Kenneth Waltz, a Senior Research Scholar at the Saltzman Institute, has been interviewed for The Rundown, a blog published by the Public Broadcasting Service’s NewsHour, as well as for the Asia-Pacific online magazine, The Diplomat. Both interviews concerned Dr. Waltz’s article in Foreign Affairs about the benefits of Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon. The PBS […]
Richard Betts, Director of the Saltzman Institute, was interviewed about his latest book, American Force: Dangers, Delusions, and Dilemmas in National Security (Columbia University Press: 2011), for CSPAN’s Book TV program. In the interview, Dr. Betts discusses the book, the change in US national security issues after the end of the Cold War, and the question […]
Saltzman Member Jack Snyder, Robert and Renée Belfer Professor of International Relations at Columbia University, helped lead a workshop on quantitative research for 50 students at the American University in Cairo earlier this month. Dr. Snyder, in addition to teaching part of the three-day workshop, presented a lecture on “The Social Science of Political Development: […]
Kimberly Marten, a member of the Saltzman Institute and Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, has been named Acting Director of the Harriman Institute for the 2012-13 academic year. Dr. Marten, an expert on international relations and non-state actors, has written extensively on Eurasian security issues. The Harriman Institute is the nation’s oldest interdisciplinary […]
Updated: The July/August issue of Foreign Affairs has been published. A longer version of this article can be found at ForeignAffairs.com (subscribers only). Kenneth Waltz, a Senior Research Scholar with the Saltzman Institute, has published an opinion piece in USA Today. The column, “Iranian nukes? No worries,” argues for allowing Iran to continue with its […]
Alexander Cooley, a member of the Saltzman Institute and the Tow Professor for Political Science at Barnard College, has published an opinion article in the New York Times on the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO). The piece, “In Central Asia, Public Cooperation and Private Rivalry,” notes that the differences between SCO nations’ interests limits the organization’s […]
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, Director of the Center for International Conflict Resolution, briefed the press in his capacity as Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the crisis in Syria. During the briefing, which came after a presentation before the UN Security Council, Dr. Guéhenno reiterated Kofi Annan’s declaration that Syria […]
As part of a National Public Radio report on intelligence methods and limitations, Saltzman Institute member Dr. Robert Jervis spoke to Tom Gjelten about the potential impacts of new CIA analytical techniques. The radio piece, which aired yesterday on All Things Considered, and a text version of the report are both accessible on NPR’s website.
In a May 23, 2012 article for the OUP blog, Professor Alexander Cooley writes about the damaging effects of stabilization efforts in Afghanistan on neighboring Central Asian states. Read the full article, “Afghanistan’s other regional casualty,” here.
An interview with Kenneth Waltz, renowned international relations scholar and member of the Saltzman Institute, has been published the Annual Review of Political Science. The interview, entitled “A Conversation with Kenneth Waltz”, was conducted by James Fearon of Stanford University. The interview covered a variety of subjects, from Dr. Waltz’s famous works Man, the State, […]
