EVENTS
George W. Bush and the Middle East
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 14, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Daniel E. Zoughbie, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
To what extent, if at all, do ideas contribute to the occurrence of war and peace? This seminar examines the roots of George W. Bush's Middle East policy, with a particular focus on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It will identify the ways in which ideas shape policy—and policy the practice of international affairs. A special emphasis will be placed on the role of presidential decision-making.
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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The American Discourse on the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
February 7, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Anja Sletteland, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Is the settlement project harmful for Israel? What does a U.S. push for a two-state solution mean? What exactly is up for negotiation, and why is the peace process not moving forward? If one asks four different people, one may get four fundamentally different answers.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
Looking Up: Rising States and Great Power Decline since 1945
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
January 31, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Joshua R. Itzkowitz Shifrinson, Associate, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Will a rising China challenge the interests and security of a declining United States? If so, when and under what circumstances? This project offers a theory to explain when and why rising states challenge declining great powers rather than pursue strategies of accommodation and restraint.Please join us! Coffee and tea provided.
Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
USAF
Nuclear 101: America’s Land Based Strategic Deterrent
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
January 30, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: David Kelley, MTA/ISP Research Fellow
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, International Security
Lieutenant Colonel David Kelley will provide an overview of America’s land based strategic nuclear deterrent.
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Five Myths About Nuclear Weapons
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
January 28, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Ward Wilson, Senior Fellow, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, International Security
Nuclear weapons have always been a serious but seemingly insoluble problem: while they’re obviously dangerous, they are also, apparently, necessary. Ward Wilson's work argues that five central arguments promoting nuclear weapons are, in essence, myths.
Heading South: Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations and U.S. Foreign Policy
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
January 24, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Evelyn Krache Morris, Research Fellow, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
Since 2006, drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) have contributed to over 60,000 deaths in Mexico. Key civic institutions such as the police and the army have been compromised by the DTOs' activities. Yet U.S. opinion leaders and foreign policy officials have virtually ignored this profound challenge, despite the two countries' extensive geographic, economic, and cultural ties. Speaker Evelyn Krache Morris (Ph.D., MBA) will explore possible reasons why the DTOs receive so little attention and the potential ramifications of this neglect.
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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Security and Safety in Chinese Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 19, 2012
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Shangui Zhao, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, International Security
MTA/ISP Fellow Shangui Zhao will discuss security and safety in the Chinese nuclear fuel cycle.
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Caught Between Two Allies: The United States and the Japan/South Korea Island Dispute of Takeshima/Dokdo
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 13, 2012
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Terence Roehrig, Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Related Project: International Security
For decades, Japan and South Korea have had a dispute over a small group of islands that are almost midway between the two countries. The Japanese name for the islands is Takeshima while South Korea calls them Dokdo. There are many island disputes in Asia, but this one is unique because it involves two U.S. allies. This seminar will explore the history of U.S. involvement in the dispute and any possible role Washington might be able to play to settle or manage the matter.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
IAEA
A Game Theoretic Approach to Safeguards Selection and Optimization
Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 12, 2012
10:00-11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Rebecca Ward, Stanton Nuclear Security Predoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom
Related Projects: Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy, International Security
This seminar presents the development of a game theoretic computational tool that explores inspector and proliferator strategies at an enrichment facility and suggests optimally efficient strategies for both actors.
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Oil and Grand Strategy: Great Britain and Germany, 1918–1941
Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
December 6, 2012
12:15-2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Anand Toprani, Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy, International Security Program
Related Project: International Security
This seminar considers how oil shaped grand strategy in Great Britain and Germany between 1918 and 1941. The history of oil in the twentieth century is a chapter in the story of European decline, for the emergence of oil accelerated the decline of Britain and Germany as great powers capable of independently exerting their economic and military power.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
