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Lebanon’s Uprising in A Time of Crises
May 13, 2020
ABSTRACTThis talk examines the multiple crises manifesting in Lebanon today and their impact on the fate of the uprising that began in October 2019.
Reconciliations, Settlements, and the Making of Syria’s Illiberal Peace
April 24, 2020
ABSTRACTThe absence of an internationally mandated or internally negotiated peace process has allowed the Syrian regime to craft an illiberal peace as an outcome to the nearly decade-long conflict....
The Struggle for Political Change in the Arab World
September 9, 2019
DAY 1: Friday October 11 8:30 – 9:00am Breakfast 9:00 – 9:15am Introductory Remarks 9:15 – 11:15am Panel 1: The Boundaries of Authoritarianism post-Arab UprisingsAmr Hamzawy,...
The Demise of the Islamist Utopia: What’s Next?
October 10, 2018
This event is co-sponsored with The Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies. ABSTRACTIslamist movements have dominated popular discussions of opposition and change within Arab politics for the past three...
Preventing ISIS 3.0: Winning the Peace in Iraq
March 20, 2017
ABSTRACTThe Iraqi government, the Peshmerga, the international coalition and a consortium of militia have been winning the war against ISIS in Iraq. The concern moving forward is whether Iraq’s...
War Is Coming: Between Past and Future Violence in Lebanon
March 16, 2017
ABSTRACTFrom 1975 to 1990, Lebanon experienced a long war involving various national and international actors.
Accidental State: Chiang Kai-shek, the United States, and the Making of Taiwan
September 26, 2016
AbstractThe existence of two Chinese states—one controlling mainland China, the other controlling the island of Taiwan—is often understood as a seemingly inevitable outcome of the Chinese civil war...
Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years
September 16, 2016
This discussion will be based on the authors' recently published book, Taiwan's Democracy Challenged: The Chen Shui-bian Years, Lynne Rienner Publishing (2016).AbstractAt the end of Chen Shui...
Taiwan’s China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan’s Cross-Strait Economic Policy
September 16, 2016
This talk will be based on Professor Lin's new book, Taiwan's China Dilemma: Contested Identities and Multiple Interests in Taiwan's Cross-Strait Economic Policy, Stanford University Press (2016). ...
The Russian Intervention in Syria and its Implication on the Syrian Crisis
April 27, 2016
AbstractAfter five years of political support for the regime of Bashar Al-Asad in its war against the opposition, Russia intervened militarily on his behalf in September 2015 and suddenly later...
Oil and Urban Life in Kuwait
April 20, 2016
AbstractIn this talk Farah Al-Nakib will discuss her recently released book Kuwait Transformed: A History of Oil and Urban Life (Stanford University Press, 2016), in which she traces the...
Baghdad's Deep Dilemma: Sectarianism and Urban Segregation under Occupation
February 3, 2016
AbstractThe sectarian-based segregation that has shaped urbanism in Baghdad is a direct outcome of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion and occupation of Iraq.
Causes and Dynamics of the Syrian Uprising: From Civil Protests to the Implications of the Russian Intervention
January 22, 2016
AbstractAfter nearly five years since the start of the uprising, Syria finds itself divided and embattled, with no end in sight.
Book Talk: "The Shared Society" feat. Former President of Peru Alejandro Toledo
April 16, 2015
**Watch livestream here***Purchase book here*Watch live streaming video from bccconferencechannel at livestream.comAbstractLatin America has gone through a major transformation in the past two...
Electoral Politics and Cross-Strait Relations
March 9, 2015
AbstractCross-Strait relations play an important role in electoral politics in Taiwan.
“Protest Soundscapes in the Middle East”
December 3, 2013
Abstract: The Tahrir and Gezi Park protests were, amongst many other things, moments of energetic artistic creativity, in the sound world as well as other domains.
University Expansion in a Changing Global Economy:Triumph of the BRICs?
October 31, 2013
Speaker bio: Martin Carnoy is the Vida Jacks Professor of Education at Stanford University School of Education.
Taiwan's Diplomacy in Changing Times: My Experiences, Reflections, and Predictions
May 17, 2013
Abstract: Taiwan (the Republic of China) has been changing with the times. So has its diplomacy.
Minority Rights in the Transitioning Arab World
April 30, 2013
Processes of democratic transition in today’s Arab world carry with them both challenges and opportunities for minorities.
Prison Hunger Strikes and Globalizing the Anti- Apartheid Struggle
April 26, 2013
AbstractIn 1989 more than 700 South African political prisoners went on indefinite hunger strike to protest their detention.
Ethnicity and Political Responsiveness in China
February 7, 2013
Speaker Bio: Greg Distelhorst is a Ph.D.
ICC Speaker Series- Jim Fearon
January 23, 2013
The Program on Human Rights will host the Sanela Diana Jenkins International Human Rights Speaker Series, a weekly series featuring presentations by leading scholars, activists and experts on the...
Collecting, Protecting, and Analyzing Human Rights Data
December 9, 2011
Abstract There will be a discussion of two different examples of liberation technology, one used to collect and protect human rights data, and the other used to analyze it.
Education for All? The Political Economy of Primary Education in Kenya
May 26, 2011
Daniel Posner is Total Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and currently a fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. His research...
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