Have we entered a new age of cyber-sabotage? In this session of Conversations on Europe, our expert panel will explore episodes of foreign state interference in electoral politics in Europe and the U.S. past and present. From state-sponsored hacking to Wikileaks, what do we know about who is calling the shots? How have disinformation campaigns been used to meddle in domestic politics in countries throughout eastern and western Europe, and to what effect? For more information or to join remotely, contact Ashley Digregorio: aad87@pitt.edu.
Save the date for the EU Development Symposium, to be held on the afternoon of Monday, December 5th!
Primary Guest:
Renate Hahlen, the Minister Counselor of Development at the Delegation of the European Union to the US
To be accompanied on the following panels by:
EU Development Policy & Latin America and the Caribbean
Scott Morgenstern, Director Center for Latin American Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
A lunchtime conversation with Annika Schechinger, Deputy Director of the German Information Center at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Refreshments will be served. You are welcome to bring your lunch!
This presentation will examine Latino voter registration rates and voting rates in the presidential elections from 1992 through 2012 with projections to 2016. Latinos have had the lowest voter registration rates in the nation at 58% of all eligible voters, compared with about 73% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks; and the lowest overall participation rate at 48% of all eligible voters compared with about 67% among Non-Hispanic Whites and Blacks. Potential Latino political influence has been mitigated by these low rates.
Political leadership has been conceived thus far mostly based on achievement. Consequently “transformational” presidents have been usually considered as the only true leaders. In recent years, this view has been criticized for overestimating the importance of achievement, as in reality it is contingent on context. This talk will discuss some ways of developing leadership as a dependent variable considering both achievement and restrictions as well as of developing strategic action as a key independent variable, over factors such as “vision,” charisma, juncture or institutions.
Torture in the French-Algerian War
The French authorities systematically used torture in the French-Algerian War (1954-1962). The lecture explores that practice and tests two theses: 1. Democracies tend to use torture in asymmetric conflicts when faced with terrorist methods. 2. Torture goes along with the erosion of basic democratic structures and principles.
