The Department of Politics will have a wide range of speakers at this year’s ISA Conference in San Francisco. The conference will be tagged on social media as #ISA2018. It will run from April 4–7, 2018.

The New Financial Geopolitics: Whither American Power?

Mark Schwartz

Banks, Bonds, and Balance Sheets: Can American Financial Geo-Power Persist?

Wednesday, April 4, 8:15–10:00

Panel: (Re)Writing the Rules of International Tax

International Political Economy

Chair Herman Mark Schwartz

Wednesday, April 4, 10:30–12:15

Panel: Of Militias, Insurgent Groups, and Border Zones: The Syrian War in Comparative Perspective Peace Studies International Security Studies

Chair Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl

Wednesday, April 4, 10:30–12:15

Panel: Of Militias, Insurgent Groups, and Border Zones: The Syrian War in Comparative Perspective Peace Studies International Security Studies

Fighting for Dominance: How the Insurgent Balance of Power Drives Conflict in Civil Wars

Samuel Plapinger

Wednesday, April 4, 10:30–12:15

JSS Group Conflict: The Politics and Tactics of Counterterrorism Junior Scholar Symposia

Do Democratic Regime Types Make a Difference in Terrorist Incidents?

Hsuan-Yu Lin

Thursday, April 5, 8:15–10:00

Interrogating the Formal and Informal Rules of Access II: Governing Surplus Populations Global Development

Chair Herman Mark Schwartz

Thursday, April 5, 8:15–10:00

Roundtable International Political Theory and “Real Politics” II: Issues, Problems, and Policies

Part. Denise Walsh

Thursday, April 5, 8:15–10:00

Illiberal Democracy and Human Rights: Thematic Approaches

The Liberal Origins of “Illiberal” Democracies Panel

Robert Fatton

Thursday, April 5, 8:15–10:00

After Victory: Reconsidering a Breakthrough Work in IR

Part. John M. Owen

Thursday, April 5, 10:30–12:15

State Capacity in Asia

Discussant John E. Echeverri-Gent

Thursday, April 5, 10:30–12:15

Panel: The Politics of Big Infrastructure: Asia, North America, and South America

Discussant Herman Mark Schwartz

Friday, April 6, 10:30–12:15

Adapting Liberalism to the 21st Century

Part. John M. Owen

Friday, April 6, 10:30–12:15

Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

Part. Todd S. Sechser

Friday, April 6, 1:45–3:30

Panel: Network Analysis, Complex Interdependence, and Structural Power in the Global Political Economy

Discussant Herman Mark Schwartz

Friday, April 6, 1:45–3:30

Rules of Power and Rising Powers: The Case of India

India and the Institutions of Global Finance: A Reformer More Interested in Distribution Than Restructuring

John E. Echeverri-Gent

Friday, April 6, 1:45–3:30

Border and Territorial Disputes

The Dog that Barks: State-Led Propaganda Campaigns on Territorial Disputes

Yaping Wang

Saturday, April 7, 8:15–10:00

Panel Media and Conflict

Discussant Yaping Wang

Saturday, April 7, 10:30–12:15

Illiberal Democracy and Human Rights: Case Studies I

Chair Robert Fatton

Saturday, April 7, 1:45–3:30