PRESS RELEASE OR ANNOUNCEMENT
March 22, 2013
Russia in Review
Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for March 15-22, 2013.
March 13, 2013
"Is Peaceful Political Transition in Afghanistan Possible?"
By Robert Johnson, Jawed Nader, Matt Waldman, Research Fellow, International Security Program and Michael Keating
As the 2014 deadline for the withdrawal of international troops in Afghanistan looms, the speakers explored what is required to ensure a smooth transition and avoid a descent into chaos.
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February 27, 2013
"Compellent Military Threats in U.S. Foreign Policy"
By Dianne R. Pfundstein, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Security Program
Why do small states resist when the United States threatens them? Pfundstein describes the difference between a compellent threats, which is intended to convince a target state to change its behavior, and a deterrent threat, which is intended to prevent an adversary from taking some future action. In her research, Pfundstein evaluates why weak states choose to resist when the United States issues a compellent threat against them. She argues that the use of force has become so cheap for the United States that targets are not convinced it has the motivation to stick around long enough to defeat them after the threat of force fails. Pfundstein also considers U.S. drone policy.
March 15, 2013
Russia in Review
Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for March 8-15, 2013.
March 12, 2013
Revolution, Islamism and Jihadism in North Africa
An audio recording of a conversation with Jean-Pierre Filiu, Professor of Middle East Studies at Sciences Po, at the Middle East Initiative on March 5, 2013.
March 11, 2013
Libya: A Year of Revolution and State-Building
An audio recording of a conversation with Dirk Vandewalle, Associate Professor of Government, Dartmouth College, and author, A History of Modern Libya, on February 25, 2013 at the Middle East Initiative.
March 8, 2013
Russia in Review
Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for March 1-8, 2013.
March 5, 2013
Conversations in Diplomacy: Esther Brimmer
Esther Brimmer, US Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs joins the podcast for a discussion on the role of collaboration through multilateral institutions in American foreign policy.
March 1, 2013
Conversations in Diplomacy: Tara Sonenshine
Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Tara Sonenshine joins Nicholas Burns, the Future of Diplomacy Project's Faculty Director, to discuss the role of a special tool--"American Spaces"--in the US's public diplomacy and outreach efforts.
March 1, 2013
Russia in Review
Russia in Review: a digest of useful news from U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism for February 22 - March 1, 2013.
