Statecraft Series with the Miller Center
THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS: A SECRET HISTORY OF THE WAR
Thursday, October 21, 2021
11:00am - 12:00pm Webinar
Publications
Alliance Participation, Treaty Depth, and Military Spending
What's the link between alliance participation and military spending? Lab post-doc Josh Alley takes a deep dive explaining how treaty depth impacts spending. Image from shutterstock.
The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War
Drawing extensively from the Miller Center's presidential oral histories, Craig Whitlock's new book, "The Afghanistan Papers," tells the story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan. The author discusses the book with Miller Center senior fellow Spencer Bakich, an expert in U.S. national security policy.
Q&A: Long-term foreign policy effects of a chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan
Lab faculty Todd Sechser (director), Dale Copeland and John Owen tackle the geopolitical concerns of the situation in Afghanistan.
Why Physical Barriers Backfire: How Immigration Enforcement Deters Return and Increases Asylum Applications
Post Doctoral Research Associate Justin Schon and Lab Faculty David Leblang publish new article. Image via shutterstock.
Can a New Iran Nuclear Deal be Made?
Lab Director Todd Sechser shares his expertise with Les Sinclair at Newsradio WINA.
Nuclear Threats and International Security
View lab director Todd Sechser's recorded talk on Addressing Nuclear Weapons and International Threats for the UVA Club of Richmond.
Modern Authoritarianism and New Challenges to Democracy
View Event - Join the Democratic Statecraft Lab and the Miller Center's scholarly panel to explore what modern authoritarian regimes look like and the threats they pose to progress on democratization. Panelists will reflect on key findings from their recently published books and discuss the policy implications of their theories.
Speakers
Anne Meng
Constitutional Crises at Home and Abroad
View Event Recording - Join the Democratic Statecraft Lab and the Miller Center's panel of experts on law, international affairs, and political science analyze constitutional crises in the United States, comparing them to the experiences of other countries. The scholars will tackle important questions: What is a constitutional crisis? Has the United States experienced one recently? What are the triggers or warning signs of a constitutional crisis?
Climate, violence, and Honduran migration to the United States
Research by lab faculty David Leblang and his partner at Duke University, Sarah Bermeo. Image: Santo Domingo Ingenio, Oaxaca/Mexico - Nov. 8, 2018: Honduran women and children fleeing poverty and gang violence in the second caravan to the U.S. look out of a dump truck going to their next stop. Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com
Pages
Putin is discovering that overwhelming military power can be a curse
Washington Post
Lab director Todd Sechser: As Stalin learned in Finland, small countries can inflict serious damange on invading superpowers. Image from shutterstock.
How Worried Should We Be About Russia Using Nuclear Weapons?
UVA Today
Lab Director Todd Sechser on the escalating threat from Russia.
Russia Invades Ukraine. What Does it Mean?
UVA Today
Lab Director Todd Sechser on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine.
Made by History - The long-ago invasion that offers clues as to Vladimir Putin’s thinking on Ukraine
Washington Post
Article by By John Owen, Statecraft Lab faculty member. Image by Shutterstock.
New Book: Emerging Technologies and International Stability
Routledge
A new book has been released exploring the role of technology in international politics. Edited by Lab Director Todd Sechser along with Neil Narang and Caitlin Talmadge.
Budget Breaker? The Financial Cost of US Military Alliances
Security Studies
New article from the Statecraft Lab's Josh Alley, with Matthew Fuhrmann. Image from Shutterstock.