Professor Seth Weinberger would like to invite
you to participate in the final conference call of the Fall 2012 CFR
Academic Conference Call series on Wednesday, December 5, from 10:00 to
11:00 AM in Wyatt 326. Micah Zenko, CFR's Douglas
Dillon fellow in the Center for Preventive Action, will discuss U.S.
drone policy.
Prior to coming to CFR, Dr. Zenko worked for
five years at the Harvard Kennedy School, and in Washington, DC, at the
Brookings Institution, Congressional Research Service, and State
Department's Office of Policy Planning. He has published
on a range of national security issues, including articles in "Foreign
Affairs," the "Journal of Strategic Studies," "Defense and Security
Analysis," and "Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social
Science," and op-eds in the "Washington Post,"
"Los Angeles Times," "Chicago Tribune," and "New York Times." Dr. Zenko
writes the blog Politics, Power, and Preventive Action, which covers
U.S. national security policy, international security, and conflict
prevention.
If you’re interested, please RSVP to
sweinberger@pugetsound.edu ASAP.
Also, there are some recommended readings to prepare you for the call:
1) "Transparency and Accountability," New York Times, November 14, 2012.
2) "A Period of Persistent Conflict," Foreign Policy, November 6, 2012.
3) "Drone, Sweet Drone," Foreign Policy, June 21, 2012.
4) "Where the Drones Are," Foreign Policy, May 29, 2012.
5) Politics, Power, and Preventive Action, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations.
Hope to see you there…
Seth Weinberger
