JSGS Public Lecture ~ The Role of Nationalism in Maritime and Territorial Disputes

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Presented by: David Welch, CIGI Chair of Global Security, Balsillie School of International Affairs

Maritime and territorial disputes are common, but can have very different valences. Some persist or are resolved amicably; others trigger crisis or war. What explains these differences? Comparative analysis of disputes in East Asia and elsewhere yields some interesting clues and suggests that nationalism plays an important role, but both political context and psychology are key.


David A. Welch is CIGI Chair of Global Security at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, Professor of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, and Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, where he has recently been working on Asia-Pacific Security. 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. He is co-author of Understanding Global Conflict and Cooperation, 10th ed. (Pearson Longman), with Joseph S. Nye, Jr. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1990.

This presentation is brought to you through a partnership with the College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan and JSGS.

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10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CST
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Prairie Room, University of Saskatchewan / CB 308, College Avenue Campus, University of Regina
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