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Influence Operations and Active Measures: The History of Soviet and Russian Political Warfare in the West Podcast
Calder Walton, William Inboden, Paul Pope, Kiril Avramov
Nov 08, 2019
In this episode of Horns of a Dilemma, Will Inboden sits down with Professor Paul Pope and Dr. Kiril Avramov of the Intelligence Studies Project and Dr. Calder Walton, assistant director of the Applied History Program at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, to discuss the history of influence operations and active measures by the Soviet Union and Russia. Their wide-ranging discussion covers everything from Soviet active measures in Chile, to the theory of reflexive control that governed the Soviet strategy of conducting influence operations, to the response in the United States to Operation JADE HELM, Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the role of social media in advancing political warfare goals. Join us for a fascinating conversation about history that has urgent implications for today.
Predoctoral fellow Jaehan Park co-authors new article on geopolitical tensions between Japan and South Korea for War on the Rocks
Jaehan Park
Nov 07, 2019
Jaehan Park and his co-author Takuya Matsuda of King's College London argue that geopolitics underlies the current tension between Japan and South Korea.
Applications for 2020-21 predoctoral & postdoctoral fellows open through February 3rd
Oct 07, 2019
Join the University of Texas at Austin's premier center for the study of history, strategy, and statecraft! We are now accepting applications for our 2020-21 predoctoral & postdoctoral fellowship program. Visit our Programs page for details and deadlines.
Sovereignty Sharing in Fragile States Podcast
John Ciorciari
Nov 05, 2019
Sovereignty as a concept conveys that a single entity has the legitimate authority to exercise governance over a particular territory. So, how can an exclusive individual right be shared? John Ciorciari, associate professor at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and director of the Weiser Diplomacy Center and the International Policy Center, explores these questions at a talk he recently gave at the University of Texas. Specifically, he asks what sovereignty sharing is and why it matters, and what the conditions are under which it could work. Ciorciari uses examples from Cambodia, Liberia, and Guatemala to illustrate what sovereignty sharing looks like in practice, and why it matters. This talk took place at the University of Texas at Austin and was sponsored by the Clements Center.
Executive Director Will Inboden and Academic Board Member Peter Feaver author new op-ed on Syria for Foreign Policy
William Inboden, Peter Feaver
Nov 04, 2019
In their latest article for FP's "Elephants in the Room", Inboden and Feaver argue that foreign policy realists have failed to properly account for the costs of U.S. troop withdrawal from Syria.
