RSS 2.02014-15 Mershon Center Speakers and Conferences
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Military Frontiers: a Graduate Student Symposium, International Security in Three Parts: Poniard, Pen and Politician
Curzon, Daniel; Watson, Mason ( 2015-05-01 )This iteration of the Military Frontiers series of graduate student symposiums focuses on expanding the boundaries from previous conferences. This symposium will feature interdisciplinary panels whose wide array of ... -
A New Cold War? Politics, Policies, and Consequences
Rudesil, Dakota; Hudson, Gerry; Herrmann, Richard ( 2015-04-07 )Following the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in early 2014, the crisis in Ukraine persists as fighting between the army and pro-Russian separatist rebels continues. The European Union and United States have ... -
The Cold War's Killing Fields
Chamberlin, Paul ( 2015-03-27 )Chamberlin will examine the darker side of the superpower struggle: a vast, bloody conflict fought to prevent nuclear war, mark out the boundaries of the American and Soviet empires, and decide the fate of societies ... -
The Wisdom of Crowds and the Stupidity of Herds
Zeckhauser, Richard ( 2015-03-11 )Richard Zeckhauser is the Frank P. Ramsey Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. He pioneered the field of policy analysis and currently addresses an array of policy areas where uncertainty plays a major ... -
Central Intelligence before the CIA
Cullather, Nick ( 2015-03-02 )"Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free," reads the inscription in the lobby of CIA headquarters in Langley. But how does one produce truth, what constitutes knowing, and who, exactly, is Ye? These ...