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… and value systems can serve as the foundation for a common identity, based on a shared concept of citizenship, … Science, World Politics, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. With Michael Doyle, he … and Penn.  Topics of current interest are the effects of external intervention on peace-building after ethnic war; the …

… great other, Muslims, represented a different kind of threat. Unlike Jews, Muslims ruled states on the European … Spain and the Balkans—and across the Mediterranean. With external political backers, Europe’s internal Muslims stood … hajj to Mecca and Medina will be a global super-spreader event of immense proportions. Religions thrive on social …

… Bashkin discussed notions of Iraqi nationalism and Jewish identity. She began by discussing the stereotypes and … emerged as a state in which some minorities felt that the national project could somehow protect them in some ways and … her presentation with a question pondering, “whether the threat of ISIS can actually generate some shared front, or as …

… of the region and the second delving into the Indonesian case specifically. In the first panel, Jeanny Dhewayani and … that can simultaneously intensify and limit conflict as external narratives of existential threat filtered into Indonesian public circulation. In …

… each other’s respective countries (and, in the later case, against Japan). The language that both leaders have chosen to employ seems to signal an “intent to destroy” specific national groups, and are thus tantamount to threatening …

… panel entitled Bordering China, Bordering Reform . The event was organized by Yale Assistant Professor of History Y. … a gamble for a different life: “The border was sometimes a threat, but almost always an opportunity.” Bordering China, … all pointed out the ways in which the region shaped local, national and global economies via the capital and individual …

… Brazil, and Egypt. Topics include colonial legacies, identity politics, social movements, and social and human … In this course, we will investigate the incentives of national governments to build capacity to reduce the risk of, … for departmental seminars for the following term using the online seminar preregistration site. Preregistration begins …