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Past Event
Seminar

Fighting for Status

Open to the Public

Political leaders and academics alike have for a long time taken for granted the importance of prestige in international politics. However, the widespread assumption that "status matters" has left us without any theory of how status may affect interactions and outcomes in international politics. In this seminar, the speaker will provide evidence from a number of approaches on the ways in which dissatisfaction over relative status can lead states to instigate violent international conflict.

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

Date: Time: - Location: Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369
The SMS Panther, a gunship sent by Germany to the port of Agadir in Morocco, was the start of the Agadir crisis in 1911.

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Political leaders and academics alike have for a long time taken for granted the importance of prestige in international politics. However, the widespread assumption that "status matters" has left us without any theory of how status may affect interactions and outcomes in international politics. In this seminar, the speaker will provide evidence from a number of approaches on the ways in which dissatisfaction over relative status can lead states to instigate violent international conflict.

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