Browsing 2010-11 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences by Issue Date
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Ontological Security and Locating Danger in Peace-Building: The Case of Northern Ireland
Kay, Sean ( 2011-05-25 )Kay discussed parts of his forthcoming book, Celtic Revival?: The Rise, Fall, and Renewal of Global Ireland (Rowman & Littlefield) -
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 ... -
'Stupid' Terrorists? Why Homegrown Terrorists are Often Incapable of Deadly Attacks in the United States
Brooks, Risa ( 2011-05-23 )Analysts and observers regularly observe that terrorists in the United States seem especially incapable of preparing and executing their attacks, such that they are often apprehended and make crucial mistakes. Why is this? ... -
The Camouflage Project
Ferris, Lesley; Tarantino, Mary ( 2011-05-19 )The Camouflage Project, May 19-21, 2011, The Ohio State University. Overview: The goal of The Camouflage Project is to create, organize and execute a three-part interdisciplinary endeavor linked to the theme of secret ... -
The Wikileaks Afghanistan War Logs: A Boon or Bane for Academic Research?
O'Loughlin, John ( 2011-05-18 )The findings of a spatial analysis of the 77,000 secret war logs released by Wikileaks in summer 2010 are reviewed in the context of a broader review of the dynamics of conflict in Afghanistan-Pakistan. The reaction to ... -
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. -
Military Frontiers: A Graduate Symposium Border Crossings
Waddell, Will; Douglas, Sarah ( 2011-05-12 )Military Frontiers: A Graduate Symposium brings together leading graduate students engaged in national academic debate within military history. The conference seeks to revive discussions of the successful "Theatrum ... -
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 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 ... -
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 ... -
The Unmaking of an Arab Regional Order
Haddad, Bassam ( 2011-05-05 )Haddad addressed some of the misconceptions that many American people have about the Arab world. -
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 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 ... -
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, ... -
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. -
State and Society in Central Asia: Revolutions on the Horizon?
Olcott, Martha ( 2011-04-12 )Olcott examined how democratic institutions have been slow to take root in the states of Central Asia, but in recent years only the Kyrgyz have taken to the street in large numbers to oust their rulers. She will examine ... -
Migration, Religion and Germany
Becker-Cantarino, Barbara ( 2011-04-08 )Migration and religion have shaped in particular the United States but also the German-speaking territories of Central Europe during the religious wars in the wake of the Reformation; immigration (especially from Islamic ... -
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 Origin of the Good and Our Animal Nature
Korsgaard, Christine ( 2011-04-01 )Korsgaard spoke on her paper that is part of a larger project where she investigates questions on the origins of values and the implications of those origins for our relationships to non-human animals. She believes that ...