Israel Studies Seminar - Abbas Leadership in a State Postponed
Abstract:
Prof. Klein will present a portrait of Abbas as PA President including in comparison to his predecessor - Arafat. Klein deals with these two leaders in my forthcoming book Arafat and Abbas: Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed (C Hurst & Co Publishers, May 2015)
About the speaker:
Prof. Klein will present a portrait of Abbas as PA President including in comparison to his predecessor - Arafat. Klein deals with these two leaders in my forthcoming book Arafat and Abbas: Portraits of Leadership in a State Postponed (C Hurst & Co Publishers, May 2015)
About the speaker:
The Russian Way of War
In February 2013, General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the Russian General Staff, published “The Value of Science Is in the Foresight: New Challenges Demand Rethinking the Forms and Methods of Carrying out Combat Operations” in the Russian military trade journal Voyenno-Promyshlennyy Kurier. In this article, Gerasimov lays out his perspective—and the prevalent view in Russian security circles—of the recent past, present, and expected future of warfare.
Kickbacks and Limits on Campaign Donations
How do campaign contribution limits alter the influence of donors over elected officials? We propose a model to explore this question and test its implications using data from Colombian municipalities. Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits institutional rules determining contribution limits based on population thresholds, we find that looser campaign limits reduce the number of donors per candidate and increase the average donations received by the winner of the election.
Solidarity as Critical Methodology in Mapping a Multi-Layered Colonial Present
Liberalism and Democracy in Myanmar
Ian Holliday is Vice-President (Teaching and Learning) at the University of Hong Kong. Previously he was Dean of Social Sciences at the University of Hong Kong, and Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at City University of Hong Kong. He was educated at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.