1995 Conferences, Seminars and Public Talks

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  • Convention: American Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, September 1995.
    • Panel: "A National Strategy: A Symposium in Memory of the Late Eric Nordlinger." Commentator.
    • Panel: "Sources of Civilian Control."
    • Paper: "Soldiers, States, and Structure: Civil-Military Relations in a Changing Threat Environment."


  • Conference: "Inter-American Peace, Security, and Democracy: Challenges for the Post-Cold War Era," Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC, September 1995.
    • Panel: "U.S. Policy: Increasing Cooperation or Disorder?"
    • Paper: "Why Latin American May Miss the Cold War: The United States and the Future of Interamerican Relations."


  • Conference: "International Security in the Greater Caribbean," Olin Institute, Center for International Affairs, North-South Center, and the FUNDAYACUCHO, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, October 1995. Co-organizer and Commentator.


  • Panel Discussion: "The Legacy of Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff," Olin Institute, Harvard and the Nitze School for Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC, October 1995. Co-organizer.


  • Seminar: "Does Grachev Have a Future?" Russian Research Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 1995. Presenter.


  • Seminar: "Is the Russian Military Out of Control? Harvard-Russian Institute of International Affairs and the Diplomatic Academy of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow, Russian Federation, December 1995. Presenter.
  • Conference: "Civil-Military Relations and the Consolidation of Democracy," National Endowment for Democracy and George Marshall European Center for Security Studies, Washington, DC, March 1995.
    • Paper: "Mission Matters: The End of the Cold War and Future Civil-Military Relations."


  • Conference: "Force Projection and Sustainment," John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University and Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, March 1995. Co-organizer.


  • Workshop: "Inter-American Peace, Security, and Democracy-Planning Workshop," Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, DC, March 1995.
    • Paper: "Why Latin America May Miss the Cold War: The United States and Future Inter-American Security Relations."


  • Workshop: "Realism and International Relations After the Cold War," John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 1995.

  • Workshop: "Annual General James H. Doolittle Dinner/Workshop - Strategic Airpower in Desert Storm and Beyond," Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, MIT, John M. Olin Institute for Strategic Studies Harvard University, and the Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, April 1995. Co-organizer and Panel Chair. 


  • Seminar: Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, April 1995.
    • Paper: "Losing Control: The End of the Cold War and Changing U.S. Civil-Military Relations."


  • Conference: "Fault Lines of Democratic Governance in the Americas," The North-South Center, Miami, FL, May 1995.
    • Paper: "The Social Construction of Military Coups: Ideas, Threats, and Military Doctrine in Latin American Politics."


  • Conference: "Strategy and National Security," Wianno Club, Cape Cod, MA, June 1995.
    • Panel Chair: "Rational Choice and Security Studies." 


  • Senior Advisory Council Meeting: "U.S. Post-Cold War Civil-Military Relations," Olin Institute, Harvard, Cambridge, MA, July 1995. Organizer and Chair.