• Radio Interview: “Bush Defends U.S. Actions In Iraq,” The World, Public Radio International/WGBH, Boston, MA, January, 2006.


  • Radio Interview: “U.S. National Security in a Time of Conflict,” Open Line, NPR 98/WOSU, Columbus OH, February 2006.


  • Talk: “America’s Liberal Illiberalism,” Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH, February 2006.


  • Talk: “America’s Liberal Illiberalism,” Mershon Center/Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, February 2006.


  • Conference: “Freedom and Empire in Herodotus’s Histories,” The Liberty Fund, Chicago, IL, March 2006. Discussion Leader.


  • Convention: International Studies Association, San Diego, CA, March 2006.


  • Panels: “American Hegemony in Theoretical and Historical Perspective – Christopher Layne’s Peace of Illusions,” discussant.


  • “What International History Offers International Relations,” chair. 


  • Workshop: “Lone Star National Security Forum,” George Bush School of Government and Public Service and Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Galveston, TX, April 2006. Co-Organizer.

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  • Conference: “Standing Armies, Militias, and Liberty: Arguments from 1697 to Today,” The Liberty Fund, Loch Lomand, Scotland, May 2006.


  • Seminar: “America: The View From Abroad,” Björklunden/Lawrence University, Bailey’s Harbor, WI, July 2006. Instructor.


  • Convention: American Political Science Association Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006.
    • Panel: “American Hegemony in Theoretical and Historical Perspective – Christopher Layne’s Peace of Illusions,” member.
    • Panel: “Beyond Liberal and Conservative: Forging a Bipartisan Foreign Policy Consensus,” member.
    • Panel: “Democratic Accountability and Civil-Military Relations,” chair.


  • Conference: “War and Liberty,” The Liberty Fund, Cincinnati, OH, September 2006.


  • Talk: “The Liberal Roots of the American Empire,” Robert Strauss Center, University of Texas, Austin, TX, November, 2006.


  • Radio Interview: “Robert Gates’ Nomination as Secretary of Defense,” The World, Public Radio International/WGBH, Boston, MA, November 2006.

2006 Conferences, Seminars
and Public Talks