Europe, NATO, and Russia: Competitors? Partners? Does NATO have a Future? What is Russia’s Future?

Lecture | November 9 | 12-1:15 p.m. | 223 Moses Hall

Speaker/Performer: Jeremy Kinsman, Diplomat, former Canada's ambassador in Moscow

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

Jeremy Kinsman was named Canada's Ambassador in Moscow in 1992. In this talk, he will discuss the NATO - Russia relationship.

Democracy Development as a Foreign Policy Goal: Jeremy Kinsman, Regents Lecturer

Lecture | November 12 | 7:30 p.m. | International House, Auditorium

Sponsor: International House

One of Canada’s most experienced diplomats, Jeremy Kinsman was born in Montreal and educated at Princeton University, Princeton, N.J., and the Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, before joining the Canadian Foreign Service in 1966.

Today Ambassador Kinsman is a regular commentator for CBC News (cbc.ca/news), a Contributing Writer for Policy Options magazine, and is published...   More >

The Longterm Impact of the Financial Crisis and The Future of Chimerica

Lecture: Travers Series on U.S. Foreign Policy | November 16 | 4 p.m. | Alumni House, Toll Room

Speaker/Performer: Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor at Harvard Business School.

Sponsors: International Studies, Institute of, Governmental Studies, Institute of, History, Department of, Haas School of Business

When does a rising power become a threat? There is seldom a single moment. A century ago, AngloGerman antagonism was still a relatively new phenomenon; an alliance between the two empires seemed plausible as late as 1899. Likewise, the United States took time to identify Japan as a serious rival in the Pacific region; it was not until the 1930s that relations really soured. In both...   More >

The U.S. at the Cassandra Crossing: False Prophecies of America's Decline

Lecture: Travers Series on U.S. Foreign Policy | November 18 | 4 p.m. | Moses Hall, 223, IIS Conference Room

Speaker/Performer: Josef Joffe, Publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Visiting Professor, Political Science; Fellow, Hoover Institution

Sponsors: International Studies, Institute of, Governmental Studies, Institute of

Josef Joffe, publisher-editor of the German weekly Die Zeit; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies; Visiting Professor, Political Science; Fellow, Hoover Institution