International Relations

Josef Joffe: Power and Culture in International Affairs Part 2

Josef Joffe
2000

UC Berkeley's Harry Kreisler continues his conversation with Die Zeit editor, Josef Joffe. In this episode, they discuss the U.S. role in the world.

KEYWORDS: Germany.

Edward Luttwak: Strategy

Edward Luttwak
1987

Military strategist Edward Luttwak joins host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of the role of strategy in international politics.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Luttwak/luttwak-con0.html

Key Words: Political Scientists, Strategy, International Relations, Theory, Neo-Conservatives

Ernst B. Haas: Science and Progress in International Relations

Ernst B. Haas
2000

UC Berkeley Professor of Government, Ernst B. Haas, discusses his life, his work and his most recent book, "Nationalism, Liberalism, and Progress, When Knowledge is Power" with Harry Kreisler.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Haas/haas-con0.html

Key Words: Political Scientists, Theory, International Relations, Nationalism, Social Science, Berkeley Faculty, Global Order, Scientific Inquiry, World Order, RIP

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.: Theory and Practice in International Relations

Joseph S. Nye, Jr.
1998

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean of the Kennedy School at Harvard for a discussion of his distinguished career in the university and in public service.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/Nye/

Key Words: Political Scientists, Theory,...

Joseph S. Nye, Jr. : Power

Joseph S. Nyr, Jr.
2011

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard's Joseph S. Nye,Jr., for a discussion of his new book, The Future of Power. Nye offers a typology of power and explains the importance of a strategy shaped by an intelligent assessment of context and resources. Emphasizing the differences between military, economic, and soft power, he distinguishes three chess boards or domains where these faces of power have a differential impact on behavior. Understanding this complexity makes for the possibility of smart power. Nye then discusses the rise and fall of great powers but emphasizes...

Susan Shirk: Domestic Politics and International Behavior: The Case of China and the U.S

Susan Shirk
2007

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Susan Shirk, Professor of Political Science at UC San Diego, for a discussion of her new book, China: Fragile Superpower. A former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Clinton administration, Professor Shirk analyzes how Chinese domestic politics affects its international behavior and how U.S. foreign policy responds to and influences China's international behavior. She also discusses how her work as a scholar of Chinese politics and society informed her work in Washington.

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Sung-Joo Han: Diplomacy and International Politics

Sung-Joo Han
2003

His Excellency Sung-Joo Han, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea joins host Harry Kreisler for a discussion of how domestic and international factors are shaping South Korea's foreign policy as it deals with North Korea, the United States, and international politics in a changing world.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Han/han-con0.html

Key Words: Korea, Diplomacy, International Relations

Steven Weber: Power in the Information Age

Steven Weber
2003

Political scientist Steven Weber talks with Conversations Host Harry Kreisler about the implications of the network paradigm for democracy, private property, and international relations.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people3/Weber/weber-con0.html

Key Words: Political Scientists, International Relations, Information, Networks, Berkeley Faculty, Futurology

Stephen M. Walt: Balancing American Power in the Post-9/11 World

Stephen M. Walt
2005

Host Harry Kreisler welcomes Harvard political scientist Stephen M. Walt for a discussion of how to think about balancing power in international politics. They also consider the role theory might play in formulating foreign policy and consider the way the world is responding to the U.S. hegemony in the aftermath of 911 and the Iraq War.

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people5/Walt/walt-con0.html

Key Words: Political Scientists, International Relations, Theory, Theory and...

Stephen D. Krasner: System Change or More of the Same

Stephen D. Krasner
2007

Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Stanford political scientist Stephen D. Krasner for a discussion of sovereignty in the post 911 world. Drawing on his academic work in international relations theory and his recent experience as Director of Policy Planning in the State Department, Professor Krasner reflects on the greatest threats to the stability of the international system.

Key Words: Political Scientists, Theory, International Relations