This seminar focuses on when status is likely to matter most to leaders and states and provides evidence on the relationship between status concerns and the initiation of interstate conflict. 

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

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.