This week, we will have a presentation on Wednesday. YOU
SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY BEFORE THE CLASS.
CHUNYAN LIU
·US Think Tanks and the Politics of Expertise:
Role, Value and Impact Mahmood Ahmad.
·A Challenge to Washington Think Tanks Murray
Weidenbaum.
SIRINDA OSIRI
·CFR,
Brookings and the Neoconservative Advocacy Think Tanks (Kubilay Yado Arin)
·Elite
Theory (Kubilay Yado Arin)
LING LI
·British think tanks: advancing the intellectual
debate? Philippa Sherrington.
·Players Beyond Borders? German Think Tanks as
Catalysts of Internationalisation. Martin Thunert.
YUN XIA
·Think Tanks and Their Impact. Robert O'neill.
·The United Nations I: law and
administration (Ian Hurd)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring RECENT
newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with EUROPEAN THINK-TANKS. Other subjects will not be accepted.
PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE CLASS!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not
hesitate to contact me.
An Introduction to Global Studies
By Patricia J. Campbell, Aran MacKinnon, Christy R. Stevens
Willey - ISBN: 978-1-405-18736-7 Mar 2010
Taking an interdisciplinary approach, An Introduction to Global Studies presents readers with a solid introduction to the complex, interconnected forces and issues confronting today's globalized world.
Introduces readers to major theories, key terms, concepts, and notable theorists
Equips readers with the basic knowledge and conceptual tools necessary for thinking critically about the complex issues facing the global community
Includes a variety of supplemental features to facilitate learning and enhance readers' understanding of the material https://www.wiley.com/en-us/An+Introduction+to+Global+Studies-p-9781405187367
International Studies An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Issues
By Sheldon Anderson, Mark Allen Peterson, and Stanley W. Toops
Fourth Edition • July 25, 2017
This core text is the first to provide a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to international studies. Emphasizing the interconnected nature of history, geography, anthropology, economics, and political science, International Studies details the methodologies and subject matter of each discipline then applies these discipline lenses to seven regions: Europe; East Asia and the Pacific; South and Central Asia; sub-Saharan Africa; the Middle East and North Africa; Latin America; and North America. This disciplinary and regional combination provides an indispensable, cohesive framework for understanding global issues. The fully updated fourth edition includes four new global issues chapters: The Refugee Crisis in Europe; The Syrian Civil War and the Rise of the Islamic State; Global Climate Change; and The Globalization of Modern Sports. https://westviewpress.com/books/international-studies/
Introduction to International Studies
Edited
By Brian Orend
Oxford University Press - 30 September 2012
International studies is an interdisciplinary field that is rapidly
gaining in popularity. Drawing from many well-established disciplines
such as political science, geography, sociology, and economics, it
examines and evaluates the many issues that affect the global
population. Introduction to International Studies offers a
concise introduction to the fields of international studies and
international development, as well as many of the major topical issues
of interest to students. It might be assumed that the author of a book
on international studies would focus exclusively on governance,
economics, conflict resolution, and war, but Orend has been careful to
expand his coverage to include such topics as trade, culture, health,
and human rights.
Theoretical concepts act as the foundation for
understanding the real-life examples presented in the form of case
studies from various disciplines. Students will learn to apply theory to
the quickly changing global world and will finish this text ready to
take on more advanced training in international studies.courses.https://global.oup.com/academic/product/introduction-to-international-studies-9780195439380?cc=us&lang=en&
The Global Studies Reader
Second Edition Edited
by Manfred B. Steger
Oxford University Press - 2014
Ideal for undergraduate courses, The Global Studies Reader, Second Edition, is an engaging, accessible introduction that helps students better understand what constitutes the interdisciplinary field of Global Studies. The premier scholar of globalization studies, Manfred B. Steger, brings together twenty of the "greatest hits" of the field since it emerged in the 1980s, carefully selecting and editing these influential pieces out of a vast repertoire of writing. Manageable in length and price, this "Top 20" collection shows how globalization has evolved and how it serves as a backdrop to the current global economic crisis. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-global-studies-reader-9780199338467?cc=us&lang=en&#
Center f or Think Tank Studies Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences May 2017
The Center fo r Think Tank Studies (CTTS), founded in 2009, is the first academic institution specializing in think tank research based in China. The Center aims to examine new trends in today’s academia that affect the development of think tanks, as well as facilitate continued growth of think tanks emerging in China and other developing states. CCTS strives to promote international cooperation between domestic and international think tanks, create new research platforms, and produce new - type think tanks with distinctly Chinese characteristics.
Since 2011, CTTS has collaborated with Dr. James G. McGann, Senior Lecturer and Director of the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program at the University of Pennsylvania . Members of CTTS are frequently invited to serve as experts and participate in the Global Go to Think Tank Index appraisal undertaken by Professor McGann. Since 2013, CTTS has developed special evaluation crite ria and methods for Chinese think tanks referencing the research method specified in the “Think Tank and Civil Society Program (TTCSP)”, overseen by Professor McGann. On January 22, 2014, CTTS initiated the Annual Report on Chinese Think Tanks, and was the first to publish rankings of Chinese think tanks, which attracted widespread attention domestically and abroad.
In order to adapt to a new academic environment and meet requirements for the construction of “Top China Think Tanks”, with full consideration of the practices and explorations of SASS think tank research in recent years, CTTS will focus on cutting - edge, forward - looking, and strategically significant issues. By organizing II the “New Think Tank Forum” and compiling the Special Report on New Think T anks and Dynamics of Key Domestic and Foreign Think Tanks , CTTS fully recognizes the decision - making influence of SASS as a “Top China Think Tank”. CTTS organizes and participates in various forms of think tank exchange, and facilitates cooperation and dia logue among domestic and foreign think tanks. CTTS will also unveil a series of consecutive, original, and influential think tank research findings.
This week, we will have a presentation on
Wednesday. YOU SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY
BEFORE THE CLASS.
ARON ANDEMICHAEL
Theoretical Explanations for the Political
Influence of Think Tanks (Kubilay Yado Arin)
Fragmentation of the Political System and
Veto Players (Kubilay Yado Arin)
CHUNYAN LIU
US Think Tanks and the Politics of
Expertise: Role, Value and Impact Mahmood Ahmad.
A Challenge to Washington Think Tanks
Murray Weidenbaum.
SIRINDA OSIRI
CFR, Brookings and the Neoconservative
Advocacy Think Tanks (Kubilay Yado Arin)
Elite Theory (Kubilay Yado Arin)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring
RECENT newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with Think-Tanks in CHINA. Other subjects will not be accepted.
PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE CLASS!
You will also find the updated class
presentation schedule and grades attached.
If you have any questions or concerns, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
This week, we will have a presentation on
Wednesday. YOU SHOULD PREPARE POWER POINTS and EMAIL IT TO ME A DAY
BEFORE THE CLASS.
ARON ANDEMICHAEL
Theoretical Explanations for the Political
Influence of Think Tanks (Kubilay Yado Arin)
Fragmentation of the Political System and
Veto Players (Kubilay Yado Arin)
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring
RECENT newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with Think-Tanks in Europe. Other subjects will not be accepted.
PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE CLASS!
You can also bring your last week articles,
on Think-Tanks in the US.
You will also find class presentation
schedule attached.
If you have any questions or concerns, please
do not hesitate to contact me.
Artificial Intelligence and National Security
Greg Allen Taniel Chan Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School | July 2017
Project Overview
Partially autonomous and intelligent systems have been used in
military technology since at least the Second World War, but advances in
machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) represent a turning
point in the use of automation in warfare. Though the United States
military and intelligence communities are planning for expanded use of
AI across their portfolios, many of the most transformative applications
of AI have not yet been addressed.
In this piece, we propose
three goals for developing future policy on AI and national security:
preserving U.S. technological leadership, supporting peaceful and
commercial use, and mitigating catastrophic risk. By looking at four
prior cases of transformative military technology—nuclear, aerospace,
cyber, and biotech—we develop lessons learned and recommendations for
national security policy toward AI. https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/artificial-intelligence-and-national-security
Artificial Intelligence and the Military
Robert W. Button RAND - September 7, 2017
The Department of Defense (DoD) is increasingly interested in Artificial Intelligence (AI). During a recent trip to Amazon, Google, and other Silicon Valley companies, Secretary of Defense James Mattis remarked that AI has “got to be better integrated by the DoD.” What do we mean by the term AI? In particular, what does “deep learning” mean? What are the advantages, disadvantages, and risks of using AI? What are potential additional military applications for AI? What Is AI? AI is poorly understood in part because its definition is constantly evolving. As computers master additional tasks previously thought only possible by humans, the bar for what is considered “intelligent” rises higher. Recently, one of the most productive areas in the field of AI has been in technologies that can train software to learn and think on its own. This area is moving swiftly and appears to be accelerating. Simultaneously, “old school” AI using rule-based approaches are being abandoned. In the next decades, AI systems that can be trained, learn, and think independently will likely dominate the field of AI. This brings us to deep learning, a field that has made tremendous strides in recent years and generated considerable excitement. https://www.rand.org/blog/2017/09/artificial-intelligence-and-the-military.html
Artificial Intelligence and International Politics
Valerie M. Hudson
For over a decade researchers in international relations have sought
ways to combine the rigor of quantitative techniques with the richness
of qualitative data. Many have discovered that artificial intelligence
computer models allow them to do just that. This is an overview of their
research. https://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-International-Politics-Valerie/dp/0813309379
Political Science in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Ronny Patz
Political science, probably like many other social sciences, seems stuck in an age that many of our students have never lived, and will never live. Our students live in an age of Artificial Intelligence
(AI) and of problems that are far beyond local borders in a world dominated by thinking within borders. In this age, it is time to work together on a global scale and to develop the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for political science. This political science LHC would build on the recent developments in machine learning, deep learning, neural networks, and bring together thousands of political scientists and academics from other disciplines to start understanding political dynamics at a planetary scale. I use the “LHC” as metaphor for an endeavour where large-scale collaboration of people of diverse backgrounds, use of new technologies, and fast and open science come together with one purpose: to understand and provide ideas for a world that is evolving so fast that our local political systems and global institutions cannot follow suit unless political science evolves at the speed of society and technology. http://polscieu.ideasoneurope.eu/2017/02/22/political-science-age-artificial-intelligence-global-institutions/
Artificial Intelligence: Applications and Implications for International Security
Discussions about the future of artificial intelligence (AI), whether philosophical or popular, tend to view artificial intelligence as distinct from, and a potential threat to, human intelligence. But the potential applications for AI in assisting the human decision-making process on international financial, political and military issues have gone underexamined. These issues are often discussed in highly technical terms, the substance of which is inaccessible to non-expert communities, including business leaders, policy-makers and the majority of the public. This event, jointly hosted by the US Project and the International Security Department, will allow researchers and policy-makers to explore areas of common concern as these technologies become increasingly integrated into decision-making structures. https://www.chathamhouse.org/event/artificial-intelligence-applications-and-implications-international-security
Artificial Intelligence and International Politics Gaming
By Charles L. Mitchell
Attempts to evaluate the international situation have for some time appreciated the potential of international politics games for improving perceptions of political reality. Usually in the past, international politics games resembled ordinary board games with persons representing various international entities contending as adversaries. In a few situations, international politics games were developed that involved substantial amounts of role-playing among the protagonists. Whether the international politics game situation was game board oriented or based on role-playing instructions and simulations, the technique encouraged developing one's imagination about the difficulties of the international entity being played. http://paperroom.ipsa.org/papers/paper_5420.pdf
Artificial Intelligence and Formal Models of International Behavior
Philip A. Schrodt The American Sociologist Vol. 19, No. 1 (Spring, 1988), pp. 71-85
During the past five years, models and techniques developed in artificial intelligence (AI) have been applied to a wide variety of topics in international relations (IR). These applications build on a theoretical base established at MIT during the 1970s, and the expansion of the applications reflects both changes in AI research and limitations of alternative models such as statistical modeling and rational choice approaches. Current applications in IR/AI tend to fall into three categories. First, there have been extensive applications of if-then rules in expert systems and simulations. Second, many models emphasize the role of historical precedent in IR decision making. Third, a variety of approaches employing natural language are under development. These AI techniques have extended considerably the range and complexity of formal models of international behavior. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27698411?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
Beyond a Human Framework of International Relations
Brett Daniel Shehadey Diplomaticourier - February 18, 2013
The Information Revolution is quickly transitioning into an Augmented Technological Revolution. The previous ways that humanity interfaces with the world are being replaced with revolutionary mobile platforms. This has profound implications for the international system over the next few decades. Both the way it will soon operate and the autonomy of advanced artificial intelligence will create new dimensions beyond strictly human interactions. Augmented Reality (AR) is presently extending the Information Age a step further. AR is defined as the real-time digital enhancement of reality. This is currently being accomplished through software applications using cell phones, digital goggles, GPS, video cameras, sensors, microphones, CPU, internet and digital voice assistance in real-time. One’s reality is instantly enhanced by literally adding a digital, or artificial, layer of reality. https://www.diplomaticourier.com/beyond-a-human-framework-of-international-relations/
Artificial Intelligence on the Front Lines
Thom Dixon Australian Institute of International Affairs - 03 Jan 2017
Autonomous technologies are rapidly advancing in multiple industries; from transport to manufacturing, artificial intelligence is gaining steam. Military AI, however, faces a unique set of challenges: the lethal capabilities of drones pose moral, ethical, and legal questions. How does the international community regulate the use of AI in conflicts? Lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS)—better known as killer robots—do not exist yet, but as the Open Letter from AI and Robotics Researchers points out, even their prospective existence is of great concern. But the concern about the new weapons systems may be misguided because it does not encompass the threat posed by the artificial intelligence (AI) programs behind their operation. International efforts to ban LAWS have been side-tracked by the concept of killer robots, when it is the intelligence of the robots that is the real issue. http://www.internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutlook/artificial-intelligence-on-the-front-lines/
Artificial Intelligence
CSIS
Artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of our lives, from the way we work to the way we shop and socialize. This technology has the potential to deliver incredible benefits to society, increasing efficiency, improving safety and quality of life, transforming health care, and delivering new capabilities that we cannot even imagine. How can we manage the risks, disruptions and fears of artificial intelligence to maximize its benefits to our economy and society? https://www.csis.org/programs/technology-policy-program/technology-and-innovation/artificial-intelligence
Artificial Intelligence (AI), a top priority for the ubiquitous American tech companies, for Industry 4.0 or digital China, is already reshaping global business, but this major scientific and technological disruption will also deeply impact the relations between powers. While narrow AI has moved from the labs to our daily lives, informed personalities like Stephen Hawking, Nick Bostrom, Bill Gates or Elon Musk have rightly raised concerns about the risks inherent to a strong AI capable of equaling or even surpassing human intelligence. Anticipating the emergence of an even more powerful and increasingly autonomous AI reinforced by quantum computing, these engaged voices are asking for a collective reflection upon what could constitute an external challenge to mankind, a technology which could dominate its creator. The recent win of the AlphaGo computer program over the Korean Go champion Lee Sedol was indeed a strong signal of the rapid development of machine learning at the intersection of computer science and neuroscience. However, a more immediate danger connected with the advancement of intelligent machines is an AI fracture enlarging what is already known as the digital divide. While AI’s algorithms and big data increase the productivity of a small segment of the global village, half of the world population still does not have access to internet. “Don’t be evil” can be Google’s slogan, but exponential technologies carry with them the risks of unprecedented inequalities. While AI’s social and political effects are often discussed the geopolitical implications of the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” have been surprisingly absent from the public debates. How AI could affect the Sino-Western relations and, more specifically, the Sino-American relations, the major determinant of today’s international order? For decades, nuclear weapons stood as the frightening symbols of the Cold War, will AI become the mark of a 21st century Sino-Western strategic antagonism?
This text provides a cutting edge analysis of the increasingly central role think tanks play in societies worldwide. Examining their control of global resources both in economic and political policy fields and their inroads into structures of power, it addresses key questions. How have think thanks reached these positions of power? Has the northern core produced neoliberal clones that have hydra-like colonised the globe? Who funds and controls these think tanks and for what purpose? How is policy making knowledge created? How are new policy ideas propagated and validated? How do think tanks become dominant sources of knowledge in public spheres including the media? Exploring the dynamics of think tank networks in specific regions and countries, this book considers the coalitions they generate to advance the social purpose they endorse and, in particular, the spaces they occupy in the structures and fields of power at the national, regional and global level.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Think Tank Networks in Mexico: How They Shape Public Policy and Dominant Discourses
Salas-Porras, Alejandra
The Australian Think Tank: A Key Site in a Global Distribution of Power?
Murray, Georgina
Power Without Representation: The Coherence and Closeness of the Trilateral Commission
Luna, Matilde (et al.)
The Bilderberg Conferences: A Transnational Informal Governance Network
Zieliński, Aleksander Miłosz
The Rise and Decline of the Business Roundtable?
Cronin, Bruce
Neoliberal Think Tank Networks in Latin America and Europe: Strategic Replication and Cross-National Organizing
Fischer, Karin (et al.)
Counter-hegemonic Projects and Cognitive Praxis in Transnational Alternative Policy Groups
Carroll, William K. (et al.)
From Research to Reality: Developing a Radical
Left Think Tank in New Zealand as Counter-Hegemonic Praxis in a
Previously Empty Space
Bradford, Sue
Why Establish Non-Representative Organizations? Rethinking the Role, Form and Target of Think Tanks
Think Tanks, International and Non-Governmental Organizations
Wednesday 17:00 – 20:30
103 Graduate School, East Campus
Dear
all,
Welcome to the Global and Regional Development:
Think-Tanks, International and Non-Governmental Organizations class. I am your instructor for this course. During the
semester, we will attempt to explore and understand the emergence, transformation
and the role of Think-Tanks,
International and Non-Governmental Organizations in a comparative perspective within the context of market
economy, democracy and globalization.
You will find the draft version of the course
syllabus at the following homepage:
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE PRESENTATION: Please bring
RECENT newspaper articles. Articles SHOULD BE related with Think-Tanks in
the US. Other subjects will not be accepted. PLEASE VERY BRIEFLY
SUMMARIZE YOUR ARTICLE IN THE CLASS!
I need a print copy (First page) of your article, and please include your full
name on it.
Based on unprecedented access to previously classified documents and
dozens of interviews with key policymakers, here is the untold story of
how George H. W. Bush faced a critical turning point of history—the end
of the Cold War.
The end of the Cold War was the greatest shock to international
affairs since World War II. In that perilous moment, Saddam Hussein
chose to invade Kuwait, China cracked down on its own pro-democracy
protesters, and regimes throughout Eastern Europe teetered between
democratic change and new authoritarians. Not since FDR in 1945 had a
U.S. president faced such opportunities and challenges.
As the presidential historian Jeffrey Engel reveals in this
page-turning history, behind closed doors from the Oval Office to the
Kremlin, George H. W. Bush rose to the occasion brilliantly. Distrusted
by such key allies as Margaret Thatcher and dismissed as too cautious by
the press, Bush had the experience and the wisdom to use personal,
one-on-one diplomacy with world leaders. Bush knew when it was essential
to rally a coalition to push Iraq out of Kuwait. He managed to help
unify Germany while strengthening NATO. Based on unprecedented access to
previously classified documents and interviews with all of the
principals, When the World Seemed New is a riveting, fly-on-the-wall
account of a president with his hand on the tiller, guiding the nation
through a pivotal time and setting the stage for the twenty-first
century.
