Congress. This two hour discussion was hosted by the center for strategic and international studies. Welcome to csis. Im dr. Mark warren the head of the project on military and diplomatic history. Thank you all especially for braving todays weather. Our project is focused on history. Were delighted to cohost todays event with the world war i Centennial Commission and the csis project on prosperity and development and dan rundy who runs that project here, thank you to you for your support. When we think about when historians think about one of the most important points in history world war i comes out at number one. Americans tend to be fixated on other wars like the civil war and world war ii. It is the most important and were here today to try to provide some additional awareness. 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before joint session of the congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech and wilson had been a professor at princeton and was president
Logic of suicide terrorism, bombing to win, air power and cornerings war, why economic sanction does not work, the Strategic Logic of suicide terrorism and many other articles average frequent contributor and an throes a vote of news and Media Outlets help taught at Dartmouth College before come thing to the university of chicago and he taught air power strategy for the u. S. Af school of advanced air power studies for three years, he received a ph. D from the university of chicago and graduate sim ma cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the university of pittsburgh. Next to robert pain is paul post, who is an assistant professor in the department of Political Science here at the university of chicago. A Research Affiliate of the peerson institute for the study of global conflicts he studied International Relations with a focus on International Security. The author of two books, the economics of war and organizing democracy. He is authored or coauthored academic papers in numerous journal
Campus commemorating the breakthrough and exploring the experiments longterm impact and defense has presented opportunities to engage scientist, are artists, policymakers and the public around a set of issues that grow from that original event 75 years ago. Now, this evenings discussion im particularly delight because it brings social science into the conversation in just the way it should be. Our panelists will be introduced in just a moment. Each is a scholar in International Relations and national security, and theyll offer different viewpoints on military decisions, the role of nuclear arms and the formation of alliances and aids and obstacles to nonproliferation efforts. This events sponsored be by television of social sciences at the university of shack and also sponsored by the center for International Social Science Research at the institute of politic and the chicago project on security and threats. Now im going introduce or moderateow, steve edwards, steve will introduce the
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Welcome to csis, and thank you for braving todays weather. It is great to see all of the interest in world war i. For those who have not been here before, our project is focused on history that also provides insights into contemporary affairs. We are delighted to cohost todays vent with the world war i centennial commission, and the csis center, and thank you dan fundy for your support. When we think about, when historians think about what are the most important events in world history, and world war i usually comes out at number one, and americans tend to be fixated on the other wars like the civil war and world war ii, but this is the most important, and we are here today to try to provide some additional awareness, and so 100 years ago to this very day, Woodrow Wilson appeared before a joint session of congress here in washington to deliver his 14 points speech. Wilson had been a proare fes sor at princeton and president of the institution, and he drew upon the academic colleagues t