Saltzman Institute Member and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University Stuart Gottlieb has published a letter to the editor in yesterday’s Washington Post, responding to an article about the Obama administration’s new position toward Iran. The letter may be read here.
Dr. Xianrong Dong, a Visiting Scholar at the Saltzman Institute, has published a new book, How the Koreans View China. The book, published in Chinese by Social Sciences Academic Press (China), examines the ways in which countries perceive each other and themselves, using the relationship between South Korea and the People’s Republic of China as […]
Dr. Richard Betts’s latest book, American Force: Dangers, Delusions and Dilemmas, in National Security, will be made available tomorrow from Columbia University Press. The work, a collection of essays by Dr. Betts, takes on the assumption – which Dr. Betts believes has been shared by administrations from both parties – that the United States’ military […]
A Saltzman Institute Lecture Report has been made available for Dr. Francis Gavin’s talk on “Nuclear Statecraft: Reassessing the History of the Nuclear Age,” part of the Saltzman Institute’s new Security Speaker Series. Click here to read the report.
Saltzman Institute Member Severine Autesserre has been awarded the 2012 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for her book, The Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding. The book examines international operations in the Congo from 2003 to 2006, arguing that the effort would have been […]
The video recording of the Fourth Annual Kenneth N. Waltz Lecture in International Relations, given by Dr. James Fearon of Stanford University on November 15, 2011, is available for viewing. His lecture, entitled “Anarchy is a Choice: International Politics and the Problem of World Government,” addressed the Realist assumption that anarchy is inherent in the […]
Dr. Austin Long, a member of SIWPS, published an article today on Tablet Magazine’s website. The article, titled “Can They?” discusses the feasibility of an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The article can be read here.
News.Az published an interview today with Lincoln Mitchell, an Affiliate of the Saltzman Institute. Dr. Mitchell discussed the current situation in the South Caucasus, the US’s future role in the region, and the viability of EU membership for the countries in the region. The interview can be accessed here.
Dr. Richard Betts, Director of the Saltzman Institute, has written an article for the website of the Council on Foreign Relations, titled “9/11 Lessons: Intelligence Reform.” The piece, part of CFR’s “Expert Roundup” on lessons learned from the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001, argues that the overhaul of the US intelligence system in the […]
The lecture report for the Paul Staniland lecture, “Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse,” which took place on October 26th, is available. The report summarizes Staniland’s arguments for a social-institutional approach to the question of why some insurgent groups are able to maintain cohesion in the face of adversity while others fail. The […]
