A U.S. Marine watches a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Firdaus Square, in downtown Bagdhad, April 9, 2003.
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PAST EVENT
Foreign-Imposed Regime Change in Interstate Wars
Brown Bag Lunch
Series: International Security Brown Bag Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 15, 2008
12:15-2:00 p.m.
| Speaker: | Alexander B. Downes, Research Fellow, International Security Program |
Related Project: International Security
Description:
Why do states overthrow and replace the governments of other states in some instances but not in others? Does foreign-imposed regime change (FIRC) achieve the goals of the intervening state, or does it more often backfire and undercut the intervener's interests? What are the effects of FIRC on the target state and the broader region? This presentation begins to address these important questions by examining the causes of the three-to-four dozen cases of FIRC in interstate wars over the past two centuries. A variety of hypotheses are investigated, including ideological differences or varying authority structures between governments, the two sides' relative strengths, shifts in the balance of power, and the costliness of the fighting.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Contact:
ISP Program Coordinator
International Security Program,
79 John F. Kennedy St., Mailbox 53,
Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Email: susan_lynch@ksg.harvard.edu
Phone: 617-496-1981
Fax: 617-495-8963
Url: http://www.belfercenter.org/ISP/
