Rockin’ the Free World: How the Rock and Roll Revolution Changed America and the World
Sean Kay will present his new book which uses interviews with more than 60 American and international rock and roll performers, songwriters,...
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Guest speakers and conferences hosted by the Mershon Center covering a variety of topics.
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20 of 513 episodesThe United States and East Asia Under President Trump: A One-Year Retrospective
Considering the importance of East Asia and the seriousness of the emerging challenges in the area, it is imperative that scholars evaluate...
Symposium on Syria and Afghanistan: Part II
From 1979 to 1989, Soviets occupied Afghanistan to prevent its client state form collapsing. Currently Russia is treating Syria as a client...
The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam
Max Boot is a historian, best-selling author, and foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s leading authorities on arme...
Climate Change and Security: What Do We Know?
While the modern literature on environmental security dates back to the late 1980s, the study of climate change and security began in the mi...
Public Attitudes Towards Use of Force Abroad: An Experimental Analysis
What are the conditions under which public supports military intervention abroad? The research on use of force abroad has extensively focuse...
The Future of the All-Volunteer Force and Democracy in America - Part 1
This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center...
The Future of the All-Volunteer Force and Democracy in America - Part 2
This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center...
The Future of the All-Volunteer Force and Democracy in America - Part 3
This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center...
The Future of the All-Volunteer Force and Democracy in America - Part 4
This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center...
Quantum Theory and the International - Part 1
Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists...
Quantum Theory and the International - Part 2
Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists...
Quantum Theory and the International - Part 3
Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists...
Quantum Theory and the International - Part 4
Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists...
Quantum Theory and the International - Part 5
Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists...
The Post-Truth Condition: Why We’ve Always Been There and Why It’s Unlikely to Go Away Soon
Although "post-truth" became Oxford Dictionary's word of the year only in 2016, the concept is endemic to the history of Western thought, al...
Dethroning the Goddess of GNP: Environmentalism, International Development, and the Origins of Ecological Economics
During the 1960s and 1970s, a wide range of environmental activists began searching for new ways to understand and measure development. They...
The Age of Eisenhower: Strategic Patience and the Cold War in the 1950s
President Dwight Eisenhower developed a grand strategy for waging the Cold War that can best be described as “strategic patience.” Emphasizi...
Memorial for John Carlarne
The Mershon Center invites you to a lecture and discussion in honor of John Carlarne, his contributions to both the study and practice of pe...
Who's There? Election Observer Identity and the Local Credibility of Elections
Election observers are an important component of transatlantic democracy promotion efforts. Prior research has sought to understand the rise...