Visionary or Follower? Rethinking the Foreign Policy of Theodore Roosevelt
Speaker: Aroop Mukharji, Ernest May Fellow in History & Policy, International Security Program
Admirers of Theodore Roosevelt's foreign policy tend to point to his realist sensibilities, his acute awareness of the global balance of power, his reluctance to use force, and his velvet glove (and iron fist). Critics cast him as a reckless blowhard who misread the world around him, issued excessive threats, and kicked off a slew of heavy-handed interventions in Latin America, souring the United States' relationship with its hemisphere for decades to come. Both camps, however, seem to agree that he was his own man: a fiercely independent leader with a well-defined mission. In this seminar, that belief is questioned.
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
