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How to Engage Iran: Abe Sofaer in conversation with Allen Weiner on Diplomacy and the Iranian Nuclear Crisis
This event is co-sponsored by SCICN and CISAC Speakers are Abraham Sofaer, the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy and National Security Affairs, Hoover Institution, Stanford; and Allen S. Weiner, a Senior Lecturer in Law and Co-Director of the Stanford Program in International Law and Co-Director, Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation […]
Investigating Post-Conflict Violence at the Micro-Level: Accounting for Patterns among Victims of Past Atrocities in Liberia
Speaker: Anu Kulkarni, SCICN Fellow This event is co-sponsored by SCICN and CISAC Anupma Kulkarni is currently a Fellow of the Stanford Center for International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and Co-director of the West Africa Transitional Justice (WATJ) Project, a cross-national study on the impact of truth commissions and international criminal tribunals from the perspective […]
“Let’s Talk: Facilitating Track Two Dialogue between India and Pakistan”
Speaker: Peter Jones, University of Ottowa This event is co-sponsored by SCICN and CISAC The scholarly literature on Track Two in South Asia has traditionally held that the region is inhospitable to this kind of dialogue. Drawing on his extensive experience with facilitating Track Two dialogues in South Asia, Peter Jones will explore the ways […]
“Taking Down Belfast’s Peace Walls: A discussion of recent research and policy challenges”
This event is co-sponsored by SCICN and CISAC Dr. Cathy Gormley-Heenan is the Director of the Institute for Research in Social Sciences (IRiSS) at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland. As a senior lecturer in public policy and politics, her research interests include the framing and reframing of policy issues, the politics of divided […]
“Information, Ethnic Voting and Accountability: Evidence from Sierra Leone”
This event is co-sponsored by SCICN, CISAC and the Center for African Studies Katherine Casey is an Assistant Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She teaches a Strategy Beyond Markets course for first year MBAs that is tailored to the particular opportunities and challenges facing firms investing in developing economies. […]
Economic Development and Conflict Resolution: Lessons and Challenges from Palestine
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesDistinguished panelists will include: - Ammar Aker, the CEO of the Palestine Telecom Group - Sabri Saidam, the Advisor to the President on Telecom, IT and Technical Education, and former Minister of Telecom & IT - Saumitra Jha, Assistant Professor of Political Economy at the Stanford Business School - Sonia Franceski, Director for Middle East […]
“The face of the enemy: Gender, threat, dehumanization and support for peace in the Israeli Palestinian conflict – experimental and polling data”
Speaker: Ifat Ma'oz, Professor of Communication and Head of the Swiss Center for Conflict Research, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Discussant: Lee Ross, Professor of Psychology, Stanford ABSTRACT: In the past few decades, planned contact interventions between groups in conflict play an important role in attempts at improving intergroup relations and achieving peace and reconciliation. This […]
The Arab Spring Revolutions: domestic and regional developments, the Syrian case
A joint seminar by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation and the Center for International Security and Cooperation Speaker: Moshe Maoz, Professor Emeritus of Islamic and Middle Eastern […]
Avishai Margalit: The ethics of unarmed vs. non-violent resistance in Israel/Palestine
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThe Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) hosts a special dinner discussion with Avishai Margalit. Avishai Margalit is now a Visiting Professor at the Stanford Law School. He […]
Non-violent resistance and diplomacy: Prospects for success in Israel/Palestine
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesWatch Recorded Video of Event: A discussion with Rami Khouri, moderated by Janine Zacharia Rami George Khouri is a widely published journalist, scholar, and frequent commentator on Middle East politics. […]
Robert Mnookin: "Lessons from the Gaza Evacuation"
A presentation by Robert Mnookin, Samuel Williston Professor of Law; Director, Harvard Negotiation Research Project, Harvard University This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation […]
Professor Saumitra Jha: “Economic Development and Conflict Resolution”
Speaker: Saumitra Jha, Associate Professor of Political Economy, Stanford Graduate School of Business This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and the Center on International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Related Media
“Human Welfare, War and Sanctions in Iraq under Saddam Hussein”
Speaker: Lisa Blaydes, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Stanford This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, and the Center for International Security and Cooperation LOCATION: CISAC Central Conference Room, 2nd floor Encina Hall Related Media
SCICN & CISAC Joint Seminar: Understanding Police Use of Lethal Force in Rio de Janeiro
A joint research seminar between the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN), and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at FSI. Title: Understanding Police Use of Lethal Force in Rio de Janeiro Speaker: Professor Beatriz Magaloni Discussant: Brenna Marea Powell, SCICN Speaker bio: Beatriz Magaloni is an Associate Professor in the […]
The State of Syria: A Teach-In about Assad, ISIS, Atrocity, and Political Dissent
Supported by: Bechtel International Center, the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation, the Human Rights Center at Stanford Law School, the Arab Students Association at Stanford, and Stanford Students for Justice in Palestine A panel discussion about the historical background and recent developments in the ongoing conflict in Syria. Join us for dinner, dessert, […]
SCICN Fellows Introductory Meeting
Introductory meeting of the SCICN Graduate Fellows program for 2014-2015 Related Media
Ebola, Child Survival, and the Meaning of Security: Confronting the Political Requirements of Health
This event is a joint event of the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). Title: Ebola, Child Survival, and the Meaning of Security: Confronting the Political Requirements of Health Speaker: Dr. Paul Wise, Richard E. Behrman Professor of Child Health and Society, Stanford School […]
U.S.-China Relations in the Shadow of the Future
This event is co-sponsored by the Stanford Center on International Conflict and Negotiation (SCICN) and the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) SPEAKER: David Holloway, SCICN Co-Director About the Speaker: David Holloway is the Raymond A. Spruance Professor of International History, a professor of political science, and an FSI senior fellow. He was co-director […]
Lunchtime roundtable discussion on South Africa with Vincent Maphai
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThabane Vincent Maphai The son of shebeen owners with limited education, Thabane Vincent Maphai has combined careers in academia, business, and public service. Widely published, Vincent Maphai lectured at the University of the Witwatersrand and chaired the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Western Cape. He subsequently joined the Human Sciences Research […]
Non-Violence and Conflict Resolution: Reflections on Israel-Palestine, South Africa, and Northern Ireland: A panel discussion with Moshe Maoz, Allen Weiner, and Byron Bland
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA panel discussion with Moshe Maoz, Allen Weiner, and Byron Bland Dr Moshe Ma’oz is Professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, at the Hebrew University, in Jerusalem, Israel. He has published widely on Islamic and Middle Eastern history and politics, and notably on Syria and Palestine, Arab-Israeli relations and ethnic minorities. Professor Ma'oz has served as […]
New Approaches to Understanding Radicalization
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA panel discussion with Clark McCauley and Alexandra Blackman Panelists: Clark McCauley and Alexandra Blackman Moderator: Martha Crenshaw *Location changed to: Room 280B, Classroom Building, Stanford Law School The panel will explore new approaches to understanding radicalization from social and psychological perspectives. McCauley will describe a two-pyramids model that distinguishes radicalization of opinion from radicalization […]
Dinner discussion: The Ethics and Consequences of Individual and Collective Rationalization
@ Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesA dinner dicussion with Lee Ross and Avishai Margalit. Room 270, Stanford Law School This event is part of a series of special events to celebrate the 30th anniversary of SCICN. The panel will explore the role of rationalizations, including collective counterfactual narratives, in justifying intergroup violence and creating barriers to the mending of relationships […]
Getting Beyond Us vs. Them: Concrete Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
@ SLS: Room 290 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA, United StatesThis event is open to the Stanford community only, registration is required. Stanford ID's will be required to attend the event. Join us for a conversation among Israelis, Palestinians, and […]