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Whitney H. Shepardson Study Group on Great Power Politics

Whitney H. Shepardson Study Group on Great Power Politics

Staff: Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies
December 1, 1998 - May 1, 1999

This yearly study group allows the Council’s current Shepardson Fellow to benefit from the feedback of relevant experts on discussion papers/chapters from a book-in-progress. This year’s Fellow is John Mearsheimer, a professor at the University of Chicago, who is writing a book on great power relations since the French Revolution and the relevant lessons for U.S. security policy.

Meetings

Study Group Meeting

Session IV: American Grand Strategy in the 21st Century

Presider: Richard K. Betts
May 17, 1999

Study Group Meeting

Session III: Offensive Realism

Presider: Richard K. Betts
April 20, 1999

Study Group Meeting

Session II: The Relentless Pursuit of Power and the Off-Shore Balancers

Presider: Richard K. Betts
March 22, 1999

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New Books

Saudi Arabia on the Edge by Thomas Lippman
A leading Middle East scholar pens this "good introduction to the Saudi paradox of social change and political stability and an invaluable guide to the challenges the country faces." More
American Force by Richard K. Betts
An investigation of the use of American force since the end of the Cold War. More
The Struggle for Egypt by Steven A. Cook
A sweeping account of Egypt in the modern era: what Egypt is, what it stands for, and its relation to the world. More

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