4 Events

Seminar - Open to the Public

Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics

Thu., Feb. 22, 2018 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

One Brattle Square - Room 350

Speakers: Peter Krause, Co-Editor, Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International PoliticsPhil M. Haun, Dean of Academics, U.S. Naval War College; Tristan Volpe, Assistant Professor, Defense Analysis Department, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School

A discussion of the new edited volume, Coercion: The Power to Hurt in International Politics, by a co-editor and two of the contributing authors.

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

Seminar - Open to the Public

Where You Stand Depends On Where You Sit: Political Violence and the Hierarchies of National Movements

Thu., Apr. 2, 2015 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

This seminar offers a theory of behavior based on a group's position of power in its movement hierarchy, which will be analyzed using national movements and insurgencies in the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe.

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

Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Yasser Arafat, right, raises his hands with Libya's Col. Moammar Gadhafi, center, & Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader George Habash, at the Arab Nations Summit, Tripoli, Libya, Dec. 4, 1977

AP Photo

Seminar - Open to the Public

The Political Effectiveness of Non-State Violence: Paradox, Polarity, and the Pursuit of Power

Thu., Apr. 7, 2011 | 12:15pm - 2:00pm

Littauer Building - Belfer Center Library, Room 369

Is the use of violence an effective strategy for non-state actors? If so, who benefits, and under what conditions? This seminar will address these questions and offer in-depth analysis of the inner workings of armed groups and their social movements.

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