Open to Ph.D. students, fellows, and faculty who are interested in civil war, violence, crime, peace, conflict management, and conflict resolution. The workshop is an informal gathering to discuss work-in-progress, dissertation chapters and proposals, practice conference talks, etc.
Beyond the Surface: Moving the Needle on Global Peace
Due to ongoing global health and safety concerns, all sessions, meetings, and networking will take place online. We believe this will allow us to engage in meaningful learning and dialogue while also keeping everyone safe.…
Beyond the Surface: Moving the Needle on Global Peace
Due to ongoing global health and safety concerns, all sessions, meetings, and networking will take place online. We believe this will allow us to engage in meaningful learning and dialogue while also keeping everyone safe.…
Beyond the Surface: Moving the Needle on Global Peace
Due to ongoing global health and safety concerns, all sessions, meetings, and networking will take place online. We believe this will allow us to engage in meaningful learning and dialogue while also keeping everyone safe.…
Chaplain Alwyn Michael (Mike) S. Albano Jr. holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from San Pablo Seminary and a Masters of Divinity from Immaculate Conception School of Theology in the Philippines. He is currently deployed as Command Chaplain, 1st Infantry Division (Forward) in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.
Power Vacuum Politics and the Origins of the Cold War in Europe
Abstract: The collapse of Nazi Germany, brought about by the Axis powers’ crushing defeat in World War II, created an international power vacuum. Across large parts of Europe, Germany’s absolute authority at the international level collapsed and it was yet to be seen who would lay renewed claim to it. In this talk, Moritz Graefrath uses the case to illustrate his theory of power vacuums in international politics. He argues that variation in great powers’ responses to such vacuums are best explained by the interaction of two factors: first, whether a vital, supplemental, or no strategic interest is at stake; and second, whether a great power can identify a “dependable instrument” through which it can issue its bid for control. He shows that, from 1943 onwards, power vacuum politics permeated both U.S. military strategy as well as U.S. officials’ planning for and shaping of the continent’s political future. Overall, his study of the case thus suggests that the early Cold War was in large parts a continuation of a struggle for authority over key parts of the continent that had begun well before V-E Day.…
Open to Ph.D. students, fellows, and faculty who are interested in civil war, violence, crime, peace, conflict management, and conflict resolution. The workshop is an informal gathering to discuss work-in-progress, dissertation chapters and proposals, practice conference talks, etc.
Jeffrey (Jeff) W. Taliaferro is professor of political science at Tufts University. His research and teaching focus on security studies, IR theories, the grand strategies of the great powers, US foreign policy, intelligence, cybersecurity and policy.
Open to Ph.D. students, fellows, and faculty who are interested in civil war, violence, crime, peace, conflict management, and conflict resolution. The workshop is an informal gathering to discuss work-in-progress, dissertation chapters and proposals, practice conference talks, etc.
Négar Djavadi was born in Iran in 1969 to a family of intellectuals opposed to the regimes both of the Shah, then of Khomeini. She arrived in France at the age of eleven, having crossed the mountains of Kurdistan on horseback with her mother and sister. She is a screenwriter and lives in Paris. Disoriental…