Mershon Center for International Studies Guest Speakers 2007 - 2008: Recent Episodes

Mershon Center for International Studies at The Ohio State University

Guest speakers and conferences hosted by the Mershon Center covering a variety of topics during 2007 and 2008.

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Have Governments Gone Too Far?

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Why Afghans Are Losing Faith in the Post-Taliban Government

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

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The Changing Nature of the Afghan-Pakistan War

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

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The Flows of Authority in Intergovernmental Organizations

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Syria's Muslim Brothers: Shifting Fortunes, Changing Platforms

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Repression, Social Networks, and Collective Action

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Anti-Americanism in the Arab World: A Brief History

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Islam and Democracy: Are They Compatible?

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

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The Future of Islamist Militancy: A Theoretical and Historical Footnote

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Historical Origins of U.S. Intelligence

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Military Commission Process: November 2001 to March 2008

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

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

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Strategic Challenges in the Middle East

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Legal Support in Wartime: Reflections of a Judge Advocate

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

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The Credibility of International Commitments

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

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

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

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The Global Cold War

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Women Protesting Against War, Writing and Acting for Peace

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Deliberative Democracy in Action: The Case of the Citizens Assembly

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

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

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The United Nations at a Time of Change

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Economies of Affect: Memory, Emotion and International Politics

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

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The Wilsonian Moment and the Origins of the Postcolonial World

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Strategy, Military Transformation, and the Role of Air Power

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