| Arnold. A Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Newsletter | Vol. 005| December, 2006 | |
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. | |
 | Studies of Armed Conflict A new study by Thomson ESI on the study of armed conflicts ranks Professor Erik Gartzke in the "Top 20 Overall" (16th) in terms of total cites, 9th in terms of productivity over the last decade (1996-2006) and 15th in terms of the average number of citations per article on the subject. The study involves over 5311 authors, 5258 articles, and 403 journals. For more information about the study click here. |
 | New Publication from SIWPS Professor Professor Richard Betts published and op-ed piece, "Look to Bosnia, not Vietnam, for a Realistic Solution" in The Financial Times, October 26, 2006.
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 | 7th International Security Forum Stephanie Neuman chaired a panel titled "Strategic Culture: The Impact of Technology on the Military", at the 7th International Security Forum (ISF), October 26-28, 2006: "New Risks and Threats: The Challenge of Securing State and Society." For more information click here. |
 | Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World The Saltzman Institute has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Joint Warfare Analsysis Center to study Public Aspirations and Anti-Americanism in the Muslim World. The study is a pilot program that includes public opinion research in Bangladesh, Indonesia and Pakistan. Lincoln Mitchell is the primary investigator on the project. A leading polling firm, Charney Research, has been contracted as a consultant on the project. |
 | Education During Crisis and Transistion The preliminary findings from the pilot study from Dana Burde's research project "Protecting Children from War and Ensuring their Prospects for the Future: Educating in the Context of Crisis and Transition" are available here. Burde and her research team plan to return to Afghanistan in late January to launch the full-scale study.
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| Speakers at SIWPS Frederick Kagan Long Live Transformation; Transformation is Dead: "Military campaigns should always support the political objectives of the war and it is this internal focus that has led to some of the more recent outcomes of military actions by divorcing the goal of winning the war from its broader political objective. The challenge in Iraq in 2003 was not the defeat of its forces but the resultant post-war situation." For a summary of Frederick Kagan's October 24th talk, click here.
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Speakers at SIWPS Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer Citizenship and Military Service "Ivy League graduates participate in the military at of less than one percent, well below the national average of 5 to 10% participation. In historical terms the shift is even more shocking. In the 1950s, more than 50% of the Princeton’s graduating class went into the military; fifty years later, that number is down to less than one percent at Princeton and even lower at other Ivy League schools." For a summary of Kathy Roth Douqeut and Frank Schaeffer's October 11th talk, click here. | |
Speakers at SIWPS Stephen Rosen "Instead of drawing predictions from large-scale state-level past actions, intelligence gathering will have to take the form of detailed analyses of leaders’ psychological profiles, their wartime experiences, and internal family relations." For a summary of Stephen Rosen's November 2nd talk, click here. | |
Speakers at SIWPS Robert D. Kaplan "Long-standing authoritarian regimes have given way to flawed democracies where the executive branch wields little power because of the rise of too many parties and interests… in the Middle East, authoritarianism is failing, but so is democracy. Politics for the US will surely get far more complex." For a summary of Robert Kaplan's November 17th talk, click here. | |
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