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Noon Lecture: Why Do Leaders Fail to Learn from History?
Monday, February 22, 2010 from 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM (ET)
Waterloo, Ontario
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Commentators: janet M. Lang: Research Professor, Balsillie School Moderator:
Scholars and policymakers speak frequently of the “lessons” of history, and yet, time and again, leaders appear to misapply history when attempting to grapple with contemporary or looming foreign policy problems. Why is drawing useful lessons from history so difficult? What are the obstacles? Are there ways of reducing the difficulties, or avoiding the obstacles? The speakers and commentators will grapple with these questions, drawing heavily upon their original research, primarily on U.S. foreign policy decision making.
Robert G. Patman, Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Studies at the University of Otago (appointed February 2007) and is also Director of the multidisciplinary Master of International Studies (M.IntSt) programme. He is a Fulbright Senior Scholar, a Senior Fellow at the Centre of Strategic Studies, Wellington, and provides regular contributions to the national and international media on global issues and events
David A. Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo. His 2005 book Painful Choices: A Theory of Foreign Policy Change (Princeton University Press) is the inaugural winner of the International Studies Association ISSS Book Award for the best book published in 2005 or 2006, and his 1993 book Justice and the Genesis of War (Cambridge University Press) is the winner of the 1994 Edgar S. Furniss Award for an Outstanding Contribution to National Security Studies.
James G. Blight: CIGI Chair of Foreign Policy Development, Balsillie School
Ramesh Thakur: Distinguished Fellow at CIGI and the former Vice Rector and Senior Vice Rector of the United Nations University in Tokyo (1998-2007) and Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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