Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th century was confined, for all practical purposes, to the sub-atomic level. At the macroscopic, human level it’s been assumed that our familiar classical, Newtonian physics still rules, a belief duly reflected in the fundamental and almost entirely unquestioned categories of social scientific thought today: classical logic,...

Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th century was confined, for all practical purposes, to the sub-atomic level. At the macroscopic, human level it’s been assumed that our familiar classical, Newtonian physics still rules, a belief duly reflected in the fundamental and almost entirely unquestioned categories of social scientific thought today: classical logic,...

This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center for the Study of the U.S. Military at the University of Kansas in collaboration with the AVF Forum hosted the first symposium on the AVF. Military experts, scholars and former defense department personnel debated and discussed the key questions associated with the AVF. A second forum was held at the College of William and Mary in April 2017.

What are the conditions under which public supports military intervention abroad? The research on use of force abroad has extensively focused on public opinion formation in United States. The underlying assumption was that in democratic regimes, leaders care about public opinion when making foreign policy decisions. This body of research explored factors such as public perception of foreign policy objectives or context of the use of force, individual predispositions with respect to...

Considering the importance of East Asia and the seriousness of the emerging challenges in the area, it is imperative that scholars evaluate the administration’s initial steps and make recommendations for the future. Accordingly, this workshop will offer a one-year retrospective on US-East Asian relations, with presentations by a number of scholars who focus on the region and a subsequent question and answer session.

While the modern literature on environmental security dates back to the late 1980s, the study of climate change and security began in the mid 2000s. After nearly fifteen years of study, what do we know about the links between climate change and security? Answering this question requires a conceptual understanding of what we mean by security, dis-aggregating the many processes affected by climate change, and the causal pathways between climate and security outcomes.

From 1979 to 1989, Soviets occupied Afghanistan to prevent its client state form collapsing. Currently Russia is treating Syria as a client state in some similar ways. Afghanistan remains a struggling democracy, often falling into "failed state" category since that time. The Syrian state-perhaps even worse-is currently almost nonexistent in terms of functional centralized institutions.

Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th century was confined, for all practical purposes, to the sub-atomic level. At the macroscopic, human level it’s been assumed that our familiar classical, Newtonian physics still rules, a belief duly reflected in the fundamental and almost entirely unquestioned categories of social scientific thought today: classical logic,...

During the 1960s and 1970s, a wide range of environmental activists began searching for new ways to understand and measure development. They believed that the pursuit of economic growth as a policy goal and the reliance on quantitative measurements such as Gross National Product (GNP) ignored the broader social and ecological impacts of this process.

Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th century was confined, for all practical purposes, to the sub-atomic level. At the macroscopic, human level it’s been assumed that our familiar classical, Newtonian physics still rules, a belief duly reflected in the fundamental and almost entirely unquestioned categories of social scientific thought today: classical logic,...

This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center for the Study of the U.S. Military at the University of Kansas in collaboration with the AVF Forum hosted the first symposium on the AVF. Military experts, scholars and former defense department personnel debated and discussed the key questions associated with the AVF. A second forum was held at the College of William and Mary in April 2017.

President Dwight Eisenhower developed a grand strategy for waging the Cold War that can best be described as “strategic patience.” Emphasizing military strength and diplomatic restraint, Eisenhower skillfully steered the nation through a number of dangerous Cold War crises.

Although "post-truth" became Oxford Dictionary's word of the year only in 2016, the concept is endemic to the history of Western thought, albeit typically existing in an underground and somewhat disreputable state. From the ancient Sophists to the "constructivist" turn across many disciplines in the 20th century, post-truth has always been with us, however much we wish to deny its presence. This talk, drawn from Fuller's new book on "post-truth," explains and -- to a large extent -- justifies...

Scientists have long thought that the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th century was confined, for all practical purposes, to the sub-atomic level. At the macroscopic, human level it’s been assumed that our familiar classical, Newtonian physics still rules, a belief duly reflected in the fundamental and almost entirely unquestioned categories of social scientific thought today: classical logic,...

This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center for the Study of the U.S. Military at the University of Kansas in collaboration with the AVF Forum hosted the first symposium on the AVF. Military experts, scholars and former defense department personnel debated and discussed the key questions associated with the AVF. A second forum was held at the College of William and Mary in April 2017.

This conference is part of a series of national events examining the all-volunteer force and democracy in America. In April 2016, the Center for the Study of the U.S. Military at the University of Kansas in collaboration with the AVF Forum hosted the first symposium on the AVF. Military experts, scholars and former defense department personnel debated and discussed the key questions associated with the AVF. A second forum was held at the College of William and Mary in April 2017.

Max Boot is a historian, best-selling author, and foreign-policy analyst who has been called one of the “world’s leading authorities on armed conflict” by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. He is the Jeane J. Kirkpatrick senior fellow in national security studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and a national-security columnist for the Washington Post.

Sean Kay will present his new book which uses interviews with more than 60 American and international rock and roll performers, songwriters, producers, managers, and non-profit activists to show how rock and roll has been a platform of power advancing progress.

The Mershon Center invites you to a lecture and discussion in honor of John Carlarne, his contributions to both the study and practice of peace making, and his contributions to the Peace Studies program at the Mershon Center and in central Ohio.

Election observers are an important component of transatlantic democracy promotion efforts. Prior research has sought to understand the rise of election observers and their consequences for outcomes such as fraud, protest, and violence.

Every day the news is littered with stories about the implications of profound demographic shifts faced by the world's states and regions.

The judicial bodies of the World Trade Organization (WTO) operate virtually free from direct government influence. Yet they are also politically savvy and at times conform their rulings to the preferences of member states.

"Wendy Rahn and Howard Lavine, University of Minnesota ""Populists and the Representation Gap in the Election 2016"" Christopher Gelpi and Elias Assaf, The Ohio State University"

"Walter Borges, University of North Texas at Dallas,Harold D. Clarke and Marianne Stewart, UTDallas -""Hillary’s Hypothesis: Attitudes Towards Women and Voting in the 2016 Presidential Election"" Vladimir Kogan & Thomas Wood,The Ohio State University "

"Diana Mutz, UPenn ""One Nation Under Siege? Mass Opinion in the 2016 Presidential Election"" Ethan Porter, Georgetown University, and Thomas Wood, The Ohio State University ""Did Jon Stewart elect Donald Trump Evidence from Television Ratings Data"""