Browsing 2013-14 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences by Issue Date
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India's Recent Election & its Implications on Future Policymaking
Komarraju, Ravi ( 2014-06-12 )Ravi Komarraju will deliver a small guest lecture at the Mershon Center focusing on the recent election in India and its possible effects on Indian domestic and foreign policy. -
Interdisciplinary Studies of Political Behavior: From Election to Protests
Paxton, Pamela; Jenkins, Craig; Beck, Paul; Beaulieu, Emily; Crenshaw, Ed; Gunther, Richard; Hughes, Melanie; Maher, Tom; Nisbet, Erik; Slomczynski, Kazimierz; Tomescu-Dubrow, Irina ( 2014-05-06 )The conference brings together noted scholars in the fields of democracy, politics and protest, and cross-national methodology, to contribute – via lectures, presentations and discussions in a multidisciplinary forum – to ... -
Understanding al-Qaida's Grand Strategy
Habeck, Mary ( 2014-04-17 )The war with al-Qaida is not over. Despite the best efforts of three U.S. presidents, the engagement of the world's most competent and effective militaries, and counter-terrorism campaigns supported and carried out by the ... -
Critical Foreign Policy Decisions: Continue or Change Course?
Hermann, Charles ( 2014-04-15 )When government leaders have made major investments to a foreign or security policy, how do they respond to signals that the policy is failing? Exploration of four cases involving Lyndon Johnson (Vietnam), MacKenzie King ... -
Inequality, Distributive Conflict and Regime Change
Haggard, Stephen ( 2014-04-11 )An important body of new work in comparative politics suggests a causal relationship between inequality, distributive conflict and changes both to and from democratic rule. However, we show that inequality does not appear ... -
The Logic of Connective Action: Public Engagement in the Digital Age
Bennett, Lance ( 2014-04-07 )This presentation will explain the rise of personalized, large-scale publics in which diverse populations address the common problems of our times such as economic fairness and climate change. These episodes of mass ... -
The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
Paul, T.V. ( 2014-04-02 )Paul shows that excessive war-making efforts have drained Pakistan's limited economic resources without making the country safer or more stable. The book offers a comprehensive treatment of Pakistan's insecurity predicament ... -
The Relational Context of Radicalization: The Case of Jewish Settler Contention before and after the Gaza Pullout
Alimi, Eitan ( 2014-04-01 )Why is it that some social movements engaged in contention experience radicalization of member factions, whereas others do not? The fact that in the vast majority of cases opposition movements experience a shift to political ... -
Business for Peace Collaborative: Panel Discussion on USIP Public Education for Peacebuilding Support Progtram
Fisher, Ann; McMahon, Patrice; Gelpi, Chris; Haftel, Yoram; Ye, Mason ( 2014-03-25 )This event will bring together scholars, students, policymakers and the business community. The goal is to think strategically on how economic development and business affects peace, and how peace building and end of ... -
Future of America's All-Volunteer Force
Laich, Dennis; Mansoor, Peter; Mueller, John ( 2014-03-24 )"The United States has maintained an All-Volunteer Force (AVF) for its armed services for nearly 41 years. However, changes in demographics, military costs, and the national security environment raise the issue of whether ... -
Global Crisis: War, Climate Change, and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century
Parker, Geoffrey ( 2014-03-19 )Global Crisis examines how a fatal synergy between climate change and human inflexibility eradicated one-third of the planet's human population and unleashed an unparalleled spate of wars, invasions, and revolutions. ... -
Lost Causes: Agenda Setting and Agenda-Vetting in the Global Issues Networks
Carpenter, Charli ( 2014-03-07 )Carpenter will speak on human security networks and the role of agenda-setting. Her research centers on the role of network structure in norm development, and contributes to the growing engagement by International Relations ... -
Vietnam, Walter Cronkite, and Today's Foreign Policy Lessons
Brinkley, Douglas ( 2014-02-28 ) -
Free French Africa in World War II
Jennings, Eric ( 2014-02-24 )This presentation focuses upon the contribution of African colonies to the Free French war effort of General Charles de Gaulle. Jennings contends that in its early years, between 1940 and 1942, the heart of Free France was ... -
Explaining Political Violence Against Citizens in Northern Ireland: A Contention-Oriented Approach
Maney, Gregory ( 2014-02-20 )In contrast to prevalent theories of "terrorism," Maney will present a contention-oriented approach to understanding political violence against civilians. To illustrate and to support this approach, the speaker will present ... -
Who Cooperates?: Strategy Types and Reciprocal Behavior in Mass Populations
Scheve, Kenneth ( 2014-02-13 )Cooperation in public goods problems shapes the functioning and long-term fate of political and economic systems. We investigate the determinants of cooperative behavior and individuals' strategy types in mass populations. ... -
Spies, Allies, and Murder?: The Ominous Origins of the Tet Offensive
Nguyen, Lien Hang ( 2014-02-06 )Although the Tet Offensive represented a major turning point in the Vietnam War, much of North Vietnam’s decision making surrounding the offensive remains unclear. Based on recently declassified materials from Vietnam, ... -
Student Peace Conference and Peace Awards
Smith, Jocelyn; Carlarne, John ( 2014-01-24 )The Student Peace Awards were initiated in 2013 by the Peace Studies Society student organization at The Ohio State University as a means of recognizing significant contributions by students to peace and justice. The 2014 ... -
The CIA: Its Origins, Its Transformation, and Its Militarization
Immerman, Richard ( 2014-01-16 )The contemporary CIA more closely resembles Hollywood's fictional portrayal than the institution envisioned by the Truman administration and Congress in 1947. During the initial Cold War years, a confluence of bureaucratic ... -
Chasing Ghosts: The FBI and Counter-Terrorism
Mueller, John ( 2014-01-13 )After September 11, 2001, the Federal Bureau of Investigation greatly increased its efforts at, and changed its approach to, counter-terrorism. This talk explores the abrupt rise and continuing persistence of official fears ...