Conferences & Workshops

Jackson/MacMillan International Relations Workshop

The workshop meets Wednesdays, 11:45-1:20 in Room 05 (basement), Rosenkranz Hall, 115 Prospect St. Lunch will be served.
Friday sessions also meet from 11:45-1:30 in Rozenkranz, room 102.

January 27 Matthew Kroenig, Georgetown University:
“Nuclear Superiority or the Balance of Resolve? Explaining Nuclear Crisis Outcomes”.

February 3 Arnd Plagge, Yale University: “Partial Truths: A Model of Government-Intelligence Agency Interaction”.

February 12 (FRIDAY! ) CANCELLED.

February 17 Nikolay Marinov, Yale University: “Does Taking Sides Encourage Moderation in Democratic Elections? Assessing the US and Iranian Messages in Lebanon”.

February 24 Alexander Cooley, Barnard College: “The SCO's Great Stumble Forward: Understanding Non-Western
Regional Integration in Central Asia”.

March 3 Bruce Russett, Yale University: “Effects of the Security Environment on States Military Spending”.

March 24 Paul Kenny & Lucas Thompson, Yale University:
“Thinking about Time as a Strategic Variable: Conceptual
Development from Thucydides to Petraeus”.

March 31 Alex Thompson, The Ohio State University: “Principal Problems: The Politics of UN Inspections in Iraq”.

April 7 Madhavi Devasher, Yale University: “Accountability and Conflict Behavior in Pakistan”.

April 9 (FRIDAY!) Nat Colletta, World Bank and New College of Florida: “Balancing Security and Development: Interim Stabilization and Second Generation DDR in Conflict Affected Environments”.

April 14 David Siroky, Duke University, Henry Hart Rice Fellow at Yale: "TBA".

April 21 Nils Weidmann, Princeton University & Lars-Erik Cederman, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology:
“Economic Inequality and Ethno-Nationalist Conflict”.

April 28 Jessica Weiss, Yale University: "TBA".

May 5 Nuno Monteiro & Alexandre Debs, Yale University: “The Janus Face of Deterrence: Polarity and the Credibility of
Assurances”.