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Violent and Non-Violent Means to An End

March 27, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall 3.316/3.351

CCAPS Pre-doctoral Fellow Adriana Lins de Albuquerque will give a presentation on “Violent and Non-Violent Means to An End: What Explains Variation in Dissident Organization’s Choice of Tactics to Make Governments Give in to Political…

Can China Rise Peacefully?

March 26, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ 2.104

On March 26th, John Mearsheimer presented his thoughts on the rise of China over the next 30 years. He divided his lecture into three parts: his basic theory of state interaction, a short synopsis of…

Kennedy, Vietnam, and Audience Costs

March 19, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.125

On March 19th, 2013 Marc Trachtenberg presented a new methodology that uses history to test political science theories. Trachtenberg presented this methodology by looking at the audience costs theory through the case of John F….

CANCELLED – Choosing Terror: Rebel’s Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars

February 26, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.124

— This event has been cancelled. — The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to “Do Terrorists Win? Rebels’ Use of Terrorism and Civil War Outcomes” with Page Fortna, Professor…

Climate Justice: A Multi-Scalar Analysis

February 25, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall 3.316/3.354

CCAPS Pre-doctoral Fellow Sam Barrett will give a presentation on “Climate Justice: A Multi-Scalar Analysis” at the CCAPS Brown Bag Seminar. The seminar will be held in SRH 3.316/350 from 12:15 to 1:15pm on Monday,…

Breakfast with Pia Orrenius: D/FW Chapter Quarterly Meeting

February 15, 2013 | 7:30:00 |

The Next Generation Project Texas will host its first quarter meeting of 2013 for the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter on Friday, February 15th. The breakfast will feature Pia Orrenius, Assistant Vice President and Senior Economist at…

Japan’s 3.11 Catastrophe: The Rhetoric of Crisis and Political Change

February 14, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.123

On February 14th, 2013, Dr. Richard Samuels shared his recent research on the consequences of the 3/11 disasters in Japan, focusing on the possible implications for government, energy policy, and national security.  To help frame…

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Mapping Climate Adaptation Resources in Malawi

January 29, 2013 | 12:45:00 | Sid Richardson Hall 3.316/3.350

Justin Baker, a graduate research assistant of the CCAPS program, will give a presentation called “Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Mapping Climate Adaptation Resources in Malawi” at the CCAPS Brown Bag Seminar. The seminar…

The Value and Values of Diplomacy: Moral Psychology and the Search for Security in 1920’s Europe

January 22, 2013 | 12:15:00 | Sid Richardson Hall Room 3.122

The Robert Strauss Center Β· The Value and Values of Diplomacy In his presentation for the Strauss Center on January 22nd 2013, Professor Brian Rathbun, from the University of Southern California, presented his recent work…

Disasters and Environment: Science, Preparedness, and Resilience

January 15 - January 17, 2013 | | Ronald Reagan Building

Joshua Busby will present the CCAPS climate vulnerability model on the panel Tools to Identify Vulnerability to Disasters at NCSE’s 13th national conference on science, policy, and the environment. Dr. Busby will join Colleen McCue from…

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