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  • Seminar: “America’s Role in a Changing World,” Björklunden/Lawrence University, Bailey’s Harbor, WI, July 2005. Instructor.


  • Convention: American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Washington, DC, September 2005.
    • Theme Panel: “Debating Torture as a Resource for National Security Policy”


  • Paper: “Liberalism and Torture”


  • Radio Interview: “North Korea and White House Report,” The World, Public Radio International/WGBH, Boston, MA, September 2005.


  • Conference: “China-U.S. Relations: Past, Present, and Future,” Chinese Peoples’ Association for Friendship With Foreign Countries and Texas A&M University, Beijing, PRC, November, 2005.
    • Respondent: “Security Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region.” 


  • Conference: “Beijing Forum,” Peking University, Beijing, PRC, November 2005.


  • Panel: “America’s Role in the Security of East Asia.” 


  • Radio Interview: “Iraqi Elections,” The World, Public Radio International/WGBH, Boston, MA, December 2005.

2005 Conferences, Seminars
and Public Talks

  • Conference: “Liberty in the Early and Late Works of Robert Nozick,” White Stallion Ranch, AZ, January 2005.


  • Press Conference: “U.S. National Interests and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,” National Press Club, Washington, DC, January 2005.


  • Paper: “Democracy and Israel’s Military Effectiveness,” Christopher Browne Center for International Studies, University of Pennsylvania, January 2005.


  • Talk: “The Israel-Palestine Conflict and U.S. National Security,” World Affairs Council, San Antonio World, TX, February 2005. [Later broadcast on Texas Public Radio]


  • Convention: International Studies Association, Honolulu, HI, March 2005.
    • Panel: “Darwin and International Relations.”


  • Talk: “The Israel-Palestine Conflict and U.S. National Security,” World Affairs Council, St. Louis, MO, April 2005.


  • Conference: “America’s Security in the Age of Terrorism,” The American Cause, McClean, VA, April 2005. [Later broadcast on CSPAN]


  • Conference: “Sino-U.S. Relations and Regional Security in Northeast Asia,” Shanghai Institute for International Studies and George H.W. Bush School of Government and Public Service, Shanghai, PRC, May 2005.


  • Paper: “Bush Should Be Careful What He Wishes for in China.”


  • Conference: “Clausewitz, Liberty, and the Transformation of War,” The Liberty Fund, Philadelphia, PA, June 2005.