Browsing 2005-06 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences by Issue Date
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Fear and Faith: Religion as an International Security Issue
Wæver, Ole; Waever, Ole ( 2006-05-17 )Since Sept. 11, it has become fashionable to talk of a “clash of civilizations” between the West and Islam. The world may now be standing on the brink of a long conflict, perhaps a new “cold war” that features small-scale, ... -
Political Mobilization in the Absence of a State: Islamism, Nationalism and Sectarianism in Iraq
Dodge, Toby ( 2006-05-16 )Iraq is the first autocratic and Muslim-majority country that the United States has attempted to democratize since Sept. 11. Regime change in Iraq was part of the broader U.S. project to plant democracy in the Middle ... -
Ostpolitik, 1969-1974: The European and Global Response
Fink, Carole ( 2006-05-12 )Ostpolitik refers to the principle of change through rapprochement. German for “Eastern politics,” the term originated with West German Chancellor Willy Brandt's efforts to normalize relations with East Germany and other ... -
Iranian Aspirations and American Options: A Tale of Two Cities
Yaphe, Judtih ( 2006-05-10 )Name two conservative world leaders who champion family values and hate liberal relativism. One is U.S. President George W. Bush, according to Judith Yaphe, distinguished research professor at the Institute for National ... -
Understanding Hamas' Electoral Victory in Palestine: Causes and Consequences
Brynen, Rex ( 2006-05-09 )Rex Brynen, chair of the Middle East Studies Program at McGill University, argues that Hamas won an overwhelming victory in Palestine not because it ran on an Islamist platform, and perhaps contrary to conventional ... -
Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village
Deudney, Daniel ( 2006-05-05 )Globalization and the ascent of liberalism are two major facts of the contemporary world. Yet, according to Daniel Deudney, the current International Relations theories of realism and liberalism do not sufficiently ... -
U.S. National Security Policy Under Eisenhower and Kennedy
McMahon, Robert ( 2006-05-04 )Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy had the same assessment of the Soviet Union during the Cold War rivalry that dominated world politics in the latter half of the 20 th century: that its implacable ... -
The Iraqi Side of the Hill
Murray, Williamson ( 2006-05-04 )When American forces took over Saddam Hussein's palaces and ministries during the invasion of 2003, they also captured all of Iraq's government documents. Williamson Murray, professor emeritus of history at The Ohio State ... -
The Prospects for Democracy in Iran
Gasiorowski, Mark ( 2006-05-02 )Why did Iran's pro-democracy movement fail? Mark Gasiorowski, director of the International Studies Program at Louisiana State University, argues the movement failed because its leaders opted to pursue incremental, ... -
Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon
Stephan, Alexander; Brown, John ( 2006-04-28 )The Public Diplomacy as a Global Phenomenon Conference took place at the Mershon Center on Friday, 28 April, 2006. The conference was organized by Alexander Stephan (Ohio State University) and John Brown (Georgetown ... -
Occupation, Empire and the Uplifting Principle of Self-Determination: Reflections on the United States
Stephanson, Anders ( 2006-04-27 )Dr. Stephanson is James P. Shenton Associate Professor at Columbia University. He specializes in 20th century American foreign relations as well as history and theory. -
Syria: Prospects for Reform
Lust-Okar, Ellen ( 2006-04-27 )Ellen Lust-Okar is one of a few scholars who have examined the prospects for political reform and democratization in Syria. Given the delicate stability of Syria's authoritarian regime and the weakness of the political ... -
Lecture by the man whose story inspired the film 'Hotel Rwanda'
Rusesabagina, Paul ( 2006-04-26 )For two months, Paul Rusesabagina held insanity at bay as he watched his country fall into the grips of genocide in 1994. A Hutu manager of a luxury hotel in Rwanda, he sheltered more than 1,200 people, including his ... -
Prelude to War: The American Regular Army in the Twenties and Thirties
Coffman, Edward ( 2006-04-26 )Dr. Coffman speaks on the U.S. regular army in the 1920s and 1930s. -
Islam and the New Indonesian Democracy
Syamsuddin, M. Din ( 2006-04-25 )Din Syamsuddin is a key player in both social affairs and politics in Indonesia. As president of Muhammadiyah, the country's largest modernist Muslim social and educational organization, he is directly involved in debates ... -
The Peacekeepers
Cowan, Paul ( 2006-04-19 )Showing of a powerful documentary about the United Nations mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Known as “Africa's first world war” because of the involvement of nine nations in the region, the fighting began ... -
Germany and the United States, From the Marshall Plan to the Iraq War: A Transatlantic Dialogue Then and Now
Schwabe, Klaus ( 2006-04-17 )The relationship between Germany and the United States has undergone many changes in the last century. For Klaus Schwabe, who has experienced these changes first-hand as a German and a frequent visitor to the United ... -
Emergency Powers in Russia and the United States: A Comparative Discussion
Shane, Peter M.; Domrin, Alexander ( 2006-04-14 )Peter Shane and Alexander Domrin compare the use of emergency powers and controversy surrounding them in the United States and Russia. -
Sustaining U.S. Alliances and Partnerships
Flanagan, Stephen ( 2006-04-13 )Stephen Flanagan, director of the Institute for Strategic Studies at National Defense University, argued that the post-9/11 world has forced U.S. policymakers to rethink their global priorities. As such, the traditional ... -
Prophecy, Politics, and Popular Culture: American Evangelicals and the Middle East
McAlister, Melanie ( 2006-04-11 )Melani McAlister is Associate Professor of American Studies and International Affairs at George Washington University. She writes and teaches about media and popular culture, foreign policy, religion, U.S. cultural history, ...