MIP Conference 4-5 October 2019
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DIPLOMACY BY FORCE. U.S. special forces are taking the place of ambassadors. That’s a problem. Monica Toft in Tufts Magazine
A STRONG LEGACY OF U.S. LEADERSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT IN GLOBAL POLITICS has been reduced today to what I call kinetic diplomacy—diplomacy by armed force.
As of March 2018, the Trump administration had appointed only 70 of 188 U.S. ambassadors. Meanwhile, it increased the deployment of special operations forces to 149 countries, up from 138 in 2016 during the Obama administration (the use of military force also expanded under Obama). By October, after a concerted effort by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, 127 ambassadors had been appointed. Still, ambassadors are operating in just two-thirds of the world’s capitals, while special operations forces are active in three-fourths of them.
Read MoreCSS Research & Policy Seminar: Xiaodon Liang
MONDAY, December 10, 2018
5:30-7:00pm, 703 Cabot
Xiaodon Liang, PhD Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
The Politics of Arms Production in Industrialized States
Discussant: Meg Guliford, PhD Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
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ENGAGING PRACTITIONERS: LUNCH WITH PHILLIP SMYTH
CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES
in Partnership with
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY STUDIES PROGRAM &
FARES CENTER
Hosted by Fletcher Countering Violent Extremism Working Group
“The Middle East’s Shia Militias: Militancy, Iran, and What These Groups Mean for the Region”
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CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES
Research and Policy Seminar: Polina Beliakova
MONDAY, November 5, 2018
5:30-7:00pm, 703 Cabot
Polina Beliakova, PhD Senior Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
Civilian Control in Intrastate Wars:
Evidence from Democratic and Democratizing Regimes
Discussant: Sidita Kushi, Research Fellow, Center for Strategic Studies
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