Research, ideas, and leadership for a more secure, peaceful world
The basic theme of the seminar is to explain why the optimism that arose at the end of the Cold War turned out to be incorrect:
When the Cold War ended, politicians and pundits around the world foresaw a benevolent "new world order" that would finally supplant the competitive world of old-fashioned power politics. Americans were particularly optimistic, and many believed that core U.S. values of democracy, human rights, and competitive market economics would spread around the world and usher in a long era of peace and prosperity. Now, some fifteen years later, this rosy vision seems both naive and increasingly distant. So what went wrong? What lessons should we draw for foreign policy (or international relations theory) today?
Please join us! Coffee and tea provided.
Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.
