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Brady-Johnson Book Series: Marc-William Palen  Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
46 Hillhouse
Brady-Johnson Book Series: Marc-William Palen 
The Grand Strategy Program welcomes historian Marc-William Palen for a conversation on his new book. In Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World (Princeton University Press), Palen shows that while free trade is often associated with right-wing free marketeers in the present, free trade and globalization have roots …
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Intelligence Dimensions of U.S.-China Competition Thumbnail
Thursday, April 17, 2025 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Watson Center
Intelligence Dimensions of U.S.-China Competition
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with The Honorable David Cohen, former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Agency, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power Competition. Cohen served as …
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Book Talk: Michael O’Hanlon – To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution Thumbnail
Thursday, April 17, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Humanities Quadrangle
Book Talk: Michael O’Hanlon – To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since the Revolution
Michael O’Hanlon, the inaugural holder of the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy and director of research in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, will deliver a book talk on his forthcoming history of American defense policy, To Dare Mighty Things: U.S. Defense Strategy Since …
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Next-Gen Defense: A Conversation with the Honorable Christine Fox Thumbnail
Monday, April 21, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Humanities Quadrangle
Next-Gen Defense: A Conversation with the Honorable Christine Fox
The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy will host a discussion with the Honorable Christine Fox on technological innovation and defense modernization in a changing world. Fox will be in conversation with Kaete O’Connell, assistant director of the Grand Strategy program and lecturer in global affairs. Fox is a Senior Fellow …
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The Colloquium in International Security Studies: Megan Black Thumbnail
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
46 Hillhouse
The Colloquium in International Security Studies: Megan Black
Join the Colloquium in International Security Studies for a presentation by Megan Black. A historian at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Black will present “AMAX on Spaceship Earth: Multinational Malaise at the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment.” In June of 1972, the executives from the multinational mining company …
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Jackson School Student Academic Workshop Series: Oscar Oliveira Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Horchow Hall
Jackson School Student Academic Workshop Series: Oscar Oliveira
The Jackson School Student Academic Workshop Series will feature a presentation by Oscar Oliveira, a public policy in global affairs major at the Jackson School. He will present his research, “Antitrust & Global Affairs in the Telecom Industry.” The series is a biweekly forum in which advanced undergraduate and graduate students …
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Analyzing Mega-data: Launching Blue Center Index of Critical Supply Chain Disruptions Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Edward P. Evans Hall - School of Management
Analyzing Mega-data: Launching Blue Center Index of Critical Supply Chain Disruptions
It has become increasingly clear that supply chains are a vital compo­nent of the global economy. Moreover, disruptions in supply chains are particularly relevant for critical and national security products. At the same time, very little is known about these disruptions. Aleh Tsyvinski, the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics …
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Engaging Afghanistan: Dilemmas, Strategies, and the Road Ahead Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Horchow Hall
Engaging Afghanistan: Dilemmas, Strategies, and the Road Ahead
The Jackson School’s Peacebuilding Initiative will host a discussion, “Engaging Afghanistan: Dilemmas, Strategies, and the Road Ahead,” featuring Saad Mohseni, a media entrepreneur who built Afghanistan’s largest independent media network, and Rina Amiri, the former U.S. Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls, and Human Rights. This event is open to the …
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U.S. Foreign Policy of the Last Four Years Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Edward P. Evans Hall - School of Management
U.S. Foreign Policy of the Last Four Years
The Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host a keynote speech and fireside chat with Jake Sullivan, assistant to the president for national security affairs from 2021 to 2025, who will discuss the foreign policy of the Biden Administration and the dramatic shifts now occurring in the international order. …
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Brady-Johnson Book Series: Gretchen Heefner Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
46 Hillhouse
Brady-Johnson Book Series: Gretchen Heefner
The Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy concludes the Spring 2025 Book Series with a discussion of Gretchen Heefner’s Sand, Snow, and Stardust: How US Military Engineers Conquered Extreme Environments (University of Chicago Press). Deserts, the Arctic, outer space—these extreme environments are often seen as inhospitable places at the edges of …
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Afghanistan Since Withdrawal Thumbnail
Thursday, April 24, 2025 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Henry R. Luce Hall
Afghanistan Since Withdrawal
The Blue Center for Global Strategic Assessment will host a lecture on “Afghanistan Since Withdrawal” as part of the center’s Co-Lectures in the Theory and Practice of Statecraft series. The lecture will be delivered by Catherine Panter-Brick, Bruce A. and Davi-Ellen Chabner Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs, and …
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AI Negotiations with China Thumbnail
Thursday, April 24, 2025 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
Watson Center
AI Negotiations with China
The Johnson Center for the Study of American Diplomacy at the Jackson School of Global Affairs presents a conversation with Adam Segal, former senior advisor, Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy, U.S. Department of State, as part of the center’s Spring 2025 Speaker Series on Emerging Technologies and Great Power …
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The Colloquium in International Security Studies: Fritz Bartel Thumbnail
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
46 Hillhouse
The Colloquium in International Security Studies: Fritz Bartel
The Colloquium in International Security Studies concludes its Spring 2025 series with a presentation by Fritz Bartel. An Assistant Professor in International Affairs at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government & Public Service, Bartel will present “The Age of Transitions: An Approach to the Global History of the Late 20th …
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Student Academic Workshop Series: Nandeeni Patel, Anibal Guerrero, Steve Scheffert and Naomi Kadish Thumbnail
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Horchow Hall
Student Academic Workshop Series: Nandeeni Patel, Anibal Guerrero, Steve Scheffert and Naomi Kadish
The Jackson School of Global Affairs continues its Student Academic Workshop Series, a biweekly forum in which advanced undergraduate and graduate students can present research projects or internship work and receive constructive feedback from faculty and peers.Students presenting include:Nandeeni Patel MPP ’25 : Defense Procurement in the Indo-PacificSteve Scheffert MPP …
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Grand Strategy Info Session Thumbnail
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Horchow Hall
Grand Strategy Info Session
Please join us for an information session on the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy, hosted by co-director Mike Brenes. Discover how this unique program prepares students to tackle complex global challenges with strategic insight and leadership. Engage with faculty members and current students to learn about the program’s curriculum, research opportunities, …
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