In the international organization, the american journal of political science, journal of politics and security studies, he is already launched on the second book project which is very ambitious which analyzes the role of Sensitive Information and secrecy in international organizations. He received his ph. D from ohio state in 2013 and as i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title eight program here at the Cannon Institute in 2013. So with that ill turn the floor over to austin. Great. Thanks so much, will. Thanks also to all of you for coming out. It is great to be back here at the Wilson Center and i appreciate the support, the support of the Cold War International history project and shout out to victoria and cindy for all youve done to make it possible to come out here. So i want to start my talk about this book with a simple but i think profound question. Which is how have we as an International Community avoided world war iii. After suffering two cata
He has just written a new book, secret wars covert conflict in international politics. It will be available for purchase after todays talk. Dr. Carson is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science at the university of chicago. He has published widely already. He is published in the journal of politics and security studies. He has launched on his second book project already. It analyzes the role of Sensitive Information and secrecy in international organizations. He received his phd from ohio state in 2013. As i previously mentioned, he was a Summer Research scholar under the title a program here at the institute in 2013. With that, i will turn the floor over to austin. Thank you. Thanks also to all of you for coming. Its great to be back here at the Wilson Center. I really appreciate the institute that support the Cold War International history project. And a shout out to victoria and sydney for all youve done to make it possible. I want to start my talk about this b
Distinguished investigate testify journalists in russia, cofounders of authors of the red web previously a history of russia razz internet and governance of the internet and then also the excellent book the new noblity which is looking at Russian Security services. So, this i guess is the third part of the trilogy. And were so excited that youre here with us today. I think just a couple of issues. One is we are filming this, so just a note to the audience, as you engage and ask questions, well ask you to identify yourself, and everything here is on the record in terms of the discussion. And then, two, just in terms of formality, well start off with some general questions ill ask or coauthors and then segment into more of a q a format and there are copies of the book available here which irina and andrei will happily sign for you. So welcome back. Welcome to new york. I feel like this is the scene for so much of what is going on, irina can talk but what motivated you to write this book
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