Agenda last updated 6/5/2009. |
Saturday, June 27 |
8:00–8:30 a.m. |
Breakfast at the Weaver Center |
8:30–10:30 a.m. |
Session 1: Terrorism |
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Chair: Barbara Walter, UC San Diego |
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Discussant: Daniele Paserman, Boston University |
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Speakers: |
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Victor Asal, University of Albany: The Best of Friends: Why Terrorists Ally and What Is the Impact |
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Esteban Klor, Hebrew University: Does Terrorism Work? |
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Jake Shapiro, Princeton University |
10:45 a.m.–12:45 p.m. |
Session 2: Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism |
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Chair: David Laitin, Stanford University |
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Discussant: Col Jeffery Peterson, USMA West Point |
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Speakers: |
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Claude Berrebi, The RAND Corporation: Counter-Suicide Terrorism: Evidence from House Demolitions |
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Joe Felter, Hoover Institution |
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Oeindrila Dube, Harvard University: Bases, Bullets and Ballots: the Impact of U.S. Military Aid on Political Conflict in Colombia |
12:45–2:00 p.m. |
Lunch at the Weaver Center |
2:00–5:00 p.m. |
Free time |
5:00–7:00 p.m. |
Dinner at the Weaver Center |
7:00–9:00 p.m. |
Session 3: Governance and Violence |
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Chair: David Lake, UC San Diego |
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Discussant: Jason Lyall, Princeton University |
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Speakers: |
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Deborah Avant, UC Irvine: The Security Choices of Transnational Organizations |
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Eric Chaney, Harvard University |
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Christoph Zuercher, University of Ottawa: Aid, Mind and Hearts: The Impact of Aid in Conflict Zones |
Sunday, June 28 |
8:30–9:00 a.m. |
Breakfast at the Weaver Center |
9:00–10:30 a.m. |
Panel A: The Way Forward—What We Know and What We Don’t Know |
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David Laitin, Stanford University |
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Maj. Pat Buckley, CENTCOM |
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Tjip Walker, USAID |
10:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
Panel B: The Way Forward—Research Perspective |
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David Lake, UC San Diego |
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Joe Felter, Hoover Institution |
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Eli Berman, UC San Diego |
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Fred Krawchuk, SOCOM |
12:15 p.m. |
Optional lunch at the Weaver Center
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