Seminars / Reading Group

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PACS Seminar Series

The Fall 2025 PACS seminar series will meet in person in Uris G-08 from 12:00 PM-1:15 PM on Thursdays, unless otherwise noted. Authors will lead a discussion of their works by delivering a formal talk followed by a Q&A.

Readings for the seminars can be accessed here (Cornell Net ID required).

Fall 2025

September 4
Jok Madut Jok, Syracuse University; Kaija E. Schilde, Boston University; Zheng Wang, Seton Hall University; Diego Chaves-Gonzalez
Panel: Peace, Security, and U.S. Presence in the World

September 11
Michael David-Fox, Georgetown University
Crucibles of Power: Smolensk under Stalinist and Nazi Rule

September 18
Herb Lin, Stanford University
AI and the Nuclear Enterprise

September 25
David Cortright, Cornell University
The New Arms Race and How to Stop It

October 2
Michael Brenes, Yale University
How Great-Power Competition Threatens Peace and Weakens Democracy

October 16
Ashley Leeds, Rice University
A Separate Peace? Withdrawal Bargains and Civil War Intervention

October 23
Nico Rost, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative
Why Do Donors Neglect Some Humanitarian Emergencies?

October 30
Ipek Sener, Harvard University
Let Activists Protest and Speak: How Peaceful Actors Curb Militant Support

November 6
Josefina Alvarez, Kroc Institute, Notre Dame

November 13
Ambassador Tom Armbruster, Former Nuclear Affairs Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow and Ambassador to the Marshall Islands
Diplomatic Chain Reactions