View the conference program HERE. 

View the livestream of the Fireside Chat with Secretary Clinton and Dean Yarhi-Milo HERE.

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The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and the Institute of Global Politics at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs; the Institute of Economic and Social Research and Policy at Columbia University; the Institute of Political Science at the University of St. Gallen; and the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto present:

“Directions Forward for Psychology in International Relations”

The Third Annual Conference in Honor of Robert Jervis

Event Details:

Thursday, January 30th, 2025

10:00am – 6:00pm

15th Floor, International Affairs Building, Columbia University

Advance registration required. Please register for in-person attendance here.

To register for the 5pm Fireside Chat livestream (*not an in-person ticket), please click here.

Event Description: 

Robert Jervis made field-defining contributions to policy-relevant scholarship on the role of psychology in international conflict and the nuclear revolution in military affairs. During this conference, the new generation of experts in those fields will take stock of breakthroughs in neuroscience and the psychology of emotions, applying them to urgent practical problems of nuclear deterrence, risks of military escalation, and bargaining over the terms of peace.

Event Agenda and Speakers:

9:00am-10:00am: Check-In

• Coffee available in 15th Floor Lobby

10:00am-10:15am: Welcome

Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia University
V. Page Fortna, Columbia University

10:15am-11:45am: Panel I: “A Half-Century of Jervis IR”

James Davis, St. Gallen University
Jack Snyder, Columbia University
Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia University
Moderated by Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto

11:45am-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm-2:30pm: Panel II: “Signaling, Perception, and Decision-making”

Thomas Christensen, Columbia University
Joshua Kertzer, Harvard University
Elizabeth Saunders, Columbia University
Moderated by Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia University

2:30pm-2:40pm: Break

2:40pm-4:10pm: Panel III: “The Credibility of Nuclear Threats and the Contemporary Risk of Nuclear Escalation”

Richard Betts, Columbia University
Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College
Reid Pauly, Brown University
Joshua Rovner, American University
Moderated by Jack Snyder, Columbia University

4:10pm-4:15pm: Break

4:15pm-4:50pm: Panel IV: “The Psychology of the Ukraine War under the Risk of Escalation”

Victoria Nuland, Columbia University
Janice Gross Stein, University of Toronto
Moderated by James Davis, St. Gallen University

4:50pm-5:00:pm: Break

5:00pm-5:30pm: Fireside Chat: “The Psychology of the Situation Room”

Hillary Rodham Clinton and Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia University

5:30pm-6:30pm: Public Reception
15th Floor Lobby