On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I
invite you to participate in the final call of the Fall 2014 CFR Academic
Conference Call series on Thursday, December 4, from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM in WY
326. Micah Zenko, CFR's Douglas Dillon fellow in the Center for Preventive
Action, and Sarah E. Kreps, associate professor of government at Cornell
University, will discuss the increased tactical use of unmanned aerial systems
and the ramifications for U.S. foreign 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.
Dr. Kreps is codirector of the Cornell Law School
International Law-International Relations Colloquium, and an affiliate of the
Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies' Foreign Policy initiative. Her
research focuses on issues of international security, particularly questions of
conflict and cooperation, alliance politics, political economy, and nuclear
proliferation. Her work has been featured in a series of media outlets
including the "Washington Post," "International Herald
Tribune," "New York Times," "Christian Science
Monitor," "USA Today," CNBC, and Reuters TV. Dr. Kreps teaches
courses on international law, weapons proliferation, peace and conflict
studies, and international relations theory.
As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the
following materials:
1) Sarah E. Kreps and Micah Zenko, "Limiting Armed
Drone Proliferation," Council Special Report No. 69, Council on Foreign
Relations Press, June 2014.
2) Sarah E. Kreps, "Drone Proliferation: What We Have
to Fear," The Hill, June 25, 2014.
3) Sarah E. Kreps and Micah Zenko, "The Next Drone
Wars: Preparing for Proliferation," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2014.
4) Jonathan Masters, "Targeted Killings,"
Backgrounder, CFR.org, May 23, 2013.
5) Micah Zenko, "Politics, Power, and Preventive
Action," Blog, Council on Foreign Relations.
If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to Professor
Seth Weinberger at sweinberger@pugetsound.edu.
Hope to see you there!
Seth Weinberger
