Tag Archives: foreign policy
Thieves of State
Award-winning journalist and author Sarah Chayes will present “Thieves of State: Why Corruption Threatens Global Security” on Oct. 20 at 6 p.m. in Gasson Hall, room 100. Chayes is a senior associate the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace where her … Continue reading
Atlantic rule
In a new book titled Global Rules: America, Britain, and a Disordered World (Yale University Press, 2014), Boston College Professor of History James Cronin charts the political relationship between the US and Britain and a new world order they created after the … Continue reading
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Tagged America, foreign policy, History Department, politics, United Kingdom
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Talk by US diplomat
William Rugh, former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, will speak at Boston College on Feb. 12 at 4:30 p.m. in Gasson Hall, Room 305. Rugh, whose career in US foreign service spanned 30 years, is the author or … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab, foreign policy, government, Islamic Civilization & Societies
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American foreign policy in retreat
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies Dean Vali Nasr, a Middle East scholar, foreign policy adviser and commentator on international relations, will talk about his book, The Dispensable Nation: American Foreign Policy in Retreat on Oct. 9 at 5:30 p.m. … Continue reading
Why Vietnam and not Laos?
It first seemed that the US would choose Laos, not Vietnam, as the battleground to oppose the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. What changed? Boston College historian Seth Jacobs explores the events, circumstances, and in particular, the perceptions and … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign policy, History Department, Laos, Southeast Asia, Vietnam
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Political evil
The new book Political Evil: What It Is and How to Combat It by Boston College’s Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life Director Alan Wolfe (featured in BC Bookmarks last month) has recently been reviewed by the New … Continue reading
Iran and the U.S.
Barbara Slavin, an expert on U.S. foreign policy and the author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation, will speak at on Mar. 16 at 5 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 008. A … Continue reading
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Tagged foreign policy, Iran, Islamic Civilization & Societies
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