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The following list represents all of the e-seminars available in International Affairs. Using the search box to the left, narrow your results by searching for resources developed by a specific professor.
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| | Covering Terrorism—E-Seminar 2, How the Media and Terrorism Shape Public Understanding
| | Brigitte L. Nacos |
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In this second e-seminar in her two-part series, political science professor Brigitte Nacos examines how the tangled relationship between terrorists and the media has helped to create today's more lethal form of terrorism. Using recent examples of terrorism such as the Oklahoma City bombing, Professor Nacos raises questions about defining terrorists and terrorism, the influence of the end of the Cold War on international terrorism, media responsibility for terrorist acts, and other related topics. Enter.
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| | Tiananmen: June 1989 and Its Significance—E-Seminar 1, The Roots of Crisis
| | Andrew Nathan |
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From one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese politics and human rights, this seminar is a look at the most important event in the movement toward democracy in China—this time, explained from the point of view of the government itself. This examination, based in part on a new understanding offered by the publication of hundreds of previously secret memos, minutes of meetings, and other internal documents, sheds light on the perspective rarely considered when discussing the events of June 1989 in China. Enter.
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| | Tiananmen: June 1989 and Its Significance—E-Seminar 2, Chinese Democracy and Its Future
| | Andrew Nathan |
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Professor Nathan, one of the leading scholars of modern Chinese politics and human rights, traces the history of democracy in China in Chinese Democracy and Its Future, the second e-seminar of Tiananmen: June 1989 and Its Significance. Professor Nathan analyzes the differences between Western and Chinese conceptions of democracy. He also investigates the history of constitutions in China, and the role that constitutions play in Chinese politics. Enter.
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| | Tiananmen: June 1989 and Its Significance—E-Seminar 3, Behind Red Walls: Changing Politics in China
| | Andrew Nathan |
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This third and final seminar in the series examines what the Tiananmen Papers reveal about the workings of the Chinese political system. Professor Andrew J. Nathan discusses the process of internal documentation in the Chinese government and details its attempt to control any damage that might be caused by the publication of these highly classified documents. In the process, he looks at the question of political succession in China and considers the future of political reform and what form democracy in China might take if it is achieved there. Enter.
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| | A Political History of Pakistan
| | Philip Oldenburg |
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Professor Oldenburg, a leading scholar of South Asian culture and history, unravels the story of Pakistan, delving into the tumultuous past of this Muslim nation. Carefully examining its struggle to establish a national identity throughout the half-century of its existence, he narrates Pakistan's history from the viewpoint of its Muslim majority population while also explaining the perspectives of those nations with whom Pakistan has been at war. Enter.
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| | Oil in the Arab-Persian Gulf
| | Jean-Francois Seznec |
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In his e-seminar Oil in the Arab-Persian Gulf, Jean-Francois Seznec, Professor at Columbia's School of International and Public Affairs, examines the intricacies of the oil trade in the Arab-Persian Gulf and its global impact. In the course of looking at the interplay of oil and politics in the Gulf region as well as in Europe, Professor Seznec discusses new technologies being used to find and harvest oil, and goes on to consider the political fallout from the use of some of those technologies. Enter.
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| | Iran—E-Seminar 1, Islam, Revolution, and the Modern State
| | Gary Sick |
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The first in a three-part series on Iran, this e-seminar explores the fundamental question of how Iran can create a new form of Islam that will respond to the realities of the modern world. Gary Sick, adjunct professor of international affairs and acting director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, introduces us to the modern Iranian state. Enter.
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| | Iran—E-Seminar 2, U.S. Policy in the Persian Gulf
| | Gary Sick |
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In the second e-seminar of his three-part series on Iran, Gary Sick, adjunct professor of international affairs and acting director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, traces the path of revolution, wars, political crises, and missed opportunities in the Persian Gulf that has led the United States from twin pillars to dual containment and beyond. By exploring the evolution of U.S. security policy in the Gulf, Professor Sick sheds light on America's policies in the region today and offers insights into possible future directions. Enter.
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| | Iran—E-Seminar 3, Revolution, U.S. Policy, and Cold War Politics
| | Gary Sick |
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In the final e-seminar of his three-part series on Iran, Gary Sick, adjunct professor of international affairs and acting director of the Middle East Institute of Columbia University, focuses on the Iranian revolution of 1979. A member of the U.S. National Security Council during the Carter administration, Professor Sick offers a firsthand account of how U.S. political leaders perceived and reacted to the events leading up to the revolution. Enter.
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| | Israeli and Palestinian Nationalism—E-Seminar 1, Debates over Partition
| | Naomi Weinberger |
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This e-seminar series looks at the history of Israeli and Palestinian nationalism and the resulting conflicts that have arisen in the region. In this first e-seminar of the series, Professor Weinberger discusses the legacy of the Palestinian mandate, the evolution of Zionist ideology and Palestinian nationalism, and contemporary debates among Palestinian factions and Israeli political parties. She examines the major interstate wars (1948, 1956, 1967, and 1973) and peacemaking efforts. Enter.
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