Mershon Center for International Studies Guest Speakers 2007 - 2008

Have Governments Gone Too Far?

Why Afghans Are Losing Faith in the Post-Taliban Government

Barriers to Democracy: The Other Side of Social Capital in Palestine and the Arab World

The Changing Nature of the Afghan-Pakistan War

'Each Algerian Must Feel Palestinian': 1967, 1968, and Muslim/Jewish Relations in France

The Flows of Authority in Intergovernmental Organizations

Syria's Muslim Brothers: Shifting Fortunes, Changing Platforms

Repression, Social Networks, and Collective Action

Anti-Americanism in the Arab World: A Brief History

Islam and Democracy: Are They Compatible?

'It's Not a Telescope, It's a Telephone': Encounters with the Telephone on Early Commercial Sound Recordings

The Future of Islamist Militancy: A Theoretical and Historical Footnote

Historical Origins of U.S. Intelligence

Military Commission Process: November 2001 to March 2008

The Politics of Opening Markets: A Comparison of Bilateral and Multilateral Trade Negotiation Strategies

The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation - Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy

Strategic Challenges in the Middle East

Legal Support in Wartime: Reflections of a Judge Advocate

For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War

The Credibility of International Commitments

Who Gets to be a People?: Reconfiguring the Ottoman Empire in the King-Crane Commission Report of 1919

Just Deserts in Iraq: Vengeance for 9/11 and American Public Support for the Iraq War

Solving an Imaginary Problem: Why 'Should' Determines 'Can' on U.S. National Missile Defense

The Global Cold War

Women Protesting Against War, Writing and Acting for Peace

Deliberative Democracy in Action: The Case of the Citizens Assembly

When May We Kill our Brethren? Jews at War in Europe, 1848-1918

Explaining Variation and Persistence: Asia's Cultural Approach to International Cooperation

The United Nations at a Time of Change

Economies of Affect: Memory, Emotion and International Politics

Joseph J. Kruzel Memorial Lecture: "Election of the Century: The American Presidency and the World"

The Wilsonian Moment and the Origins of the Postcolonial World

Strategy, Military Transformation, and the Role of Air Power

A Theory of Societal Collapse: Convergent Shocks, Thermodynamic Disequilibrium, and Brittleness