EVENTS
Kazakhstan's New Reform Program
Seminar
Open to the Public - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
March 18, 2005
4:00-6:00 p.m.
Speaker: Brenda Shaffer, Graham Allison
Related Project: International Security
Democratization and political reform have been undertaken recently in a number of states, often in response to mass public protests.
The Crisis in Ukraine
Panel Discussion
Open to the Public - Fainsod Room, Littauer-324
December 16, 2004
3:00-5:00 p.m.
Related Project: International Security
A panel discussion on Ukraine's Orange Revolution
Fighting for Status
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - HKS - Littauer -166
November 3, 2011
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Jonathan Renshon, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
This seminar focuses on when status is likely to matter most to leaders and states and provides evidence on the relationship between status concerns and the initiation of interstate conflict.
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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A World Without Superpowers
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - HKS - Littauer -166
October 24, 2011
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Barry Buzan, Montague Burton Professor Emeritus, Department of International Relations, London School of Economics
Related Project: International Security
The category of superpower, as distinct from great power, has become naturalized in the discourses about international relations. But "superpower" has only become common usage since the end of the Second World War and in modern history cannot meaningfully be applied much further than the 19th century. This seminar will argue that superpowers are a historically contingent phenomenon whose emergence rested on the huge inequality of power between the West and the rest of the world that developed during the 19th century. As this inequality diminishes, the most likely scenario for world politics is de-centered globalism, in which there will be no superpowers, only great powers.
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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International Money or Global Commodity? The Maria Theresa Thaler and Imperial Power in the Interwar Period
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - HKS - Littauer -166
April 28, 2011
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: James Esdaile, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
International money of any sort is generally a poorly understood historical concept, but this significance is particularly obscure when it comes to the Maria Theresa Thaler or dollar (MTT), and its role in supporting regional and international commerce in the non-European world from the 18th to the 20th centuries. This seminar wishes to shed some light on the MTT’s commercial role in the Western Indian Ocean and also its integral position in either supporting or hindering European imperial rule
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
"Should Iraq be next?" Ken Adelman, John Deutch and Graham Allison
Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
January 17, 2002
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Moderator: Graham Allison
Speaker: John M. Deutch
Related Projects: Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, International Security, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School Forum "Should Iraq be next?" with Ken Adelman; John Deutch and Graham Allison.
"The World--Redefined" Senator Chuck Hagel
Forum Event
Open to the Public - John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
October 12, 2001
1:30-3:30 p.m.
Related Projects: International Security, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Harvard Kennedy School Forum "The World--Redefined," with Senator Chuck Hagel.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute
Joséf Rotblat (1908-2005): Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience
Seminar
Open to the Public - Kahn Seminar Room (Littauer 382)
April 5, 2011
9:30-11:00 a.m.
Speaker: Andrew Brown
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Andrew Brown will present a Managing the Atom Seminar entitled "Joséf Rotblat (1908-2005): Keeper of the Nuclear Conscience" on Tuesday, April 5, at 9:30am in the Kahn Seminar room, L382.
The Absence of Balancing in the International System: Explaining the Use of Noncompetitive Strategies in Response to Rising Adversaries
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Kahn Seminar Room (Littauer 382)
December 9, 2004
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Thomas J. Wright
Related Project: International Security
The seminar will examine the absence of balancing in the international system and ask under which conditions do great powers employ noncompetitive strategies during periods of transition.?
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Can Sanctions Prevent the Spread of Nuclear Weapons?
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Kalb Seminar Room (Taubman 275)
February 24, 2011
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Neerada Jacob, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Related Projects: International Security, Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy
Economic sanctions have long been derided as ineffective instruments of foreign policy and yet continue to remain a principal tool for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons across nations. This seminar will analyze the impact of sanctions on nuclear programs based on case studies of Taiwan, Iraq, Libya, and Iran. It offers an understanding of the limits and possibilities of sanctions, showing that they can sometimes play a critical role in coercing nuclear aspirants.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
