On April 11 the Saltzman Institute held its Fifth Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations, featuring Dr. Robert Powell, Robson Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Originally scheduled for late fall, the event was rescheduled due to hurricane Sandy. In his talk, entitled, “Nuclear Brinkmanship and Military Power,” […]
On April 4 the Saltzman Institute was honored to host Admiral William McRaven, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command, in a special presentation for students and faculty. Admiral McRaven’s talk focused on the United States’ special operations forces and the part they play in current American military strategy and foreign policy.
The editors of Idea’s on Europe‘s blog “European Geostrategy” have published an interview with Saltzman Member Kenneth Waltz. In the interview, Dr. Waltz discusses the “rising powers” China, India, and Brazil, pointing out that since none of them have reached great power status “international politics is quite boring.” He also questions the significance of an […]
Kimberly Marten, Professor of Political Science at Barnard College and Acting Director of Columbia’s Harriman Institute, recently participated in a “Roundtable Review” of her latest book through the International Security Studies Foundation. Her book, Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers in Weak States, discusses the problem of warlordism, where individuals are able to sieze effective control over the […]
Director of the Saltzman Institute Richard Betts has published an article in the latest issue of Foreign Affairs. The piece, “The Lost Logic of Deterrence”, reviews the strategies employed to contain the Soviet Union during the Cold War and how they are being (mis)applied in current American foreign policy. Dr. Betts, whose recently published American […]
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution and Arnold A. Saltzman Professor of Professional Practice in International and Public Affairs, was a featured guest on Al-Jazeera English’s television program Empire. The show, “Iraq to Mali: The Changing Calculus of War”, discusses Western countries’ intervention in the Middle East and North Africa over the last decade. […]
Update: The videorecording of this event is now available at the TEDxColumbiaSIPA livestream. Dr. Mukhopadhyay’s presentation begins at the 51-minute mark of “Session 3: A Safer World”. Dipali Mukhopadhyay, an expert in international security and a new member of the Saltzman Institute, will be participating in TEDxColumbiaSIPA this Friday, February 15. TEDx events, based on […]
Nancy Walbridge Collins, a Saltzman Institute Research Fellow, has written an opinion article for Forbes on the recently released film Zero Dark Thirty. The piece, co-written with Michele Malvesti of Yale University, explains the danger that disclosure of sensitive information poses to the efficacy and even lives of America’s intelligence operatives. Drs. Collins and Malvesti, while recognizing the […]
Abraham Wagner, a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute, has written a chapter for the soon-to-be-released An International History of Terrorism: Western and Non-Western Experiences (Routledge, 2013). In his chapter, “The US Response to International Terrorism”, Dr. Wagner contributes an American perspective on the problem, and particularly the role of the United States in fighting […]
Alexander Cooley, an SIWPS Member and Chair of Barnard College’s Political Science Department, has written an analysis of recent action by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to fight what the SCO calls the “three evils” of terrorism, extremism, and separatism. In the piece, “The League of Authoritarian Gentlemen,” […]
