Program on International Security Policy Workshop

PISP explores the major theoretical debates and policy issues in the field of international security. The workshop provides a forum for graduate students, Chicago faculty, and outside academics to present original unpublished research, commonly a draft journal article or dissertation/book chapter. Policy experts also come to PISP to share their knowledge of the key issues of the day. Topics include nuclear proliferation, theories of war and peace, American national security policy, military doctrine and organization, and terrorism.

Fall 2009 Workshops

October 6	Vipin Narang, Harvard University "The Deterrence Consequences of Regional Power Nuclear Postures"
October 13	Gene Gerzhoy, University of Chicago "Rhetorical Traps and Motivated Bias: Explaining the 1967 Middle East Crisis"
October 20	Risa Brooks, Northwestern University "Societies and Terrorist Campaign Violence"
October 27	Deborah Boucoyannis, University of Virginia "The Democratic Peace as a Limiting Case of the Balance of Power"
November 3	Yasemin Bilgel, University of Chicago "Polarity and Weak State Strategies for Influence: Exit, Voice and Loyalty"
November 10	Burak Kadercan, University of Chicago "Sources and Consequences of Divisibility, Informational Asymmetries, and Commitment Problems in Territorial Conflict"
November 17	Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

PISP Directors:

John J. Mearsheimer: 773-702-8667
Robert A. Pape: 773-702-8071

Contact Information

4:00- 6:00 p.m.
Pick Hall, Room 506
5828 South University Avenue

For more information, or to subscribe to our mailing list and receive an electronic copy of each paper, please contact Rosemary Kelanic at rkelanic@uchicago.edu.