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Is Nation-building Good or Bad? A Debate at IWP by The Institute of World Politics

Is Nation-building Good or Bad? A Debate at IWP by The Institute of World Politics

Professor Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University, spoke at The Institute of World Politics on the growing great-power rivalry in the Pacific.

Dr. Aaron Friedberg is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. He first joined the Princeton faculty in 1987, and was Director of Princeton's Research Program in International Security at the Woodrow Wilson School from 1992-2003, as well as Acting Director and then Director of the Center of International Studies at Princeton in 2000-2001 and 2002-2003. From June 2003 to June 2005 he served as a Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the Office of the Vice President. In November 2006 he was named to the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. He is a former fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Harvard University's Center of International Affairs. Dr. Friedberg is the author of two books, The Weary Titan, 1895-1905: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline (Princeton University Press, 1988) and In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy (Princeton University Press, 2000). His areas of interest include international relations, international security in East Asia, foreign policy, and defense policy. He earned his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Professor Aaron Friedberg of Princeton University, spoke at The Institute of World Politics on the growing great-power rivalry in the Pacific.

Dr. Aaron Friedberg is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. He first joined the Princeton faculty in 1987, and was Director of Princeton's Research Program in International Security at the Woodrow Wilson School from 1992-2003, as well as Acting Director and then Director of the Center of International Studies at Princeton in 2000-2001 and 2002-2003. From June 2003 to June 2005 he served as a Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs in the Office of the Vice President. In November 2006 he was named to the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion. He is a former fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Norwegian Nobel Institute, and Harvard University's Center of International Affairs. Dr. Friedberg is the author of two books, The Weary Titan, 1895-1905: Britain and the Experience of Relative Decline (Princeton University Press, 1988) and In the Shadow of the Garrison State: America's Anti-Statism and Its Cold War Grand Strategy (Princeton University Press, 2000). His areas of interest include international relations, international security in East Asia, foreign policy, and defense policy. He earned his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Lieutenant General Legere spoke at The Institute of World Politics on leadership lessons learned in 34 years in the Army.

For the past four years, LTG Legere was the senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff for all aspects of Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Security, and responsible for the training, equipping, policy and oversight of the Army Intelligence Corps' 58,000 Soldiers and civilians. LTG Legere served for more than 30 years in positions of leadership and intelligence and has commanded at all levels to include the Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, which is responsible for directing and orchestrating intelligence globally. She also served as the senior U.S. Intelligence Officer for the United States Forces Korea and for Multi-National Force-Iraq, and has participated in Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Lieutenant General Legere spoke at The Institute of World Politics on leadership lessons learned in 34 years in the Army.

For the past four years, LTG Legere was the senior advisor to the Secretary of the Army and Army Chief of Staff for all aspects of Intelligence, Counterintelligence and Security, and responsible for the training, equipping, policy and oversight of the Army Intelligence Corps' 58,000 Soldiers and civilians. LTG Legere served for more than 30 years in positions of leadership and intelligence and has commanded at all levels to include the Commanding General, U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, which is responsible for directing and orchestrating intelligence globally. She also served as the senior U.S. Intelligence Officer for the United States Forces Korea and for Multi-National Force-Iraq, and has participated in Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

During LTG Soyter's tenure as the Commanding General of INSCOM and as DIA Director, a burst of high impact events occurred across the world in a short time: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama, the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tiananmen Square, and Desert Storm. This faster pace seems similar to what we have seen across the world since about 2014.​ In this lecture, LTG Soyster spoke on the role of strategic intelligence during these times of accelerated global change.

During LTG Soyter's tenure as the Commanding General of INSCOM and as DIA Director, a burst of high impact events occurred across the world in a short time: Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the invasion of Panama, the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tiananmen Square, and Desert Storm. This faster pace seems similar to what we have seen across the world since about 2014.​ In this lecture, LTG Soyster spoke on the role of strategic intelligence during these times of accelerated global change.

This event included a brief overview of the region's conflict history but mostly focused on the most recent outbreak of violence, the geopolitical ramifications, and the lessons to be learned from it. The panelists were Vilen Khlgatyan, Founder and President of Global Research Center, Robert Avetisyan, the Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic to the United States since 2009, and Peter Debbins, who works as an instructor for CACI on emerging trends in Eurasia.

On April 1st, the Azerbaijani military launched a surprise assault against the forces of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). Conflicting reports have listed dozens of deaths and civilian casualties on both sides, as well as the loss of military hardware along the line of contact separating the two sides. The conflict over Artsakh has its roots in the last years of the USSR, when ethnic Armenians petitioned Moscow to be reunited with Armenia proper. Baku's anger at the petition and subsequent pogroms against ethnic Armenians living in other parts of Soviet Azerbaijan led to a full scale war between the Armenians of Artsakh and the newly independent Azerbaijan once the USSR collapsed in 1991. Fighting lasted until 1994 when a ceasefire was signed. Since then a lasting peace has been elusive, with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair states (France, Russia, USA) working to push both sides toward a settlement.

This event included a brief overview of the region's conflict history but mostly focused on the most recent outbreak of violence, the geopolitical ramifications, and the lessons to be learned from it. The panelists were Vilen Khlgatyan, Founder and President of Global Research Center, Robert Avetisyan, the Permanent Representative of the Nagorno Karabagh Republic to the United States since 2009, and Peter Debbins, who works as an instructor for CACI on emerging trends in Eurasia.

On April 1st, the Azerbaijani military launched a surprise assault against the forces of the Artsakh Republic (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). Conflicting reports have listed dozens of deaths and civilian casualties on both sides, as well as the loss of military hardware along the line of contact separating the two sides. The conflict over Artsakh has its roots in the last years of the USSR, when ethnic Armenians petitioned Moscow to be reunited with Armenia proper. Baku's anger at the petition and subsequent pogroms against ethnic Armenians living in other parts of Soviet Azerbaijan led to a full scale war between the Armenians of Artsakh and the newly independent Azerbaijan once the USSR collapsed in 1991. Fighting lasted until 1994 when a ceasefire was signed. Since then a lasting peace has been elusive, with the OSCE Minsk Group Co-chair states (France, Russia, USA) working to push both sides toward a settlement.