| Arnold. A Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Newsletter | Vol. 016 | May 2009 |
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Fourth Annual Saltzman Forum: “The Obama Administration Faces Afghanistan” On April 23, the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies held its Fourth Annual Saltzman Forum entitled “The Obama Administration Faces Afghanistan.” The event opened with remarks by Professor Richard Betts and was moderated by Professors Tanisha Fazal and Jack Snyder. Speakers included Dr. Richard K. Betts, Dr. Stephen Biddle, Mr. Max Boot, Mr. Steve Coll, Dr. Sumit Ganguly, and Dr. Kimberly Marten. |
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Lecture by Professor Richard K. Betts On February 28, Professor Richard K. Betts spoke about U.S. strategy after the Vietnam War on a panel discussion at a Duke University conference on “Grand Strategy After War.” |
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Professor Lincoln Mitchell in the Media On May 5, Professor Lincoln Mitchell appeared on Worldfocus to discuss the relationship between Russia and Georgia and the recent disruption of NATO exercises in the region. Professor Mitchell also published a piece in the May/June 2009 issue of The American Interest entitled “Georgia Postbellum.” The article discusses challenges to U.S. foreign policy in Russia and Georgia. Click here to watch Professor Mitchell’s Worldfocus interview. |
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Panel Discussion on Professor Lincoln Mitchell's New Book On March 26, a panel of experts including Dr. Lincoln Mitchell, Dr. Valerie Bunce, Mr. Lorne Craner, Dr. Charles King, and Mr. Chris Walker, spoke at an event entitled "Georgia's Uncertain Democracy and the Future of U.S. Democracy Assistance." The group discussed Professor Mitchell's new book, Uncertain Democracy: U.S. Foreign Policy and Georgia's Rose Revolution. The event was co-sponsored with The Harriman Institute. Click here to read more about Professor Mitchell’s remarks. |
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Professor Alexander Cooley in the Media Professor Alexander Cooley commented for media outlets including National Public Radio, the Associated Press and Foreign Policy on the February 2009 announcement by the government of Kyrgyzstan that it would evict the U.S. military from its Manas base. He also co-authored opinion commentaries in The International Herald Tribune and Eurasianet that charted the evolution of the U.S. basing presence in Kyrgyzstan, underscoring the hidden ways in which the U.S. military interfaced with the domestic political and economic agendas of the host country’s governing officials. Click here for the full text of Professor Cooley’s piece in Eurasianet. |
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Professor Alexander Cooley Publishes Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations In April, Professor Alexander Cooley published a book entitled Contracting States: Sovereign Transfers in International Relations (Princeton University Press). The book discusses military base agreements and other forms of shared sovereignty. It was co-authored by Hendrik Spruyt of Northwestern University. Click here for more information about Professor Cooley’s new book. |
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Professor Kimberly Marten in the Media Professor Kimberly Marten’s article, “Statebuilding and Force: The Proper Role of Foreign Militaries,” originally published in the Journal of Intervention and State-Building in 2007, was reprinted in Statebuilding and Intervention: Policies, Practices and Paradigms (Routledge, 2009). On April 3, she appeared as a guest on WNET television’s Worldfocus program, discussing NATO’s relationship with Russia and Afghanistan. Professor Kimberly Marten also published an article entitled “Correspondence: Misunderstanding Pakistan’s Federally Administered Tribal Areas?,” a substantive response letter, in the Winter 2008/2009 issue of International Security. The content of this article provided the basis for her presentation at the Fourth Annual Saltzman Forum. Moreover, Professor Marten has been named a rotating associate editor of International Security, a leading publication in the field of contemporary security studies. Click here to view Professor Marten’s Worldfocus appearance. Click here to read the full text of Professor Marten’s article in International Security. |
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Lectures by Professor Kimberly Marten In March, Professor Kimberly Marten was invited to present a paper on “Warlords” at the Conference on the Changing Character of War at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. In February, she presented a paper at the International Studies Association annual meeting in New York, on “Dislodging Warlords: Cases from Post-Soviet Georgia. |
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Professor Séverine Autesserre Published in International Organization Professor Séverine Autesserre published an article entitled “Hobbes and the Congo: Frames, Local Violence, and International Intervention” in the April 2009 issue of International Organization. |
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Professor Aldo Civico Participates in Conference on Contemporary Counter-Terrorism and Counterinsurgency In March, Professor Aldo Civico, director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution, participated in a conference entitled “Contemporary Counter-Terrorism and Counterinsurgency: The Colombian Experience.” Organized by the Ministry of Defense of the Colombian government in collaboration with the U.S. Southern Command and held in Colombia, the conference gathered a group of international experts to analyze the Colombian case. |
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Center for International Conflict Resolution Launches ‘Conversations with Alvaro de Soto’ The Center for International Conflict Resolution launched a new program, entitled ‘Conversations with Alvaro de Soto,’ a series that seeks to engage high level figures from the domains of international mediation, international politics and conflict resolution in public discussions on their experiences and lessons learned. Part One, entitled “Wounds of Peace: The Arab-Israeli Conflict after Gaza,” took place on March 27 with Shlomo Ben Ami, a historian and former Foreign Minister of Israel. Part Two, entitled “Negotiating Peace to Civil War: Lessons from Central America and the Middle East,” took place on April 22 with Francesco Vendrell, former Head of the United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan and former Secretary-General’s Representative in the Guatemala and El Salvador peace negotiations. Click here to view the videos of these discussions. |
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Lecture by Mr. James Dingeman On March 10, James Dingeman, a freelance investigative journalist, delivered a lecture entitled “Operation Cast Lead: The Gaza War.” Click here to read more about Mr. Dingeman’s remarks. |
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Lecture by Mr. Hikaru Yamashita On March 24, Hikaru Yamashita, Visiting Research Scholar at the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, delivered a lecture entitled “Peacekeeping Partnership between the United Nations and Regional Organizations and the Future of UN Peacekeeping.” Click here to read more about Mr. Yamashita’s remarks. |
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Lecture by Mr. Chuck Freilich On April 2, Dr. Chuck Freilich, Senior Fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, delivered a lecture entitled “Speaking about the Unspeakable: The United States, Israel, and the Iranian Nuclear Program.” Click here to read more about Dr. Freilich’s remarks. |
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Lecture by Mr. Rufus Phillips On April 24, Rufus Phillips, author of Why Vietnam Matters: An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned, delivered a lecture entitled “Why Vietnam Matters: Its Relevance to Afghanistan.” |
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