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.
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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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
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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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
AP Photo
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.
