Master List of School of International Relations Events. Spring Semester 2017 (Revised 8 February) February

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1 Master List of School of International Relations Events Spring Semester 2017 (Revised 8 February) February Wednesday, 1 February, 1-2:30pm Morality in Foreign Policy: Widening the Lessons from a Seemingly Lost Time and Country Rick Fawn, University of St. Andrews Discussant: Tony Lang, University of St. Andrews Thursday, 2 February, 7-8pm Institute for the Study of War and Strategy Resurgent Russia: the challenges and implications for the United Kingdom and her allies Sir. Michael Fallon, Minister of Defence Chair: Sir. Hew Strachan, University of St. Andrews Location: Buchanan Lecture Theatre Monday, 6 February, 5 pm Tangled Up in Rose? What Georgia Tells Us About NATO and Entrapment Alexander Lanoszka, City, University of London Tuesday, 7 February, pm Centre for Global Constitutionalism Resisting the International Criminal Court: Analysing African Anti-impunity Antipreneurialism Kurt Mills, University of Glasgow Location: School III Wednesday, 8 February, 1-2:30pm Tradition and Hermeneutics: A Bonaldian Appraisal of the Straussian Problematic of Political Philosophy François Sarah-Chatton Discussant: Ruairidh Brown Location : Seminar 2 1

2 Monday, 13 February, 4pm Child Labour in India (book launch) Catarina Kinnvall, Lund University Monday 13 February, 5pm James Kilner, editor, The Conway Bulletin Location: TBC Tuesday 14 February, 4pm Ambassador Roy Reeve Chair: Rick Fawn, University of St. Andrews Location: Seminar Rm 1 Wednesday, 15 February, 1-2:30pm Does the Prospect of International Recognition Influence Support for Secession? A Survey Experiment in Catalonia and Scotland Diego Muro Discussant: Nick Brooke Wednesday, 15 February, 5-6:30pm Jerusalem A Neo-Apartheid City? Haim Yacobi, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel Monday, 20 February, 5pm Humanitarian Security in conflict contexts - some ground-truthing. David Horobin, International Committee of the Red Cross Wednesday 22 February, 2-6 pm Roundtable: Threats to Stability in Wider Europe In partnership with the European Neighbourhood Council (ENC), and co-sponsored by the Marie Curie CASPIAN Network Keynote: How the EU is handling threats to stability in wider Europe? Boris Iarochevitch, Head of Division, Eastern Partnership, Regional Cooperation and OSCE EEAS Samuel Doveri Vesterbye and Andreas Marazis, European Neighbourhood Council 2

3 Prof. Rick Fawn, Jason Bruder, Shair Dzhuraev, Karolina Kluczewska, Nina Lutterjohann, St Andrews Friday, 24 February, 5-6:30 pm The Case for Aid Sir Desmond Swayne, MP Former UK Minister for International Development Location: Parliament Hall Wednesday, 1 March, 1-2:30pm Conceptualizing State Counterterrorism Olivier Lewis Discussant: Kieran McConaghy Wednesday, 1 March, pm Centre for Global Constitutionalism Anarchism and Republicanism Ruth Kinna, Loughborough University Location: School I March Wednesday, 1 March, 5-6:30pm Revisiting the Decline of Violence Thesis in 2017: Is the New Paradigm for Peace in Peril? Caron Gentry, University of St Andrews Thursday, 2 March, 4pm Dr Reem Abou-El-Fadl, School of Oriental and African Studies Chair: Prof. Ray Hinnebusch Location: Sem Room 6, Arts Building Monday, 6 March, 5pm Coups and Authoritarian Regime Survival Jun Koga Sudduth, University of Strathclyde Tuesday, 7 March, 4pm Laurence Broers, Chatham House, co-editor, Caucasus Survey Chair: Rick Fawn Location: Sem Room 1, Arts Building 3

4 Wednesday, 8 March, 1-2:30pm How and Why Moldovan Artists Become Politically Engaged Giovanna Di Mauro Discussant: Jeffrey Murer Thursday, 9 March, 5pm Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) Adrian Guelke Public Lecture, Title to be confirmed Location: to be confirmed Friday, 17 March, pm Institute for the Study of War and Strategy The Big Stick: the Limits of Soft Power and the Necessity of Military Force Eliot A Cohen: Location: Arts Seminar room 1 Wednesday, 29 March, 1-2:30pm Re-Examining Syria s Foreign Policy and Political Economy, : A Complex Omnibalancing Approach Ferdinand Arslanian Discussant: Francesco Belcastro April Wednesday, 5 April, 1-2:30pm Challenging Constructions of Sectarianism and Social Conflict in Northern Ireland: The Impact of the Corrymeela Community Kirsty Campbell Discussant: Amanda Hall Wednesday, 5 April, 5-6:30pm Centre for Global Constitutionalism Brazil and International Conflict Mediation: Can this Rising Power Innovate? Adriana Erthal Abdenur Igarape Institute and Brazilian National Council for Technological and Scientific Development Location: School I Thursday, 6 April, 5pm Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) "With the Permission of God": Religion and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century 4

5 Paul Wilkinson Lecture Richard English Location: School VI, St Salvator s Quad Tuesday, 11 April Governance and Islamism in North-Syria: The Impact of Daesh Teije Hidde Donker Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway. Chair: Prof. Ray Hinnebusch Wednesday, 12 April, 1-2:30pm Urban Extravaganza in Astana and Doha: An Analysis of Urban Space as a Projection Surface of Authoritarian Legitimation Kristin Eggeling Discussant: Filippo Buranelli Monday, 17 April, 5pm Peace and the Politics of Memory Annika Björkdahl, University of Lund Wednesday, 19 April, 1-2:30pm The EU and the Arctic Council Helga Haflidadottir Discussant: Adam Bower Wednesday, 19 April, 5-6:30 Victims, Imagined Communities and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland Cheryl Lawther, Queens University, Belfast Friday, 21 April, Time TBC The Rector s Speakers Series in Collaboration with the School of International Relations Sir. Julian King European Commissioner for the Security of the Union Location TBS Friday, 21 April, 10 am to 5:30 pm 5th Annual St Andrews Graduate Conference in International Political Theory Rethinking the Politics of Freedom Keynote address by Birgit Schippers, St Mary's University College Belfast (6pm in School III in St Salvator's Quad) (School III for keynote address) 5

6 Tuesday, 25 April, 5pm School of International Relations Distinguished Scholar Lecture, Professor Cynthia Enloe Location: School 2 Wednesday, 26 April, 1-2:30pm What Would Abigail Say? The Feminist Voice in International Constitutional Law Jenna Sapiano Discussant: Caron Gentry May Wednesday, 3 May, Time TBC Time, Materiality, and Embodiment among the Ruins in Palestine-Israel Luisa Gandolfo, University of Aberdeen Location: TBC Monday, 29 May 5:00PM School of International Relations Mark Inbar Lecture Professor Alex Bellamy Location: School 2 6