UPCOMING EVENTS
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Why Arab States Fear Islamist Regimes: Threat Perception and Soft Power Politics
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
November 30, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Lawrence Rubin, Research Fellow, Dubai Initiative
Related Projects: International Security, The Dubai Initiative
The Islamist regimes that seized power in Sudan (1989), Afghanistan (1996), and Iran (1979) did not have significant military capabilities when they came to power, and in some cases never achieved it. Yet these Islamist regimes were regarded by neighboring states, including Muslim-majority countries, as serious national security threats. Using comparative case studies of Egyptian and Saudi Arabian responses to the rise of Islamist regimes in Sudan and Iran, this project examines why Arab states regard Islamist regimes with limited military capabilities as threats to their security and analyzes how this threat perception affects domestic and international politics.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Youth Civic Engagement & Diversity through Social Entrepreneurship in Egypt
BIG EVENT
Open to the Public - Starr Auditorium
November 30, 2009
4:00 p.m.-5:30 a.m.
Ehaab will speak about the prospects for social entrepreneurship in the Region based on his experience over the past 16 years as co-founder of several civil society organizations in Egypt and the Middle East. A singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Ana Masry band which aims to promote tolerance and diversity in Egypt, he will also share insights on music as a tool to promote interfaith dialogue.
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE: Immigration, Islam, and the West
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - MIT
November 30, 2009
4:30-6:00 p.m.
EFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN EUROPE
Immigration, Islam, and the West
Monday, November 30, 2009
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
MIT Bldg E25-111 | 45 Carlton St, Cambridge
http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_113009_migration_caldwell.html
Christopher Caldwell, author of Reflections on the
Revolution in Europe, is a senior editor at The Weekly
Standard and a regular contributor to the Financial
Times and Slate. His essays and reviews appear in the
New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the
Washington Post.
This event is free and open to the public | Light refreshments will be served
Sponsored by the MIT Center for International Studies, Inter-University Committee on International Migration, MISTI-France, and MISTI-German
Political Costs of Nuclear Threats: Implications for Crisis Stability in South Asia
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 1, 2009
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Vaidyanatha Gundlupet
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Vaidya Gundlupet will present a MTA seminar entitled "Political Costs of Nuclear Threats: Implications for Crisis Stability in South Asia" on Tuesday, December 1, beginning at 9:30am in the Belfer Center Library.
Are Ambassadors Still Important?
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - KSG - Room L-166
December 1, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Hungary
Donald Blinken & Vera Blinken
with
Ambassador Nick Burns Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy and International Politics, Harvard Kennedy School will discuss the Blinkens' book and the role of ambassadors in U.S. affairs abroad Vera and the Ambassador:Escape and Return
Air Supremacy and the Air Force, Closure and Introduction of Spring semester
Seminar
Open to KSG Students - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 1, 2009
4:10-5:30 p.m.
Harvard Kennedy School Armed Forces Club, the National Security Program, and the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs are co-sponsors of a study group for American military affairs. Each session will be led by experienced military officers from the degree programs as well as the National Security Fellows
For further information ewan.macdougall@gmail.com or 949-547-5123
"Northern Ireland Peace Process: What Then, What Now, What Next?”
Lecture
RSVP required - Allison Dining Room, Taubman Building-5th Floor
December 2, 2009
10:30-11:45 a.m.
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The UK's Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Shaun Woodward gives his perspective on events that led to devolution, the fragile peace enjoyed by all sides today and prospects for building greater peace tomorrow.
RSVP REQUIRED to Mary Crowley at mary_crowley@hks.harvard.edu.
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"Let the Historians Decide"? Politics and the Past in Turkey and Japan
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Malkin Penthouse, Littauer 4th Floor
December 3, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jennifer M. Dixon, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Politicians in both Turkey and Japan have argued that the persistent controversies over aspects of their countries' pasts should be left to the professional analysis and evaluation of historians. This seminar will analyze the politics of the past in each of these states, demonstrating the continued relevance of traumatic or shameful pasts in each country's politics and the ways in which domestic and international considerations influence the shaping of official histories.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Saudi Arabia and “Rentier Exceptionalism”: Oil Price Fluctuations, State Responses and Political Mobilization
Non-Belfer Event
Seminar
Open to the Public - WCFIA - Bowie-Vernon Room K262
December 3, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
WCFIA/CMES
Middle East Seminar
Lenore G. Martin, Sara Roy, and Herbert C. Kelman, Co-chairs
Presents
F. GREGORY GAUSE, III
Professor of Political Science, University of Vermont; Kuwait Foundation Visiting Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
On
Saudi Arabia and "Rentier Exceptionalism": Oil Price Fluctuations, State Responses and Political Mobilization
Thursday, December 3, 2009
4:00-6:00 p.m.
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
1737 Cambridge Street
Bowie-Vernon Room (K-262)
Jointly sponsored by the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University
The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs is located at 1737 Cambridge Street, 2nd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138. For more information about this event, please contact Elizabeth Lawler at 617-495-3816 or elawler@wcfia.harvard.edu
Information on upcoming sessions is available on our website: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/seminars/middle_east
‘Middle East Seminar sessions are strictly off the record and not for attribution.
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Two Concepts of Liberty: American Grand Strategy and the Liberal Tradition
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 10, 2009
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Brendan Rittenhouse Green, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Why did America's grand strategy towards Europe vary so erratically during the 20th century? That is, why did its fundamental alliance and military commitments oscillate between isolation and great power war in the first half of the century, while evincing a steady increase in internationalist engagement from the later half of the Cold War to the present?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
