Political Science Quarterly: Conference

*FALL 1999 LECTURE AND DISCUSSION* Threat and Use of Force in American Foreign Policy
Moderator		Discussant
Demetrios James Caraley Editor, Political Science Quarterly Professor of Political Science Barnard College, Columbia University		Kimberly Zisk Professor of Political Science Barnard College, Columbia University
Speakers
Dr. Barry Blechman President, DFI International Chairman, Henry L. Stimson Center	Tamara Cofman Wittes Department of Political Science Georgetown University
Time and Place
School of International and Public Affairs Columbia University 420 West 118th Street New York, NY 10027		Thursday, October 28, 1999 12:00 - 2:00 PM Room 1512 IAM

Dr. Blechman and Ms. Wittes discussed their chapter from our book, *The New American Interventionism: Lessons from Successes and Failures, edited by Demetrios James Caraley (New York: Columbia University Press, 1999). They examined the uses of military threats and military interventions in the Bush and first Clinton administrations. Based on case studies and interviews with U.S. decision-makers, they have concluded that domestic and international political constraints are preventing U.S. leaders from making threats decisive enough to persuade foreign leaders to comply with U.S. demands. Their article, "Defining Moment: Threat and Use of Force in American Foreign Policy," also appeared in the Spring 1999 issue of the Political Science Quarterly*.