A Conference on Today’s Competitive Geopolitical Landscape - in honor of Robert Jervis

February 17, 2023
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Livestream
2023-02-17 09:00:00 2023-02-17 17:00:00 A Conference on Today’s Competitive Geopolitical Landscape - in honor of Robert Jervis Livestream Columbia SIPA America/New_York public
Robert Jervis

A conference on today’s geopolitical competitive landscape.

Featuring Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence, who will deliver SIPA’s annual Gabriel Silver Lecture Dedicated to International Peace as part of the conference program.

Brief Remarks by:

  • Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Columbia SIPA Professor of Practice

Remarks by:

  • President Lee Bollinger, Columbia University
  • Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia SIPA

Panel sessions will focus on nuclear war theory and great power competition.

One of the modern era’s most significant international relations scholars, Dr. Robert Jervis taught at Columbia and SIPA for more than four decades. His groundbreaking theories reshaped the field’s view of political psychology, great power competition, nuclear weapons, intelligence, and more.

Livestream (will begin at 9:00am ET on Friday, February 17, 2023)

Schedule of Events

9:00am-9:15am

Opening Introduction, Peter Clement, Columbia University

9:30am-11:00am

Morning Session: Nuclear War Theory: Continuity and Change

Moderator: Cynthia Roberts, Hunter College; Columbia University

Panelists:

  • Charles Glaser, George Washington University
  • Scott Sagan, Stanford University
  • Etel Solingen, University of California Irvine
  • Stephen Van Evera, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:15am-12:00pm

  • Remarks, Richard Betts, Columbia University
  • Remarks, Alexa Jervis, Daughter, Speaking on behalf of the Jervis Family
  • Video, Derek Chollet, U.S. Department of State
  • SIPA Video Celebrating Robert Jervis

1:00pm-1:15pm

Remarks, Colin Kahl, U.S. Department of Defense

1:30pm-3:00pm

Afternoon Session: Great Power Competition

Moderator: Michael Doyle, Columbia University

Panelists:

  • Thomas Christensen, Columbia University
  • Jacob Lew, Columbia University
  • Kimberly Marten, Barnard College, Columbia University
  • Mira Rapp-Hooper, National Security Council

3:00pm-4:00pm

Brief Remarks by:

  • Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton, Columbia SIPA Professor of Practice

Remarks by:

  • President Lee Bollinger, Columbia University
  • Dean Keren Yarhi-Milo, Columbia SIPA

4:00pm-5:00pm

Gabriel Silver Lecture, Avril Haines, Director of National Intelligence

Keynote address followed by fireside chat with Keren Yarhi-Milo, Dean, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs