Browsing 2010-11 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences by Title
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CHINA Town Hall: Local Connections, National Reflections
Barbash, Cathy; Huntsman Jr., John ( 2010-10-18 )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: Local Connections, National Reflections, is a national day of programming ... -
The Compliance Gap and the Efficacy of International Human Rights Institutions
Dai, Xinyuan; Mattiacci, Eleonora ( 2011-04-28 )Dai discussed how recent studies of human rights treaties find that states increasingly endorse human rights norms but their behavior does not always or even usually conform to these norms. This gap between commitment and ... -
The Constitutional Incoherence of Islam as the Official Religion of the State
An-Na`im, Abdullahi ( 2011-05-12 )An-Na`im discussed how almost all the constitutions of Muslim majority countries stipulate that Islam is the religion of the state. Many constitutions also stipulate that Shari`a is the source of legislation. In his lecture, ... -
The Countermajoritarian Opportunity
Ferejohn, John ( 2010-10-28 )Ferejohn will be discussing a paper he wrote with Pasquale Pasquino and recently presented at a conference on Rational Choice and Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago. The paper can be found at http://www.law. ... -
The Credibility Paradox: Violence as a Double-Edged Sword in International Politics?
Abrahms, Max ( 2011-05-16 )Max Abrahms research focuses on the consequences of terrorism, its motives, and the implications for counterterrorism strategy. -
A Current Events Symposium: U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Herrmann, Richard; Tamer, Georges; Webber, Sabra; Mansoor, Peter; Terrien, Patrick ( 2011-05-24 )The panel will analyze the issues surrounding the recent uprisings in the Middle East including Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Libya. Participants will discuss the historical background, forces driving change, and implications ... -
Cybersecurity: Shared Risks, Shared Responsibility
Shane, Peter M.; Hunker, Jeffrey ( 2011-04-01 )Cybersecurity: Shared Risks, Shared Responsibility conference looks at how cybersecurity -– whether in contexts as gripping as "cyberwar" or as mundane (but potentially devastating) as identity theft -– is now the stuff ... -
The Development of Early Islamic Political Vocabulary
Donner, Fred ( 2011-04-12 )Donner, discussed several stages of religious and political developments in the early Muslim community and how they shaped political concepts in Islam, which still dominate Islamic political thought. -
The East Asian Developmental State is Dead
Glassman, Jim ( 2011-05-10 )The East Asian developmental state is dead ... or, better, as it has been conceived by its major neo-Weberian theorists, it never lived. Thus, while some contemporary commentators on East Asian political economy have ... -
Enemies Into Friends: How Peace Breaks Out
Kupchan, Charles ( 2011-03-30 )Kupchan discussed when and how adversaries are able to find their way from enmity to amity. He will draw on a wide range of historical cases to explore the sources of rapprochement and expose prevalent myths about the ... -
Enhancing Security through States without Nations
Stevens, Jacqueline ( 2011-03-03 )Stevens is the author of States without Nations: Citizenship for Mortals (Columbia University Press, 2009). In her book, she explores alternatives to our current laws that base citizenship on parochial, unjust ideas about ... -
Explaining the Evolution of China's Military Strategy
Fravel, Taylor ( 2011-01-25 )Fravel's current research project examines the evolution of China's military strategy since 1949 and the relationship between material capabilities and political influence in China's rise as a great power. He explains ... -
Faculty Panel
Herrmann, Richard; Grimsley, Mark; Findley, Carter; Mansoor, Peter; Tamer, Georges; Webber, Sabra ( 2011-03-08 )The panel will analyze the issues surrounding the recent uprisings in the Middle East including Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, and Libya. Participants will discuss the historical background, forces driving change, and implications ... -
The Feudal Revolution and Europe's Rise: Institutional Divergence in the Muslim and Christian Worlds before 1500 CE.
Blaydes, Lisa ( 2011-05-03 )Blaydes spoke about the contrasts between the development of Europe and the Islamic world, specifically looking at Egypt. She highlighted how the differences in military recruitment in Europe and the Islamic world ended ... -
The First Right? Self-determination and International History
Simpson, Bradley ( 2011-05-06 )Simpson researches twentieth century U.S. foreign relations and international history, and has an interest in U.S.-southeast relations, political economy, human rights and development. He focuses on a global history of ... -
Gender and States of Emergency
Bystydzienski, Jill ( 2011-04-21 )The Gender and States of Emergency conference will gather a range of perspectives on how gender, in relation to racial, sexual, bodily and economic dimensions, is vital to investigating the impact of war, natural disasters, ... -
Grand Strategic Folly
Mearsheimer, John ( 2011-04-13 )Mearsheimer discussed how when the Cold War ended in 1989, there was much optimism about the future of international politics, and especially America's ability to lead the world toward the millennium. Two decades later, ... -
Henry Kissinger and the Dilemmas of American Power
Schwartz, Thomas ( 2010-11-05 )Schwartz's talk was based off of the biography he is currently writing of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. He discussed the history of Henry Kissinger and how his family and his time in the military shaped his ... -
The International Politics of the European Ordering Moment, 1989-91, and Their Legacy Twenty Years Later
Sarotte, Mary; McMahon, Robert ( 2011-02-25 )Mary Sarotte spoke about her award winning book, 1989. -
Into the American Civil War: Thoughts on the Character of the Nation-Building Event
Brooke, John L. ( 2010-12-02 )Brooks spoke about how to understand events in the public sphere when looking at the American Civil War in the early 1850's. Specifically, he examines texts from Harriet Beecher Stowe that were published as part of the ...