CIS Invited Guests
The center welcomes guests throughout the academic year to present lectures to undergraduates, graduate students and faculty.
State of U.S. Security: A Conversation with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence
State of U.S. Security: A Conversation with Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence
Featured Guest: Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence
Moderator: Gregory F. Treverton, Professor of the Practice of International Relations and Spatial Sciences at USC
September 14, 2023 |2:30–3:30 pm |Tutor Campus Center 450
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Intelligence Community Centers for Academic Excellence, and the Center for the Political Future.
“Realism and International Relations”
Title: “Realism and International Relations:
A Graphic Turn Toward Scientific Progress”
Author: Patrick James, Dean’s Professor of International Relations
Moderator: Saori N. Katada, director, Center for International Relations, and professor of international relations
Discussants: Brian Rathbun, professor of international relations, USC;
Luba Levin-Banchik, assistant professor of political science, CSUSB
August 31, 2023 | 2–3:30 pm| SOS B40
This event is co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies.
“From Poetry to Policy: A Journey from Academia to a Career in Government”
Bart Gorman, Professor, The Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy
February 3, 2023 | Noon| SOS B40
Moderated by Sally Pratt, Chair, Political Science and International Relations; Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures
This event was co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies, the Department of Political Science and International Relations, and the Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures.
“Nuclear Brinksmanship: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Ukraine War”
Roundtable discussion with Robert English, Gregory Treverton, Najmedin Meshkati, and Vladislav Zubok, on lessons from the Cuban Missile Crisis for the war in Ukraine.
November 2, 2022 |12–1 pm | SOS B40 | Watch the discussion
This event was co-sponsored by the Center for International Studies and the Global Policy Institute.
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