EVENTS

Iran: Compliance at the Cost of Nonproliferation?

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Neustadt Class Rm, Rubenstein G20
May 20, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Tytti Erästö, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom

Related Projects: International Security, Managing the Atom, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Iran's failure to comply with its non-proliferation obligations is viewed as one of the most urgent threats to the nuclear non-proliferation regime and international peace and security. Given that diplomacy has thus far not been successful in changing that country's conduct, the only available options for dealing with the problem seem to be increasingly crippling sanctions and, possibly, military strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities. The seminar presentation challenges the above assumptions by drawing attention to the absence of serious diplomatic efforts and lack of understanding of what is at stake for Iran in the dispute.

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NATO and the Projection of Partial Democracy: The Eastern Neighborhood, the Western Balkans, Afghanistan, and Libya

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 16, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Henrik Larsen, Research Fellow, International Security Program

Related Project: International Security

NATO by its rise as a political actor since the end of the Cold War has emphasized democratization as an increasingly important soft power objective in its relations with third countries. The seminar explains NATO's democratic agenda focusing on two regions and two operations: (1) the 'halted' enlargement vis-à-vis Georgia and Ukraine; (2) the ongoing enlargement process in the Western Balkans; (3) the state-building effort and drawdown from Afghanistan; (4) the 2011 intervention in Libya in the context of the Arab Spring.

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Iran and Saudi Arabia in a WMD Free Zone: Institutional Dynamics and Nonproliferation

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 15, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Mansour Salsabili, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program

Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Are there any regional institutional dynamics at work to influence the willingness or unwillingness of the Gulf States to enter into a WMDFZ?

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Co-sponsored by the International Security Program

U.S. Navy Photo

Interservice Rivalry and Civilian Control

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 9, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Jessica Blankshain, Research Fellow, International Security Program

Related Project: International Security

Is rivalry between uniformed military services harmful or beneficial in achieving healthy civil-military relations in the United States? This seminar will explore early-stage work that is part of an effort to fit the widely-recognized phenomenon of interservice rivalry into a more general theory of U.S. civil-military relations.

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Nuclear 101: Technology and Policy of Nuclear Security

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 8, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy, HKS; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

What are the most important technologies and approaches used to protect weapons-usable nuclear materials from theft? What are the major international agreements and initiatives focused on improving nuclear security? What are the strengths and weaknesses of current approaches? This seminar will provide a brief introduction to each of these topics.

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Clausewitz and the Politics of War

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Neustadt Class Rm, Rubenstein G20
May 6, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Thomas Waldman, Research Fellow, University of York

Related Project: International Security

Clausewitz's aphorism that "war is merely the continuation of policy by other means" is widely quoted but often misconceived. The author of a new book, War, Clausewitz and the Trinity, Thomas Waldman will clarify the Prussian theorist's insights into the fundamental relationship between war and politics, highlight pitfalls in interpretation, and underline its critical importance for understanding contemporary war.

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U.S. Navy Photo

Nuclear 101: America's Sea-Based Strategic Deterrent

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 3, 2013
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Speaker: Ryan J. Heilman, Military Professor, United States Naval War College

Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Commander Ryan Heilman will provide an overview of America's sea-based strategic nuclear deterrent. The overview will focus on the current status and future challenges for sea-based strategic nuclear deterrence.

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Matson Photo Collection

The Open Door and U.S. Policy in Iraq between the World Wars

Brown Bag Lunch
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
May 2, 2013
12:15-2:00 p.m.

Speaker: Annie Tracy Samuel, Research Fellow, International Security Program

Related Project: International Security

Scholarship on U.S. involvement in the Middle East has traditionally maintained that after the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles and refused to participate in the League of Nations mandate system, the United States returned to political isolation and watched events in the Middle East passively from the sidelines. This presentation challenges that narrative by arguing that the United States did have both interests in and a policy concerning Iraq during that time. The open door policy the U.S. government set out in the correspondence with Britain in 1920–1921 represents a full and cogent policy on Iraq that was advanced throughout the interwar period to protect American interests and standing in that country.

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Global Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Defense Programs—National and Global Efforts and Challenges

Seminar
Open to the Public - Belfer Center Library, Littauer-369
April 25, 2013
2:30-4:00 p.m.

Speaker: Andrew C. Weber, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs, U.S. Department of Defense

Related Projects: Managing the Atom, International Security, Science, Technology, and Public Policy

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs Andrew Weber will speak on his portfolio.

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