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24 September 1998
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Kellogg Conference Center
Room 1512 IAB |
Complexity and the Analysis of Political and Social Life
Robert Jervis, Columbia University
"[W]e need to take more seriously the notion that we are in a system and to look for the dynamics that are at work. ... Very little in social and political life makes sense except in the light of systemic processes. Exploring them gives us new possibilities for understanding and effective action; in their absence we are likely to flounder."
-PSQ, Winter 1997-1998 |
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7 October 1998
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Alschul Auditorium
Room 417 IAB |
From Bonn to the Berlin Republic: Can a Stable Democracy Continue?
Lewis J. Edinger and Brigitte L. Nacos, Columbia University
"The challenges prompted by the reunification of the two Germanys, the move toward increased economic and political integration in Europe, and the intensifying global interdependence of the economic and monetary markets are enormous. Whether the German democracy can adapt to and cope with the rapidly changing domestic and international conditions and whether the country remains a model of stability in the heart of Europe is of vital interest. ..."
-PSQ, Summer 1998 |
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9 November 1998
4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Kellogg Conference Center Room
1512 IAB |
Russia, China, and the Future of NATO
Bruce Russett and Allan Stam, Yale University
"NATO expansion up to but not beyond the boundaries of the former Soviet Union looks like a done deal. But in its current limited incarnation it is a bad deal, an ill-considered and potentially regressive move. By limiting NATO expansion to small Eastern European states, NATO leaders preclude the alliance from developing the capabilities it will need to confront the coming security challenges of the twenty-first century."
-PSQ, Fall 1998 |
