International Security Program Special Event

Speaker: Joana Cook,  Senior Research Fellow, International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation,  Department of War Studies, King's College London; Author, A Woman's Place: US Counterterrorism Since 9/11

The 9/11 attacks fundamentally transformed how the United States approached terrorism and led to the unprecedented expansion of counterterrorism strategies, policies, and practices. While the analysis of these developments is rich and vast, there remains a significant void. The diverse actors contributing to counterterrorism increasingly consider, engage, and impact women as agents, partners, and targets of their work. Yet, flawed assumptions and stereotypes remain prevalent, and it remains undocumented and unclear how and why counterterrorism efforts have evolved as they did in relation to women.

Please join us! Coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Speakers: Luis Simón, Professor in International Relations, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 

Linde Desmaele, Ph.D. Candidate and Researcher, Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 

Why does the United States prioritize Europe or East Asia?  The 2017 U.S. National Security Strategy speaks of the erosion of America's competitive edge and warns about how Russian revisionism and China's rise threaten the balance of power in Europe and East Asia.  Drawing on insights from balance of power theory, the speakers provide a framework that explains why the United States prioritizes Europe or East Asia. Such a decision, they contend, hinges primarily on the degree to which a particular competitor is able to upset the regional balance across three key domains simultaneously: military, economic, and political-diplomatic. The speakers assess their framework against those competing explanations that may point to threat or bureaucratic politics as the main drivers of U.S. regional prioritization. To probe their hypothesis, they examine how the Europe vs. Asia dilemma played out during the Cold War and post–Cold War periods.

Please join us! Coffee, tea, and light refreshments provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Speaker: Assaf Moghadam, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel

Assaf Moghadam will discuss his new book, which explores the evolution of cooperation among an increasingly diverse spectrum of terrorist actors, including states, organizations, networks, and terrorist entrepreneurs, as well as the implications for counterterrorism theory and policy

Please join us! Coffee,tea, and light refreshments provided. Everyone is welcome, but admittance will be on a first come–first served basis.

Please join us for a reception to celebrate the publication of Israeli National Security: A New Strategy for an Era of Change (Oxford University Press, 2018) by International Security Program Senior Fellow Chuck Freilich.

Refreshments provided. No need to RSVP.