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  • Faculty Seminar: Department of Government, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, January 1996.
    • Paper: "War and Strong States, Peace and Weak States?"


  • Television Talk Show: "News Night With Margie Reedy," New England Cable News Network, Newton, MA, February 1996.
    • Guest Commentator on "Armed for Profit."


  • Television Talk Show: "The Group," WGBH, Boston, MA, February 1996.
    • Guest Panelist on "Armed for Profit."


  • Radio Talk Show: "The Connection," WBUR, Boston, MA, February 1996.
    • Guest Commentator on the "Cuba Connection."


  • Television Talk Show, "The Group," WGBH, Boston, MA, May 1996.
    • Guest Panelist on "The Israeli Election."


  • Workshop: "New Faces in Civil-Military Relations," Olin Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, June 1996.
    • Co-organizer and Paper Presenter: "Soldiers, States, and Structure: Civilian Control of the Military in a Changing Security Environment."

1996 Conferences, Seminars and Public Talks

  • Conference: "Strategy and National Security," Wianno Club, Cape Cod, June 1996.
    • Panel Chair: "The Future of Deterrence."


  • Television Talk Show: "The Group," WGBH, Boston, MA, June 1996.
    • Guest Panelist on the "Bombing in Dhahran."


  • Conference: "The Revolution in Military Affairs," Security Studies and the Joint Center for International and Security Studies, Monterey, CA, August 1996.
    • Roundtable: "The RMA and Civilian Control."


  • Convention: American Political Science Association, San Francisco, CA, August 1996.
    • Commentator: "Military Technology and the International System."


  • Seminar: Defense and Arms Control Studies Program, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 1996.
    • Paper: "Culture and National Security."


  • Seminar: "Death and Night and Blood: Yukio Mishima and the Paradox of a Militarist Writer in a Pacifist Japan," Olin Institute, Cambridge, MA, October 1996.