Browsing 2007-08 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences by Title
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Recipe for Success: Basic Ingredients for Undergraduate Research
McMahon, Robert; Meyer, Katherine; Hopf, Theodore ( 2007-11-14 )Please join a panel of Mershon Center professors for an interdisciplinary discussion on the basic ingredients of a good undergraduate research project. Panel members will cite examples of good undergraduate research ... -
Reflections on the Balance of Power
Marks, Sally ( 2008-03-28 )In addition to numerous articles, essays, and chapters on the diplomatic and financial history of the interwar era, Sally Marks is author of The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918-1933 (Macmillan ... -
Repression, Social Networks, and Collective Action
Siegel, David ( 2008-04-29 )Some of Siegel's research provides a qualitative typology of social network structure that can predict levels of participation and the degree of media impact. Other research describes the formation of parties and ... -
Risk, Uncertainty, and Autonomy: Financial Market Constraints in Developing Nations
Mosley, Layna ( 2008-05-12 )Layna Mosley is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research examines the influence of global capital markets on government policymaking; ... -
Solving an Imaginary Problem: Why ‘Should’ Determines ‘Can’ on U.S. National Missile Defense
Zwald, Zachary ( 2008-01-17 )Zwald argues that policymakers’ beliefs regarding prudent state behavior in a nuclear environment determine their understanding of what missile defense technology can do. He is currently pursuing the implications of ... -
Somali Studies International Congress
Mohamud, Abdinur; Kraybill, David; Joseph, Laura ( 2007-08-15 )Welcome to the Somali Studies International Congress in what is a truly historic year for Somali scholarship and the premier association created for that purpose. We are pleased to welcome you to the city of Columbus and ... -
Strategic Challenges in the Middle East
Abizaid, John P. ( 2008-02-20 )General John P. Abizaid is former Commander of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), overseeing American military operations in a 27-country region that includes the Horn of Africa, Arabian Peninsula, South ... -
Strategy, Military Transformation, and the Role of Air Power
Worden, Major General R. Mike ( 2007-10-04 )U.S. Air Force strategy in the 21st century -
Syria's Muslim Brothers: Shifting Fortunes, Changing Platforms
Lawson, Fred ( 2008-05-01 )Fred Lawson is Frederick A. Rice Professor of Government at Mills College, where he has taught international relations and Middle East politics since 1985. His interests include international relations, international ... -
A Theory of Societal Collapse: Convergent Shocks, Thermodynamic Disequilibrium, and Brittleness
Homer-Dixon, Thomas ( 2007-10-02 )Homer-Dixon’s most recent research has focused on threats to global security in the 21st century and on how societies adapt to complex economic, ecological, and technological change. His work is highly interdisciplinary, ... -
The United Nations in a Time of Change
Hoge, Warren ( 2007-10-23 )Warren Hoge offers observations from his post as United Nations Bureau Chief for The New York Times -
What is War?
Mueller, John; O'Connell, Mary Ellen ( 2007-09-14 )How should we define war? This is not just an academic question. The most basic human rights -- including the right to life, the right to a trial, the right to own property -- all depend on whether a conflict is legally ... -
When May We Kill our Brethren? Jews at War in Europe, 1848-1918
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Who Gets to be a People?: Reconfiguring the Ottoman Empire in the King-Crane Commission Report of 1919
Smith, Leonard ( 2008-01-28 )He will speak about the the King-Crane Commission, the 1919 investigation conducted by the United States into the circumstances and conditions in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon and Anatolia, in order to inform American ... -
Why Afghans Are Losing Faith in the Post-Taliban Government
Nelson, Soraya Sarhaddi ( 2008-05-22 )Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is the bureau chief for NPR's bureau in Afghanistan. She covers stories that give listeners a better sense of life inside Afghanistan, from the increase in suicides among women in a tribal ... -
The Wilsonian Moment and the Origins of the Postcolonial World
Manela, Erez ( 2007-10-05 )Manela is the author of The Wilsonian Moment: Self-Determination and the International Origins of Anticolonial Nationalism (Oxford University Press, 2007). The book explains how perceptions of Woodrow Wilson and his rhetoric ... -
Women Protesting Against War, Writing and Acting for Peace
Brock-Utne, Birgit ( 2007-11-13 )Birgit Brock-Utne is a Professor of Education and Development and Director of the M.Phil. in Comparative and International Education at the University of Oslo. Her research interests include peace education from a ...