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182. Israeli, Palestinian, and American relations: Now and in the future (Session 2)
- Author:
- Peter Krause
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- Words Matter: Understanding how Palestinians and Israelis Define, Use, and React to “Charged” Words from Terrorism to Settler, Intifada to Peace
- Topic:
- Terrorism, Peace, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, Israeli Settlers, Terminology, and Intifada
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Israel, Palestine, and United States of America
183. Lessons from battlefield Ukraine: With Ukraine’s former defense minister Oleksii Reznikov
- Author:
- Oleksii Reznikov, Mariana Budjeryn, Carol Saivetz, and Elizabeth Wood
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- Lessons from battlefield Ukraine: A conversation with Ukraine’s former defense minister Oleksii Reznikov: Thursday, October 17th, 2024. Speaker: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine’s former defense minister, led Ukraine’s defense establishment in the lead up to Russia’s full-scale invasion and during the first year and a half of the war. Mr. Reznikov will discuss the successes and challenges of Ukraine’s defense effort, the role of technology and uncrewed systems, and the evolution of the battlefield in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Discussant: Mariana Budjeryn, PhD, is a senior research associate with the Project on Managing the Atom (MTA) at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center. She is the author of "Inheriting the Bomb: The Collapse of the USSR and the Nuclear Disarmament of Ukraine." Co-Chairs: Carol Saivetz is a senior advisor in the MIT Security Studies Program. She is the author and contributing co-editor of books and articles on Soviet and now Russian foreign policy issues. Elizabeth Wood is the Ford International Professor of History at MIT. She is the author most recently of "Roots of Russia's War in Ukraine," as well as articles on Vladimir Putin, right-wing populism in Russia and Turkey, and more.
- Topic:
- Security, Defense Policy, Armed Conflict, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia and Ukraine
184. Starr Forum: The 2024 US presidential election: The world is watching
- Author:
- Katrina Burgess, John Githongo, Prerna Singh, Daniel Ziblatt, and Evan Lieberman
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- Starr Forum: The 2024 US presidential election: The world is watching: Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024. Experts weigh-in on how citizens and leaders from other world regions are viewing the November 5th US election. What do they believe is at stake for their countries and regions? Is America still seen as a model for democracy? How do they view the candidates? SPEAKERS: Katrina Burgess on Latin America. Katrina Burgess is professor of political economy and director of the Henry J Leir Institute of Migration and Human Security at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her research areas include Latin America, political economy of development, comparative politics, and migration and diasporas. She is the writer and producer of Waylaid in Tijuana, a documentary film that explores US immigration policies. "Courting Migrants: How States Make Diasporas and Diasporas Make State," is one of her award-winning books. John Githongo on Africa. John Githongo hails from Kenya, where he was a journalist and became a leading light in the international Transparency movement. He has held a variety of government, non-government and academic appointments, and was recognized by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the world’s 100 top global thinkers. Among his many posts, he serves as a senior advisor to the Office of the President of South Sudan on governance. He currently resides at the MIT Center for International Studies as its prestigious Robert E Wilhelm fellow. Prerna Singh on Asia. Prerna Singh is the Mahatma Gandhi Associate Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Brown University. Her research interests include the comparative political economy of development; identity politics; and the politics of South Asia and East Asia. Her book, "How Solidarity Works for Welfare: Subnationalism and Social Development in India," analyzes the causes of variations in social welfare institutions and development by focusing on the dramatic divergences in social policies and outcomes across Indian provinces. Daniel Ziblatt on Europe. Daniel Ziblatt is the director of Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies where he is also Eaton Professor of Government at Harvard University. His research focuses on Europe and the comparative study of democracy. His recent book, "Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point," co-authored with Steve Levitsky, provides an analysis of American democracy in comparative perspective. Moderator: Evan Lieberman is the Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa and the director of the MIT Center for International Studies. He conducts research on the political-economy of development, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. He studies the democratic politics of governing ethnically and racially diverse societies, including the challenges of public health, climate adaptation, and ensuring respect for human dignity. Lieberman is the author, most recently, of "Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid."
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Democracy, Domestic Politics, Donald Trump, Presidential Elections, and Kamala Harris
- Political Geography:
- Global Focus and United States of America
185. Israeli, Palestinian, and American relations: Now and in the future
- Author:
- Peter Krause
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- The 2024 U.S. election and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: How the outcome here impacts the situation there
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Donald Trump, Presidential Elections, Israeli–Palestinian Conflict, 2023 Gaza War, and Kamala Harris
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Israel, Palestine, and United States of America
186. Starr Forum: The Israel-Gaza crisis and US policy
- Author:
- Dennis Ross and Melani Cammett
- Publication Date:
- 09-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- Starr Forum: The Israel-Gaza crisis and US policy: Tuesday, September 24th, 2024. Introduction: Evan Lieberman, Director, Center for International Studies and Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa Moderator: Philip Khoury, MIT Vice Provost and Ford International Professor of History Closing remarks: Karl Reid, Vice President for Equity and Inclusion, Institute Community & Equity Office Speakers: Dennis Ross is the counselor and William Davidson Distinguished Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He also teaches at Georgetown University’s Center for Jewish Civilization. For more than twelve years, Ambassador Ross played a leading role in shaping US involvement in the Middle East peace process as the US point man on the peace process in both the George H W Bush and Bill Clinton administrations. He also served as special assistant to President Obama and as National Security Council senior director for the Central Region, and as special advisor on Iran to Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Melani Cammett is the Clarence Dillon Professor of International Affairs and director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. She also holds a secondary faculty appointment in the Harvard Chan School of Public Health. Cammett's award-winning books include "Compassionate Communalism: Welfare and Sectarianism in Lebanon" and "A Political Economy of the Middle East." Her current research projects explore "toleration" and reconciliation after ethnoreligious violence, development and identity politics. She has published numerous articles in academic and policy journals, consults for development policy organizations, and serves as a commissioner on the Lancet Commission on Syria.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, Humanitarian Crisis, Armed Conflict, and 2023 Gaza War
- Political Geography:
- Middle East, Israel, Gaza, and United States of America
187. South African Elections 2024: The Results and Implications for the Region and Beyond
- Author:
- Pranish Desai, Daniel de Kadt, Rorisang Lekalake, Lwanda Maqwelane, and Evan Lieberman
- Publication Date:
- 06-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- MIT Center for International Studies
- Abstract:
- SPEAKERS Pranish Desai is a senior data analyst at Good Governance Africa, a research and advocacy organization headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. His work at GGA focuses on the issues of subnational governance in Southern Africa, political accountability, coalition politics in South Africa and encouraging data-driven policymaking within the region. Pranish is an incoming doctoral student at MIT. Daniel de Kadt works as an assistant professor at the London School of Economics, where he is an affiliate of the Data Science Institute and a senior visiting fellow in government. Prior to this he worked at the University of California, Merced, after completing his PhD at MIT. He has written extensively on the electoral politics of South Africa. Rorisang Lekalake is a senior analyst/methodologist for Afrobarometer, charged with contributing to the organization’s analytical outputs, strengthening existing methodologies, and contributing to building the capacity of network staff and partners in quantitative research methods and analysis. She is a 2023 PhD recipient from MIT. Lwanda Maqwelane, a PhD candidate at Rhodes University, is an early career research activist with a focus on policy development, just energy transitions and climate change education. She currently serves as a researcher at the Center for Researching Education and Labour at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. MODERATOR Evan Lieberman is the Total Professor of Political Science and Contemporary Africa and the director of the MIT Center for International Studies. He also directs the Global Diversity Lab (GDL) and MIT’s global experiential learning program, MISTI. His most recent book is Until We Have Won Our Liberty: South Africa after Apartheid (Princeton University Press, 2022).
- Topic:
- Elections, Domestic Politics, and Regional Politics
- Political Geography:
- Africa and South Africa
188. Disinformation and Smearing in British Politics
- Author:
- Robert Saunders, Gill Bennett, Ciaran Martin, and Jean Seaton
- Publication Date:
- 11-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- One hundred years ago this month, as voters prepared to go to the polls for the third time in two years, British politics was rocked by what would become the most famous ‘dirty trick’ in its long history: the ‘Zinoviev Letter’. The Letter, encouraging the British proletariat to revolutionary fervour, was apparently sent by Grigori Zinoviev, head of the Bolshevik propaganda organization, to the British Communist Party in September 1924. Its publication by the Daily Mail just before the General Election humiliated the first ever Labour government, headed by Ramsay MacDonald, when its political opponents used it to create a 'Red Scare' in the media. With growing concerns about the impact of AI-driven disinformation on elections around the world, the @mileendinstitute4300 and the Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies marked the Letter's centenary by exploring how disinformation, ‘Fake News’ and smearing have affected, and continue to shape, British politics today. Dr. Robert Saunders was joined by Dr Gill Bennett (Chief Historian of the UK Foreign Office, 1995-2005), Professor Ciaran Martin (CEO of the National Cyber Security Centre, 2016-2020) and Professor Jean Seaton (Official Historian of the BBC).
- Topic:
- Politics, History, Elections, and Disinformation
- Political Geography:
- Britain and Europe
189. Sathnam Sanghera: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
- Author:
- Sathnam Sanghera
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Mile End Institute, Queen Mary University of London
- Abstract:
- Sathnam Sanghera is an award-winning writer, broadcaster, novelist and Times columnist, who published a bestselling memoir in 2008 called The Boy with the Topknot. More recently, he has published two best-selling volumes on the legacies of the British Empire - Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain, and Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe. On Wednesday 9 October, the Mile End Institute welcomed Sathnam to Queen Mary University of London for the second in our series of distinguished lectures in honour of our patron, the historian and crossbench peer, Peter Hennessy. Sathnam was in conversation with Professor Jerry Brotton from the School of the Arts Queen Mary University of London about his latest book, Empireworld, the legacies of the British Empire, the teaching of imperial history, the role of pride and shame in our thinking about the past, and the role of empire in contemporary culture.
- Topic:
- Imperialism, History, and British Empire
- Political Geography:
- Britain and Europe
190. Decolonizing Russian History: Necessary Corrective or a Bridge Too Far? (11/14/2024)
- Author:
- Nathaniel Knight
- Publication Date:
- 11-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- In the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, scholars of the Russian Empire entered a phase of a critical self-examination. Widely accepted narratives of Russia’s historical development, some have argued, only serve to valorize imperial domination and exclude the voices of peoples bearing the burden of Russian oppression. What is needed, it is suggested, is to shift the narrative away from the Imperial center to shed more light on the autonomous development of subject peoples. Yet such calls for decolonization have been met with skepticism and resistance in some quarters. Historians, in particular, often see the decolonization paradigm as an essentialist model that recycles nationalist tropes and neglects the advances of recent scholarship. In his talk, Professor Knight will weigh these contrasting viewpoints focusing on underlying historical narratives and how they have evolved since the end of the Cold War.
- Topic:
- History, Decolonization, Post-Cold War, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia and Eurasia
191. Scholarly ZEIT GUEST | P. Khazanov & R. Utkin: The Russias that Were Lost & the Futures of the Field
- Author:
- Mark Lipovetsky, Tatiana Efremova, Pavel Khazanov, and Roman Utkin
- Publication Date:
- 06-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- Scholarly ZEIT GUEST is a video podcast about new ideas and trends in Slavic Studies, co-hosted by Prof.Mark Lipovetsky and Dr.Tatiana Efremova at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. The eighth episode features a conversation with Pavel Khazanov, Associate Professor of Russian at Rutgers University, and Roman Utkin, Associate of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies at Wesleyan University. We talk about decentering metropolitan discourse and amplifying the margins, discuss the incoherences within diaspora culture and the post-Soviet ideological consensus, and explore ways of interrogating the canon through our teaching practice.
- Topic:
- Diaspora, Ideology, Post-Soviet Space, Teaching, Slavic Studies, and Academia
- Political Geography:
- Russia and Eurasia
192. Scholarly ZEIT GUEST | Marijeta Bozovic: Generational Traumas and Avant-Garde Post-
- Author:
- Mark Lipovetsky, Tatiana Efremova, and Marijeta Bozovic
- Publication Date:
- 04-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- Scholarly ZEIT GUEST is a video podcast about new ideas and trends in Slavic Studies, co-hosted by Prof.Mark Lipovetsky and Dr.Tatiana Efremova at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University. The seventh episode features a conversation with Marijeta Bozovic, Professor of Slavic Languages & Literatures at Yale University. We explore insights drawn from collaborative projects in regional studies, talk about the link between poetics and politics, and discuss new leftist perspectives in REEES.
- Topic:
- Decolonization, Academia, Leftist Politics, Teaching, and Slavic Studies
- Political Geography:
- Russia
193. How the Cold War Solved the Problem of Soviet Displaced Persons After World War II (10/24/24)
- Author:
- Sheila Fitzpatrick and Elise Giuliano
- Publication Date:
- 10-2024
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- This talk will draw on the analysis of postwar great power politics and diplomacy with regard to “displaced persons” from the Soviet Union offered in her new book, Lost Souls: Soviet Displaced Persons and the Birth of the Cold War, to be published by Princeton University Press in November.
- Topic:
- Cold War, Diplomacy, Power Politics, Displacement, World War II, and Soviet Union
- Political Geography:
- Europe and Soviet Union
194. A Year of War: A Reporter's View of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine (3/23/23)
- Author:
- Joshua Yaffa and Keith Gessen
- Publication Date:
- 04-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last year, Joshua Yaffa, who spent a decade living and reporting in Russia, has traveled across Ukraine—where he also has deep experience as a journalist—witnessing the war up close and publishing regularly in The New Yorker. He will share his impressions from his numerous reporting trips, which began in the early, fraught days in Kyiv, when the capital was the primary target of the Russian military; to Kharkiv, a historically Russian-speaking city that has faced relentless rocket and artillery fire; from the decimated towns of the Donbas to Zaporizhzhia, a regional capital in the south that became a waystation for Ukrainians fleeing the horrors of Mariupol and elsewhere. Yaffa will describe how the conflict looks and feels on the ground, whether for civilians trapped under bombardment or newly enlisted soldiers. He will also discuss a number of key questions at the start of the war's second year. What has been the role and effect of Western military aid? What sort of end to the fighting is possible? And how will both Russia and Ukraine be forever changed as a result?
- Topic:
- Conflict, Journalism, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe
195. Jewish Female Mental Health Professionals between Poland, the Nazis, and America (3/29/23)
- Author:
- Klara Naszkowska and Christopher Caes
- Publication Date:
- 04-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- The forced migration of the Jewish people from Europe to the United States in 1933-1941 is one of the most significant phenomena in twentieth–century intellectual history. However, close to nothing has been written on over eighty Jewish women mental-health professionals (mostly psychoanalysts) who fled Nazi persecution to the US, where they became “essential workers” in mental-health care when America joined World War II. Their professional contributions notwithstanding, they are now neglected, understudied, and at risk of being forgotten. The presentation introduces the diaspora of Polish Jewish mental-health professionals: psychoanalysts, social workers, child welfare workers, social psychologists, and body psychotherapists. It will discuss their personal and professional biographies, including family and religious backgrounds, education and career patterns, experiences of exile and (non)belonging, their relationships with the past, and the construction of national, spiritual and cultural identities, with a special attention to Jewish identity. The presentation is based on an ongoing research project located at the intersection of Jewish gender and women’s studies, personal and oral history, and immigration. The primary source of information on the women under investigation is archival personal accounts: unpublished memoirs, correspondence, interviews, diaries, remnants, memories, and post–memories, along with original interviews with family members, friends, and colleagues.
- Topic:
- History, Holocaust, Forced Migration, Jewish community, and Nazi Germany
- Political Geography:
- Eastern Europe, Poland, North America, and United States of America
196. A Conversation with Azovstal Defender Illia Samoilenko (2/24/23)
- Author:
- Illia Samoilenko and Elise Giuliano
- Publication Date:
- 07-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- 28 year-old Ukrainian Lieutenant Illia Samoilenko was the deputy commander of the National Guards of Azov. Days before the Azovstal surrender in May, Lieutenant Samoilenko held a news conference broadcast live from a bunker beneath the steelworks. At this press conference, he described for two hours the desperate conditions that wounded soldiers faced. He also said that he and all the others saw themselves as “dead men.” Samoilenko was held in solitary confinement as a prisoner of war by the Russian Federation for 120 days before he was released in a prisoner swap last month.
- Topic:
- Armed Forces, Conflict, Russia-Ukraine War, and Azovstal
- Political Geography:
- Ukraine, Eastern Europe, and Mariupol
197. Propaganda Addiction: How Russians Learned to Trust the Kremlin's Falsehoods
- Author:
- Anton Shirikov
- Publication Date:
- 09-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- The Harriman Institute
- Abstract:
- When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world was shocked to learn how often Russians fell for the Kremlin’s pro-war propaganda pushed through loyal state media. Some citizens even trusted television reports more than they believed their own family members in Ukraine. In his talk, Dr. Shirikov will explain how authoritarian media can gain and cultivate such public trust, presenting evidence from surveys and experiments he conducted in Russia in recent years. He will discuss whether Russians are–as scholars often think–sophisticated and discerning news consumers, why they find propaganda messages credible, and why so few of them seek alternative information sources. This research offers insights into how Vladimir Putin’s regime manages public opinion and maintains acceptance of the war.
- Topic:
- Public Opinion, Authoritarianism, Media, Propaganda, and Russia-Ukraine War
- Political Geography:
- Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe
198. Book Talk with Jessamyn Abel, Author of "Dream Super-Express"
- Author:
- Jessamyn Abel, Takuya Tsunoda, and Ariana King
- Publication Date:
- 10-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- A symbol of the "new Japan" displayed at World's Fairs, depicted in travel posters, and celebrated as the product of a national spirit of innovation, the Tōkaidō Shinkansen—the first bullet train, dubbed the "dream super-express"—represents the bold aspirations of a nation rebranding itself after military defeat, but also the deep problems caused by the unbridled postwar drive for economic growth. At the dawn of the space age, how could a train become such an important symbol? In Dream Super-Express (Stanford University Press, 2022), Jessamyn Abel contends that understanding the various, often contradictory, images of the bullet train reveals how infrastructure operates beyond its intended use as a means of transportation to perform cultural and sociological functions.
- Topic:
- History, Infrastructure, Sociology, Culture, Economic Growth, and Book Talk
- Political Geography:
- Japan and Asia
199. Rise From the Fall, Unmasking the Vietnamese-American Identity: A Conversation with Author Lan Cao
- Author:
- Lan Cao and Naja Pham Lockwood
- Publication Date:
- 10-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- This Asia in Action Speaker Series event revolves around the life and literary journey of Lan Cao, a Vietnamese American writer. It begins with her early life in Vietnam and her migration to America in 1975, as depicted in her novel Monkey Bridge, emphasizing themes of exile, loss, and hope. It then delves into the significance of authentic Vietnamese storytelling through her work The Lotus and the Storm, offering a unique perspective on the Vietnam War. The discussion also touches on Vietnam's economic transition with Doi Moi policies and its reflection in Three Seasons, while exploring its impact on Lan Cao's identity as a Vietnamese American and refugee. Finally, her latest book, Family of Six Tones: Refugee Mother and American Daughter, is introduced, along with her ongoing literary journey and future projects.
- Topic:
- Immigration, Culture, Vietnam War, Identity, and Storytelling
- Political Geography:
- Vietnam, North America, Southeast Asia, and United States of America
200. Book Talk: The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy
- Author:
- Suisheng Zhao
- Publication Date:
- 09-2023
- Content Type:
- Video
- Institution:
- Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
- Abstract:
- Professor Zhao will draw on his new book, The Dragon Roars Back: Transformational Leaders and Dynamics of Chinese Foreign Policy to trace the dramatic shifts in China’s foreign policy since its founding in 1949 and the key roles played by Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, and Xi Jinping. Each of these transformational leaders reshaped foreign policy to better fit their aims for China. His presentation will focus on Xi Jinping’s power concentration and its implications for Chinese foreign policy.
- Topic:
- Foreign Policy, History, Xi Jinping, Mao Zedong, and Book Talk
- Political Geography:
- China and Asia