Conflicts and the Networked Threats/Networked Opportunities for State Actors

Lecture | November 24 | 4-5 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall | Note change in date

Speakers/Performers: Alexandra Prokopenko, Visiting scholar at Journalism School, Berkeley and a senior political correspondent for Russian ITAR-TASS news agency; Gregory Asmolov, Graduate student at the Global Communication program, The Elliott School for International Affairs, George Washington University and a fellow of Israeli Asper Institute for New Media diplomacy (IDC Herzliya)

Sponsors: Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, Institute of (ISEEES), European Studies, Institute of

The new informational environment changes the nature of conflict, creates challenges for all state actors, and raises a few major questions: How can state actors adjust to the networked reality in the situation of conflict. The presentation will focus on two case studies from Russia and Israel

The Swedish Presidency of the European Union: Goals and Accomplishments

Lecture | December 1 | 5-6:30 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room

Speaker/Performer: Ambassador Carl-Magnus Hyltenius, Consulate General of Sweden

Sponsors: Institute of European Studies, Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies

Brussels in the Belgian Labyrinth: Problem or Asset?

Lecture | December 2 | 5-7 p.m. | 201 Moses Hall

Speaker/Performer: Jeffrey Tyssens, Prof. of History at the Free University of Brussels, VUB, and this year's Pieter Paul Rubens Chair at UC Berkeley's Dutch Studies Program

Sponsor: European Studies, Institute of

Belgium is widely reputed for its unique and complex federal state
structure. Brussels mirrors that complexity in its highly particular
institutional frame. Once a predominantly Dutch speaking city, it has
become a mostly French speaking town. With both communities laying claims on it, it had to become, after long and difficult political
confrontations, a genuinely shared...   More >