August 19, 2015
New Insights on the ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ and the 1995 ‘Black Brant Event’
THE MIDDLEBURY INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AT MONTEREY
AND
THE JAMES MARTIN CENTER FOR NONPROLIFERATION STUDIES
PRESENT
A Seminar
“The Closest We Ever Came to Nuclear War: New Insights on the ‘Cuban Missile Crisis’ and the 1995 ‘Black Brant Event’”
Speaker
Benoît Pelopidas
Benoît Pelopidas is a lecturer (assistant professor with tenure) in International Relations at the University of Bristol and an affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University. Starting this September, he will be a visiting fellow at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, working with their global systemic risk research cluster. He received his Ph.D. in politics from Sciences Po (Paris) and the University of Geneva. He has been awarded two international prizes for his research, from the International Studies Association and the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. He also received the Swiss Network for International Studies’ award for best dissertation of the year. His research focuses on the global politics of nuclear vulnerability, the cases of near use of nuclear weapons, the lessons learned from global nuclear history and French nuclear policies.
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
CNS Building (Videoconference Room)
499 Van Buren Street
Monterey (831) 647-4154
