April 21, 2023
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2023 Military Frontiers: Graduate Student Symposium
The 2023 Military Frontiers Graduate Symposium is bi-yearly held in conjunction with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium. This conference showcases the scholarship of a dozen graduate students across three panels, all of whom study topics broadly related to national security, warfare, and force and power in international affairs. By bringing together emerging scholars in different fields working on similar topics, the conference aims to promote communication and cooperation across academic disciplines. Panel topics this year include US Policy Toward the Middle East, Great Power Competition, and Race and National Security in the US. Delivering this year’s Sean Judge Memorial Lecture will be Mary Elise Sarotte from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).Schedule9:00–10:30 a.m.Panel 1: US Policy Toward the Middle EastPanel Chair: Peter Hahn, Ohio State UniversityEdward Kunz, Ohio State University, “Peace for a Price: Economic Diplomacy and Camp David, 1976 - 1979”Benjamin Allison, University of Texas, “"Beyond the Arc of Crisis: Jimmy Carter and the Arab ‘Radicals,’ 1978–79.”Chris Ray, Ohio State University, “Battle-Forged: Iran and the Strategic Implications of Wartime Trauma."10:30–11:00 a.m.Break11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Panel 2: Great Power Competition and Foreign Policy Decision-MakingPanel Chair: Peter Mansoor, Ohio State UniversityNick Eckenrode, Ohio State University, “The Limits of Peace”Maryum Alam, Ohio State University, “Culpable or satisfied? On the origins of time horizons and foreign policy persistence” (Zoom)Zhiqin Gao, Ohio State University, “Crossing the Yalu River: Prospect Theory and Mao's Decision to Intervene in the Korean War”1:30–3:00 p.m.Panel 3: “Race and National Security: New Perspectives on the African American Experience”Panel Chair: Zaynab Quadri, Ohio State University (Zoom)Paul McAllister, Ohio State University, “Fighting on a Tightrope: African American Service During World War I.”A.J. Boyd, Rutgers University, “Indeed Still Working for Democracy:” Black Women Officers’ Leadership Strategies and the 1940s Women’s Army Corps”Brian Davis, Florida State University, “The Black West Point: Policing the Black Cadet”Ryan Reynolds, Mississippi State University, “‘Preventative Medicine’: Flexible Response and the American Paramilitary Police Force” (Zoom)3:00–3:30 p.m.Break3:30–5:00 p.m.Sean Judge Memorial Lecture (Keynote Address) (Zoom)Mary Elise Sarotte, Johns Hopkins University“Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate”
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2023-04-21 09:00:00
2023-04-21 17:00:00
2023 Military Frontiers: Graduate Student Symposium
The 2023 Military Frontiers Graduate Symposium is bi-yearly held in conjunction with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium. This conference showcases the scholarship of a dozen graduate students across three panels, all of whom study topics broadly related to national security, warfare, and force and power in international affairs. By bringing together emerging scholars in different fields working on similar topics, the conference aims to promote communication and cooperation across academic disciplines. Panel topics this year include US Policy Toward the Middle East, Great Power Competition, and Race and National Security in the US. Delivering this year’s Sean Judge Memorial Lecture will be Mary Elise Sarotte from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).Schedule9:00–10:30 a.m.Panel 1: US Policy Toward the Middle EastPanel Chair: Peter Hahn, Ohio State UniversityEdward Kunz, Ohio State University, “Peace for a Price: Economic Diplomacy and Camp David, 1976 - 1979”Benjamin Allison, University of Texas, “"Beyond the Arc of Crisis: Jimmy Carter and the Arab ‘Radicals,’ 1978–79.”Chris Ray, Ohio State University, “Battle-Forged: Iran and the Strategic Implications of Wartime Trauma."10:30–11:00 a.m.Break11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.Panel 2: Great Power Competition and Foreign Policy Decision-MakingPanel Chair: Peter Mansoor, Ohio State UniversityNick Eckenrode, Ohio State University, “The Limits of Peace”Maryum Alam, Ohio State University, “Culpable or satisfied? On the origins of time horizons and foreign policy persistence” (Zoom)Zhiqin Gao, Ohio State University, “Crossing the Yalu River: Prospect Theory and Mao's Decision to Intervene in the Korean War”1:30–3:00 p.m.Panel 3: “Race and National Security: New Perspectives on the African American Experience”Panel Chair: Zaynab Quadri, Ohio State University (Zoom)Paul McAllister, Ohio State University, “Fighting on a Tightrope: African American Service During World War I.”A.J. Boyd, Rutgers University, “Indeed Still Working for Democracy:” Black Women Officers’ Leadership Strategies and the 1940s Women’s Army Corps”Brian Davis, Florida State University, “The Black West Point: Policing the Black Cadet”Ryan Reynolds, Mississippi State University, “‘Preventative Medicine’: Flexible Response and the American Paramilitary Police Force” (Zoom)3:00–3:30 p.m.Break3:30–5:00 p.m.Sean Judge Memorial Lecture (Keynote Address) (Zoom)Mary Elise Sarotte, Johns Hopkins University“Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate”
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The 2023 Military Frontiers Graduate Symposium is bi-yearly held in conjunction with the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and the America in the World Consortium. This conference showcases the scholarship of a dozen graduate students across three panels, all of whom study topics broadly related to national security, warfare, and force and power in international affairs. By bringing together emerging scholars in different fields working on similar topics, the conference aims to promote communication and cooperation across academic disciplines. Panel topics this year include US Policy Toward the Middle East, Great Power Competition, and Race and National Security in the US. Delivering this year’s Sean Judge Memorial Lecture will be Mary Elise Sarotte from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS).
Schedule
9:00–10:30 a.m.
Panel 1: US Policy Toward the Middle East
- Panel Chair: Peter Hahn, Ohio State University
- Edward Kunz, Ohio State University, “Peace for a Price: Economic Diplomacy and Camp David, 1976 - 1979”
- Benjamin Allison, University of Texas, “"Beyond the Arc of Crisis: Jimmy Carter and the Arab ‘Radicals,’ 1978–79.”
- Chris Ray, Ohio State University, “Battle-Forged: Iran and the Strategic Implications of Wartime Trauma."
10:30–11:00 a.m.
Break
11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Panel 2: Great Power Competition and Foreign Policy Decision-Making
- Panel Chair: Peter Mansoor, Ohio State University
- Nick Eckenrode, Ohio State University, “The Limits of Peace”
- Maryum Alam, Ohio State University, “Culpable or satisfied? On the origins of time horizons and foreign policy persistence” (Zoom)
- Zhiqin Gao, Ohio State University, “Crossing the Yalu River: Prospect Theory and Mao's Decision to Intervene in the Korean War”
1:30–3:00 p.m.
Panel 3: “Race and National Security: New Perspectives on the African American Experience”
- Panel Chair: Zaynab Quadri, Ohio State University (Zoom)
- Paul McAllister, Ohio State University, “Fighting on a Tightrope: African American Service During World War I.”
- A.J. Boyd, Rutgers University, “Indeed Still Working for Democracy:” Black Women Officers’ Leadership Strategies and the 1940s Women’s Army Corps”
- Brian Davis, Florida State University, “The Black West Point: Policing the Black Cadet”
- Ryan Reynolds, Mississippi State University, “‘Preventative Medicine’: Flexible Response and the American Paramilitary Police Force” (Zoom)
3:00–3:30 p.m.
Break
3:30–5:00 p.m.
Sean Judge Memorial Lecture (Keynote Address) (Zoom)
- Mary Elise Sarotte, Johns Hopkins University
“Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate”
