| Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies October 2009 Newsletter |
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Welcome to the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies' electronic newsletter. We look forward to keeping you informed of developments and issues from the Institute. | ||||
Professor Lincoln Mitchell in the Media This fall, Professor Lincoln Mitchell spoke to Time Magazine about Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili's leadership style, referring to the leader’s energetic approach as "government by adrenaline." Mitchell also published a piece, entitled "Georgia's Story: Competing Narratives since the War," in the August/September 2009 issue of Survival: Global Politics and Strategy. He also published a piece, entitled "Compromising democracy: State Building in Saakashvili's Georgia," in a special issue of Central Asian Survey that focused on conflict in Georgia. Click here to read Professor Mitchell's quotes in Time Magazine. Click here to read his article in Survival: Global Politics and Strategy. Click here to read his article in Central Asian Survey. |
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Presentation by Professor Stephanie Neuman In September, Professor Stephanie Neuman addressed a conference, entitled “U.S.-Israel Relations in the Age of Obama and Netanyahu” sponsored by Yeshiva University’s Center for Israel Studies and Rabbi Arthur Schneier Center for International Affairs, the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University, and the American Friends of Bar-Ilan University. Neuman presented research on her hypothesis that in a unipolar system, unlike in bipolar or multipolar systems, most states—for lack of options—will comply with the policy priorities of the unipole state. Specifically, she asserted that regardless of personal leadership styles, the sovereignty of most countries, including Israel, is compromised to the extent that they are unable to pursue, with any hope of success, policies that conflict with the major preferences or interests of the United States, the current unipole. |
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Presentations and Appearances by Professor Séverine Autesserre Throughout the summer, Professor Séverine Autesserre presented her book manuscript, entitled The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding (forthcoming, Cambridge University Press), at a Columbia University Seminar in African Studies, a research workshop in Paris, a seminar organized by the Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, and the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Toronto. In June, Autesserre presented a new paper on “MONUC as a Case Study in Multidimensional Peacekeeping in Complex Emergencies” at a seminar on “The UN Security Council and the Responsibility to Protect: Policy, Process, and Practices,” organized by the International Peace Institute and the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs in Vienna. She also discussed her new research project, temporarily entitled “Seeing Like a Peacebuilder: An Ethnography of International Intervention,” at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Toronto. Autesserre also appeared on Worldfocus News to comment on Hillary Clinton’s trip to the Congo. Click here to view Professor Autesserre’s remarks on Worldfocus News. |
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Presentations and Appearances by Professor Alexander Cooley In June, Professor Alexander Cooley participated on a panel at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D.C., following the address of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General James Cartwright, that examined the future of U.S. global military basing. Cooley has been awarded an Open Society Institute Fellowship to study the evolution of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Central Asia. Throughout this academic year, Cooley will conduct research in China and Central Asia and present his findings to transatlantic policymakers in Washington D.C. and Brussels. Cooley’s article “Behind the Central Asian Curtain: The Limits of Russia’s Resurgence,” was published in the October 2009 issue of Current History. |
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Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Welcomes Professor Austin Long Austin Long has recently joined Columbia University as a Member of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and as an Assistant Professor at the School of International and Public Affairs. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In October, Long published an article, entitled "What a CT Mission in Afghanistan would Actually Look Like," in Foreign Policy. Click here to read Professor Long's article in Foreign Policy. |
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Professors Alexander Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell Launch Investigation into U.S. Georgia Policy Professors Alexander Cooley and Lincoln Mitchell are collaborating on a new Columbia University initiative, funded by the Smith Richardson Foundation, entitled “U.S. Policy Toward Georgia After the War.” |
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Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Welcomes Professor Yotam Margalit Yotam Margalit has recently joined Columbia University as a Member of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Margalit received his Ph.D from Stanford University. |
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Columbia Ph.D. Candidates Present Research at American Political Science Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition In September, a number of Columbia University Ph.D. candidates affiliated with the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies presented papers on a range of topics related to international relations and foreign policy. Michael Beckley presented a paper entitled “Economic Development and Military Effectiveness.” Vsevolod Gunitskiy presented two papers: “Explaining Waves of Change: Global Shocks and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century” and “Complex Adaptive Systems and International Relations Theory: A New Path or a Cul-de-Sac?” Suzanne Katzenstein also presented two papers: “Understanding the Emergence of Private–Standing Provisions in BITs: an Analysis of the Stages that Precede Diffusion” and “No Longer Safe to Be King: An Analysis of the Erosion of Foreign Sovereign Immunity for War Crimes.” Click here to read more about these presentations. |
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Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Welcomes Professor Johannes Urpelainen Johannes Urpelainen has recently joined Columbia University as a Member of the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science. Urpelainen received his Ph.D from the University of Michigan. His research focuses on international cooperation and institutions. |
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The Ethics of Military Intervention: What Can We Learn from the Modern European Classics? In September, the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies co-sponsored a conference on the topic of “The Ethics of Military Intervention: What Can We Learn from the Modern European Classics?” Conference participants included Michael Doyle, Pierre Hassner, Andrew Hurrell, Samuel Moyn, and Richard Tuck. The event featured lively discussions and scholarly exchange, with approximately sixty scholars and students in attendance. Click here to read more about this event. |
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Thirteenth Annual Summer Workshop on the Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS) In July 2009, the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies hosted its thirteenth annual Summer Workshop on Analysis of Military Operations and Strategy (SWAMOS) at Cornell University. SWAMOS was designed to expose young scholars to a body of knowledge that is seldom made available in conventional graduate study programs, to preserve expertise in strategic studies outside of government, and to foster a network of analysts capable of offering each other support and promoting the field within academia. This year, the group included 22 young scholars from universities in the United States, South Africa, Italy, Pakistan, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The three directing faculty of SWAMOS 2008 were Richard K. Betts of Columbia University, Stephen Biddle of the Council on Foreign Relations, and Barry Posen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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Second Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations to Feature Robert O. Keohane The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies is pleased to present its Second Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations, featuring Robert O. Keohane, Professor of International Affairs at Princeton University. Keohane will offer a lecture entitled “Social Norms and Agency in World Politics.” The event will take place on Thursday, November 12 from 12:15 – 2:00 PM in Room 1501 at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. Click here to register. |
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