceived effort to react to an event that, however tragic and dramatic in the first instance, should have been seen, at least in the fullness of time, to be of only limited significance (Warning: This talk includes reference to The Wizard of Oz and The Emperor's New Clothes and may not be suitable for all audiences.) Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Mueller, John Murray, Williamson http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53003 2013-01-10T17:27:52Z 2012-04-30T00:00:00Z

Saddam's World View: The Iran-Iraq War and the Shaping of the Modern Middle East Murray, Williamson Williamson Murray is a Minerva Fellow at the Naval War College and professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State University. He studies military and diplomatic history and is currently working on a number projects related to operational history of the Civil War, study of the Iran-Iraq War, and hybrid warfare. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-30T00:00:00Z Murray, Williamson Fiorina, Morris http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53002 2013-01-10T17:27:52Z 2012-04-26T00:00:00Z

The Breakdown of Representation in American Politics Fiorina, Morris Morris P. Fiorina is the Wendt Family Professor of Political Science at Stanford University and a senior fellow of the Hoover Institution. Fiorina has written widely on American government and politics, with special emphasis on topics in the study of representation and elections. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-26T00:00:00Z Fiorina, Morris Suleiman, Camelia http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53001 2013-01-10T17:27:52Z 2012-05-22T00:00:00Z

Language and Identity: The Impact on the Middle East Suleiman, Camelia Language and Identity in the Israel-Palestine Conflict: The Politics of Self-Perception in the Middle East discusses how the conflict between Israel and Palestine is, and remains to be, one of the most widely and passionately debated issues in the Middle East and in the field of international politics. An important part of this conflict is the dimension of self-perception of both Israelis and Palestinians caught up in its midst. Here, Suleiman, using her background in linguistic analysis, examines the interplay of language and identity, feminism and nationalism, and how the concepts of spatial and temporal boundaries affect self-perception. She does this through interviews with peace activists from a variety of backgrounds: Palestinians with Israeli citizenship, Jewish Israelis, as well as Palestinians from Ramallah, officially holders of Jordanian passports. By emphasizing the importance of these levels of official identity, Suleiman explores how self-perception is influenced, negotiated and manifested, and how place of birth and residence play a major role in this conflict. This book therefore holds vital firsthand analysis of the conflict and its impact upon both Israelis and Palestinians, making it crucial for anyone involved in Middle East studies, conflict studies and international relations.

2012-05-22T00:00:00Z Suleiman, Camelia Muasher, Marwan http://hdl.handle.net/1811/53000 2013-01-10T17:27:53Z 2012-04-21T00:00:00Z

The Arab Awakening: One Year On Muasher, Marwan Marwan Muasher is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment. He served as foreign minister (2002–04) and deputy prime minister (2004–05) of Jordan, and his career has spanned the areas of diplomacy, development, civil society, and communications. He is also a senior fellow at Yale University. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-21T00:00:00Z Muasher, Marwan Rosenblum, Nancy http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52999 2013-01-10T17:27:53Z 2012-05-07T00:00:00Z

Anti-politics: The Utopian Turn in Democratic Theory Today Rosenblum, Nancy Nancy Rosenblum is the Senator Joseph Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government. Her field of research is political theory, both historical and contemporary political thought. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-05-07T00:00:00Z Rosenblum, Nancy Lynch, Marc http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52998 2013-01-10T17:27:53Z 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The Arab Uprising Lynch, Marc Marc Lynch is associate professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, where he is the director of the Institute for Middle East Studies and of the Project on Middle East Political Science. He is also a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and edits the Middle East Channel for ForeignPolicy.com. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view

2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Lynch, Marc Beaver, David http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52961 2013-01-10T17:27:53Z 2012-04-20T00:00:00Z

Social Language Processing: Arab Spring Twitterology and Beyond Beaver, David David I. Beaver is associate professor of linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin. He researches and teaches on the semantics and pragmatics of natural languages, in particular on how information is organized at the sentence and discourse level. Within this, he has worked on presupposition, anaphora, topic and focus. He also has interests in temporal and event semantics, in simulations of language evolution, and in broader philisophical, psychological and computational themes from cognitive science.

2012-04-20T00:00:00Z Beaver, David Katherine, Meyer http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52960 2013-01-10T17:27:54Z 2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Securing National Science Foundation Funding Katherine, Meyer Katherine Meyer is program director for sociology in the Division of Social and Economic Sciences at the National Science Foundation and professor emeritus at The Ohio State University. She is a faculty affiliate of the Mershon Center and principal investigator of Rentierism and Conflict in the Middle East with Hassan Aly and J. Craig Jenkins, and Dissent/Repression Nexus in the Middle East with J. Craig Jenkins.

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z Katherine, Meyer Baker, Raymond http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52946 2013-01-10T17:27:54Z 2012-04-19T00:00:00Z

Egypt: Islam, Revolution, and Prospects for Democracy Baker, Raymond Raymond William Baker is professor of international politics at Trinity College and director of the International Council for Middle East Studies in Washington, D.C. He is an internationally recognized authority on the Arab and Islamic world. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-19T00:00:00Z Baker, Raymond Zhu, Feng http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52945 2013-01-10T17:27:54Z 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

China's Policies Toward the Middle East Zhu, Feng Zhu Feng is professor of international studies and deputy director of the Center for International and Strategic Studies at Peking University. He is also senior research fellow at the China Institute of Peace and Development and the Center for Contemporary World Affairs. He writes extensively on regional security in East Asia, the North Korean nuclear issue, U.S. national security strategy, and China-U.S. relations. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-16T00:00:00Z Zhu, Feng Hubin, Don MacGilvray, Eric http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52943 2013-01-10T17:26:18Z 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Immigration: What's at Stake? Hubin, Don; MacGilvray, Eric "Immigration: What's at Stake?" is the first major interdisciplinary conference of the Immigration COMPAS, organized with the support of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies , that will focus on core ethical, political, social, and economic issues related to immigration. The conference will bring together a truly distinguished set of researchers addressing the main challenges and opportunities immigration poses in the modern world. The conference aims to interest not only researchers and students, but the broader community. Beside the academic panels, there will be two panels specifically oriented to public discussion. The introductory panel will focus on broad demographic changes on international, national, and local levels, including discussion of how immigration has affected Ohio. The final session will be a question and answer moderated by Fred Andrle (WOSU), encouraging reflective engagement by the community. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2011-10-20T00:00:00Z Hubin, Don MacGilvray, Eric Brewster, Rachel http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52942 2013-01-10T17:27:54Z 2012-04-16T00:00:00Z

Remedies, Reputation and Beliefs: Prices and Sanctions in International Economic Law Brewster, Rachel Legal scholars generally consider the creation of formal remedies an unambiguous good for international law. For a field obsessed with the lack of enforcement, the creation of international adjudicatory panels and the creation of "real" remedies can signify the seriousness of the international obligation. International law seems to approach domestic law in its access to independent adjudication and hard consequences for non-compliance. Yet the move towards international adjudication and remedies is a double-edged sword. The creation of remedies can diminish the system of informal remedies that currently supports international law. The conventional view is that formal sanctions will be additive to these informal sanctions, that the inclusion of informal sanctions will only increase the costs of breach. But an alternative relationship is also possible — that the move towards formal remedies will decrease access to informal remedies, including reputation. In some cases the access to formal remedies will still be an "improvement" over the traditional approaches to international law enforcement in the sense that the costs of breach are higher with formal remedies. Yet in other circumstances, the cost of breach may be lower without formal remedies. In either case, calculating the overall costs of breach — necessary to designing optimal remedy regime — requires an understanding of how informal and formal sanctions interact.

2012-04-16T00:00:00Z Brewster, Rachel Levi, Scott Liu, Morgan http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52941 2013-01-10T17:26:18Z 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Central Eurasian Studies Society 2011 Annual Meeting Levi, Scott; Liu, Morgan Annual Meeting of the Central Eurasian Studies Society is an event put on by the preeminent scholarly organization for Central Asian studies. CESS is a private, non-political, non-profit, North America-based interdisciplinary organization of scholars who are interested in the study of Central Eurasia: a region that stretches from the Black Sea region, the Crimea, and the Caucasus in the west, through the Middle Volga region, Central Asia and Afghanistan, and on to Siberia, Mongolia and Tibet in the east.

2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Levi, Scott Liu, Morgan Tamer, Georges http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52940 2013-01-10T17:26:18Z 2011-11-10T00:00:00Z

Islam and Rationality: The Impact of al-Ghazālī Tamer, Georges Abu Hāmid al-Ghazālī (1058-1111) is a central figure in the history of Islamic theology, jurisprudence, philosophy and Sufism. Of Persian origin, he lived and worked in Baghdad and in other intellectual centers of the Muslim world of the 11th and 12th century. Besides his teaching activity in Baghdad and Tus (in Iran), al-Ghazālī wrote in Arabic and Persian on an enormous variety of subjects, which primarily include theology, Islamic law, logic, philosophy, mysticism, and epistemology. A major concern in his works involves the development of an approach to God which is both Islamic and rational; he also strove to integrate religious rationality in the worship of God and in spiritual life. His eminent works on this topic have been widely influential. Indeed, in general, the discourse on rationality, as accepted by orthodox Islam, was largely established, articulated, and solidified by al-Ghazālī. Al-Ghazālī's influence was so widespread that he earned, in the medieval period, the unique title "The Proof of Islam" (Hujjat al-Islām); this honorific, merited by his preeminent scholarship, acknowledged the illustrious way in which he combined logic and ethics, knowledge and action, rationality and spirituality, orthodoxy and renewal of religious thought. To commemorate the 900 year-long legacy of al-Ghazālī, an international and interdisciplinary conference will take place on November 10-12, 2011. Leading scholars in intellectual history, philosophy, Islamic law and theology, and medieval Christian and Jewish thought will convene to discuss vital aspects of al-Ghazālī's work. Dealing with the increasingly important topic of Islam and rationality, and raising relevant questions related to the inter-religious exchange of ideas, the conference will aim to invigorate discourses between philosophy, religious studies, cultural history, and Islamic studies. The goals of this dialogue are to enhance research of and initiate new studies into the impact of al-Ghazālī's vast work and to create continuing forums for international conversation between scholars and the public on the topics of Islam, reason, and cross-cultural exchange. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2011-11-10T00:00:00Z Tamer, Georges Dragostinova, Theodora Hashamova, Yana http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52939 2013-01-10T17:26:18Z 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Beyond Mosque, Church, and State: Negotiating Religious and Ethno-National Identities in the Balkans Dragostinova, Theodora; Hashamova, Yana Ethnic diversity and national tensions in the Balkans have long attracted the attention of the international community of scholars and policy-makers who have tried to understand how states, societies and people in the area negotiate complex religious and ethno-national identities. Bulgaria and Bosnia exemplify two fascinating case studies of these issues of ethnic diversity and national conflict. The two countries share a similar history of strained transitions from empires to nation-states to communist internationalism and back to nationalism. However, after the fall of communism in 1989, the two states followed diverging paths; while Bosnia underwent a violent process of civil war accompanied with ethnic cleansing, Bulgaria maintained relative ethnic peace, religious tolerance, and political stability. The ultimate purpose of this conference is to debate how and why two similar states and societies experienced comparable challenges of ethnic complexity, political conflict, and national reconciliation differently.

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z Dragostinova, Theodora Hashamova, Yana Wittner, David Blaylock, David http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52938 2013-01-10T17:26:19Z 2011-10-07T00:00:00Z

Science, Technology and Medicine in East Asia: Policy, Practice, and Implications in a Global Context Wittner, David; Blaylock, David Since the end of World War II, historical and contemporary developments in East Asian science, technology and medicine have received increasing scholarly attention partly due to historian of Japanese science James R. Bartholomew's career-long commitment to the field and his mentorship of a younger generation of scholars. This interdisciplinary conference proposes to examine the ways in which the sciences in East Asia – whether basic or applied, from technology to medicine—have shaped and been shaped historically, and are being transformed in the contemporary world by political, economic, institutional, social, and cultural forces, both regional and global.

2011-10-07T00:00:00Z Wittner, David Blaylock, David Hunker, Jeffrey http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52937 2013-01-10T17:27:55Z 2011-11-08T00:00:00Z

Cyber as a National Security Issue: What We Know and Don't Know (and What are the Elephants in the Room?) Hunker, Jeffrey Cyber as a national security issue is now a hot issue -- witness the fascination with "cyber war," the launch of the U.S. CyberCommand, and NATO's initiative from the Lisbon Summit. At the same time, almost everything that is associated with national security that begins with cyber -- defence, war, deterrence, attack, power, doctrine -- remains inchoate. Hunker believes however that we can start to make some observations and raise some questions that should shape the future agenda. In this talk, after providing some background, he will focus on three issues:Is what we are doing in cyber defence/security working? If not, what needs to be done? What is a likely framework for cyber deterrence, if such a concept is even feasible? How might power be exercised in cyberspace -- in other words, is there such a thing as cyber power, analogous to sea power or air power?

2011-11-08T00:00:00Z Hunker, Jeffrey Faizullaev, Alisher http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52936 2013-01-10T17:27:55Z 2012-04-18T00:00:00Z

Making States Sensible: Ritual, Symbols, and Feeling in Diplomatic Practice Faizullaev, Alisher Symbols and rituals are essential parts of international diplomacy, and they play an important role in power and identity politics of states. In order to make sense of state affairs, diplomatic practice often addresses individuals' senses and uses collective forms of experiencing states and interstate relations through ceremonies and other symbolic actions. The three most important symbols used in diplomacy -- symbols of identity, power and status (prestige and honor) -- help to sensualize the state's self, might, and dignity, and also serve as emotionally charged means for creating and maintaining people's sense of belonging to the state. Collective feelings caused by rituals, ceremonies, symbols, and visual and other images contribute to forming shared meanings of international politics and diplomacy. Diplomats ought to master both discursive and non-discursive languages of diplomacy and "sacred affairs" of international politics. However, certain "cults of state" supported by diplomatic practices contribute to common-sense understanding and conventional wisdom of interstate relations.

2012-04-18T00:00:00Z Faizullaev, Alisher Habeck, Mary Fishman, Brian http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52935 2013-01-10T17:27:55Z 2012-04-11T00:00:00Z

What is the Future of Al Qaeda? Habeck, Mary; Fishman, Brian Mary Habeck is associate professor in strategic studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, where she teaches courses on military history and strategic thought. Before coming to SAIS, Habeck taught American and European military history in Yale's history department from 1994 to 2005. She received her PhD in history from Yale in 1996, an MA in international relations from Yale in 1989, and a BA in international studies, Russian, and Spanish from Ohio State in 1987. Brian Fishman is a counterterrorism research fellow at the New America Foundation and a research fellow with the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. He previously served as the CTC's director of research and was a professor of social sciences at West Point. Fishman was a regular contributor to the CTC's Harmony Project reports; he authored Dysfunction and Decline: Lessons Learned from Inside al-Qa'ida in Iraq, co-authored al-Qa'ida’s Foreign Fighters in Iraq: A First Look at the Sinjar Records, and edited Bombers, Bank Accounts, and Bleedout: al-Qa'ida's Road In and Out of Iraq. As part of his duties at West Point, Fishman deployed to Iraq and served on the CENTCOM Assessment Team. Fishman was a founding editor of the CTC Sentinel.

2012-04-11T00:00:00Z Habeck, Mary Fishman, Brian Charles, Guy-Uriel http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52925 2013-01-10T17:28:04Z 2012-03-29T00:00:00Z

Democracy's Guardian? Understanding the Supreme Court's Law and Politics Jurisprudence Charles, Guy-Uriel Guy-Uriel E. Charles is professor of law and director of the Center on Law, Race, and Politics at Duke University. He teaches, writes, and is a public commentator in the areas of constitutional law, civil procedure, election law, law and politics, and race. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-03-29T00:00:00Z Charles, Guy-Uriel Azami, Dawood http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52924 2013-01-10T17:28:04Z 2012-04-02T00:00:00Z

Ideology versus Profit: Drugs and Insurgencies in Afghanistan and Colombia Azami, Dawood Afghanistan and Colombia are two major drug-producing countries experiencing protracted and bloody armed conflicts which have claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people. Colombia's leftist rebels, FARC, and the Taliban in Afghanistan are sophisticated insurgency movements with ideologically dominated political agendas. However, there are signs that FARC's socialist ideology and the Taliban's ideology -- a mixture of nationalism and religious fundamentalism -- are in decline with both groups increasingly relying on narcotics to fund their violence. Militant groups and organized crime live in symbiosis with each other in many parts of the world. FARC's links with drug trade are well established with profits from the drug trade and trafficking. Meanwhile, Taliban's links to the drug trade are increasingly becoming clear. Comparisons are now being drawn between the Taliban movement in Afghanistan and other belligerent groups with links to drug production and trafficking. Some Afghan officials and members of international community in Afghanistan have expressed their concerns about the possible "FARCification" of the Taliban. While describing motivations, recruitment and mobilization of insurgents in Afghanistan and Colombia, Dawood Azami -- visiting scholar and award-winning broadcast journalist -- assesses the intensity of ideology and compares it with the groups' focus on power accumulation and profits. He analyzes the impact of the groups' involvement in the drug trade on their physical resources, political capital and ideology. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-04-02T00:00:00Z Azami, Dawood Urdal, Henrick http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52923 2013-01-10T17:28:04Z 2011-10-24T00:00:00Z

Differential Population Dynamics, Inequality and Political Violence in India Urdal, Henrick Urdal's research interests include population pressure and conflict; security implications of climate change; "youth bulges," youth exclusion, and conflict; demographic consequences of conflict. Streaming video requires RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, or Flash Player to view.

2011-10-24T00:00:00Z Urdal, Henrick Kloppenberg, James http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52916 2013-01-10T17:28:03Z 2012-02-24T00:00:00Z

The American Democratic Tradition: From Roger Williams to Barack Obama Kloppenberg, James James T. Kloppenberg is Charles Warren Professor of American History at Harvard University. His research focus is on American and European intellectual history, and he teaches courses on European and American thought, culture, and politics from the ancient world to the present. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-02-24T00:00:00Z Kloppenberg, James Logevall, Fredrik http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52915 2013-01-10T17:28:03Z 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z

The Uses of Alarmism: American Politics and Foreign Policy after 1945 Logevall, Fredrik Fredrik Logevall is John S. Knight Professor of International Studies and Professor of History at Cornell University, where he serves as director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies.

2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Logevall, Fredrik Kay, Sean http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52914 2013-01-10T17:28:03Z 2012-03-06T00:00:00Z

The Future of the Trans-Atlantic Defense Partnership: A Case for Realignment Kay, Sean Sean Kay is a Professor in the Department of Politics and Government at Ohio Wesleyan University specializing in international politics, international security, international organizations, and U.S. foreign and defense policy. He is also the Chair of the International Studies Program and holds the Libuse L. Reed Endowed Professorship. In addition, he is an Associate at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Eisenhower Institute in Washington, D.C.

2012-03-06T00:00:00Z Kay, Sean Carle, Glenn http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52913 2013-01-10T17:28:03Z 2012-01-19T00:00:00Z

Interrogation, the Law, and Ethics: When to Say No Carle, Glenn Carle will speak about his involvement in the interrogation of one of the top al-Qaida members captured by the CIA, when he was ordered to do "whatever it takes to get him to talk." He will describe his struggle over how far to push the interrogation, whether his actions constituted torture, and what defined his real duty to his country. He will explain that the case contained major challenges confronting U.S. officials and American society during the Global War on Terror, and show how our actions corroded the values we sought to protect. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-19T00:00:00Z Carle, Glenn Murphy, Colleen http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52912 2013-01-10T17:28:02Z 2012-02-10T00:00:00Z

Justice in Transitional Contexts Murphy, Colleen Colleen Murphy is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Women and Gender in Global Perspectives (WGGP) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research focuses on the moral dimensions of those disruptions to political communities that arise from repression, war, and natural disasters.

2012-02-10T00:00:00Z Murphy, Colleen Park, Han http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52911 2013-01-10T17:28:02Z 2012-02-08T00:00:00Z

Kim Jong Un in North Korea: Implications for the Region and Beyond Park, Han Park is recognized as a leading expert on domestic and foreign affairs surrounding the Korean peninsula. He has provided briefings to several foreign ministers, and has also acted as a consultant to former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during visits to Pyongyang in 1994 and 2010. In addition, Park was instrumental in the release of American journalists from North Korea in 2009. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-02-08T00:00:00Z Park, Han Merolla, Jennifer Zechmeister, Elizabeth http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52910 2013-01-10T17:28:02Z 2012-02-03T00:00:00Z

Terrorist Threat and Democratic Public Opinion Merolla, Jennifer; Zechmeister, Elizabeth Increased sophistication, scope, and fatalities define modern terrorism and leave few corners of the globe free from the specter of this threat. Our research suggests that individuals are more likely to reject democratic values, processes, and institutions when terrorism is a salient concern. In this presentation, we focus on data from both experiments and surveys conducted across the Americas. We show high but varying average levels of worry about terrorism across countries in this region, and we trace these feelings to both individual and contextual factors. We then present evidence linking terrorist threat to a variety of measures of democratic public opinion. Finally, we outline several ongoing theoretical and empirical extensions to this research program. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-02-03T00:00:00Z Merolla, Jennifer Zechmeister, Elizabeth Al-Azm, Amr Tamer, Georges Herrmann, Richard Payind, Alam Jenkins, Craig http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52909 2013-01-10T17:28:01Z 2012-01-18T00:00:00Z

The Syrian Crisis and its Impact on the Middle East Al-Azm, Amr; Tamer, Georges; Herrmann, Richard; Payind, Alam; Jenkins, Craig Amr Al-Azm is assistant professor of Middle East history and anthropology at Shawnee State University, and an active member of the Syrian opposition. He was a first-hand observer and participant of the reform processes instigated by Bashar Al-Assad, and he serves on the executive committee of the Antalya Gathering (Conference for Change in Syria). Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-18T00:00:00Z Al-Azm, Amr Tamer, Georges Herrmann, Richard Payind, Alam Jenkins, Craig Boyle, Kevin http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52908 2013-01-10T17:28:01Z 2012-01-25T00:00:00Z

The Splendid Dead: The Intimacy of Terror in Early Twentieth Century America Boyle, Kevin Boyle’s project examines the fusion of the personal and the political among early 20th century anarchists, using as a wedge one of its devoted members, an Italian immigrant named Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Through Vanzetti, he explores the fusing of the personal and the political that gave anarchism its force. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-25T00:00:00Z Boyle, Kevin Copelovitch, Mark http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52907 2013-01-10T17:28:01Z 2012-01-11T00:00:00Z

Currency Wars by Other Means? Exchange Rates and WTO Dispute Initiation Copelovitch, Mark Recent controversies over "currency wars" in the global economy highlight the inextricable link between exchange rates and international trade. Yet while scholars and policy makers are well aware of the impact of exchange rates on the terms of trade, the existing literature on the political economy of the WTO has overlooked their importance as a determinant of trade disputes. In this paper, we argue that both exchange rate levels and regime choices are key determinants of WTO dispute initiation. Using a dyadic dataset of all WTO members from 1995 to 2006, we find that countries with more appreciated and overvalued exchange rates compared to their trading partners are more likely to initiate WTO disputes. We also find that flexible exchange rates are associated with WTO dispute initiation: within dyads, countries with more flexible exchange rate regimes are less likely to initiate disputes and less likely to be targeted by their trading partners. These results strongly suggest that exchange rates play a key role in determining the frequency of trade disputes between countries within the WTO. More broadly, our findings speak to the importance of more carefully exploring the complex relationship between trade and exchange rate policies in the contemporary global economy. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2012-01-11T00:00:00Z Copelovitch, Mark Suarez, Jorge Bolaños http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52905 2013-01-10T17:28:00Z 2011-11-17T00:00:00Z

The Long-Term Future of U.S.-Cuba Relations Suarez, Jorge Bolaños Jorge Bolaños Suarez has served as head of the Cuban Interest Section in the United States since November 2007. Born in Las Tunas, Bolaños studied political sciences and international law at the University of Havana and did postgraduate work in foreign relations at the University of London. He was a member of Castro's guerrilla army that overthrew the Batista government in 1959. Between 1959 and 1963, Bolaños was a member of the National Board of the Union of Banks and Insurances. In 1963 he was a country specialist in the Foreign Affairs Ministry. In 1964, Bolaños was staff director for the Foreign Affairs Ministry. He then served as First Secretary to the Cuban Embassy in London from 1965-1968. He has served as ambassador to Poland (1971-1974), Czechoslovakia (1974-1977), United Kingdom (1977-1981), Brazil (1986-1995) and Mexico (2001-2007). Between 1981 and 1986, Bolaños served as first vice minister of the Cuban Foreign Ministry. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2011-11-17T00:00:00Z Suarez, Jorge Bolaños Han, Duk-soo http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52904 2013-01-10T17:28:00Z 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

Korea and the United States in the 21st Century Han, Duk-soo During his distinguished career in government, Ambassador Han has made many contributions to the development and modernization of the Korean economy, including serving as minister of finance and economy, minister of government policy coordination, minister of trade, and senior secretary to the president for policy and planning. Deregulation, market opening and strengthening of the market economy have been the three pillars of his philosophy and framework for the economic policy of Korea. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2011-11-16T00:00:00Z Han, Duk-soo Turner, Jennifer http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52903 2013-01-10T17:28:00Z 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

China Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections Turner, Jennifer China's rapid development and Sino-American relations have a direct impact on the lives of just about everyone in the United States. CHINA Town Hall is a national day of programming on China involving 50 cities throughout the United States. Preceding the webcast at 6 p.m. will be a presentation by Jennifer Turner, director of the China Environment Forum at the Woodrow Wilson Center for 12 years.

2011-11-16T00:00:00Z Turner, Jennifer Gelpi, Christopher http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52902 2013-01-10T17:27:59Z 2011-10-10T00:00:00Z

Paying the Human Costs of War: American Public Opinion and Military Conflict Gelpi, Christopher From the Korean War to the current conflict in Iraq, Paying the Human Costs of War examines the ways in which the American public decides whether to support the use of military force. Contrary to the conventional view, the authors demonstrate that the public does not respond reflexively and solely to the number of casualties in a conflict. Instead, the public makes reasoned and reasonable cost-benefit calculations for their continued support of a war based on the justifications for it and the likelihood it will succeed, along with the costs that have been suffered in casualties. Of these factors, the authors find that the most important consideration for the public is the expectation of success. If the public believes that a mission will succeed, the public will support it even if the costs are high. When the public does not expect the mission to succeed, even small costs will cause the withdrawal of support. Streaming video requires Flash Player, RealPlayer, or Windows Media Player to view.

2011-10-10T00:00:00Z Gelpi, Christopher Shapiro, Jesse http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52901 2013-01-10T17:27:59Z 2011-10-27T00:00:00Z

Ideological Segregation Online and Offline Shapiro, Jesse We use individual and aggregate data to ask how the Internet is changing the ideological segregation of the American electorate. Focusing on online news consumption, offline news consumption, and face-to-face social interactions, we define ideological segregation in each domain using standard indices from the literature on racial segregation. We find that ideological segregation of online news consumption is low in absolute terms, higher than the segregation of most offline news consumption, and significantly lower than the segregation of face-to-face interactions with neighbors, co-workers, or family members. We find no evidence that the Internet is becoming more segregated over time.

2011-10-27T00:00:00Z Shapiro, Jesse Cumings, Bruce http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52900 2013-01-10T17:27:59Z 2011-10-06T00:00:00Z

Pacific Ascendancy: Or, A Non-Atlanticist View of the American Position in the World Cumings, Bruce Dominion From Sea to Sea is a non-Atlanticist account of America's position in the world over the last 150 years, one that sees the U.S. as the only advanced industrial power with long Atlantic and Pacific coastlines — a tremendous comparative advantage. It emphasizes the importance of American encounters with people of color on the continent -- Mexico in the 1840s, the Philippines in the years 1898-1903, and East Asia since 1941 -- in exploring the history of unilateralism and how this experience shaped a very different encounter with the world than did Atlanticism. The book tries to bridge the academic boundary between Western history and our Pacific history, which is rarely done in the literature, and also argues for the central important of Western high-tech industries in the dominant American position in the world since 1941. It is thus a mix of history and political economy. Streaming video requires RealPlayer, Windows Media Player, or Flash Player to view.

2011-10-06T00:00:00Z Cumings, Bruce Nooruddin, Irfan McSweeney, Kendra Carlarne, John http://hdl.handle.net/1811/52899 2013-01-10T17:27:58Z 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z

Recipe for Success: Basic Ingredients for Undergraduate Research Nooruddin, Irfan; McSweeney, Kendra; Carlarne, John Please join a panel of Mershon Center affiliated faculty and graduate students for an interdisciplinary discussion on the basic ingredients of a good undergraduate research project.

2011-11-16T00:00:00Z Nooruddin, Irfan McSweeney, Kendra Carlarne, John