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SUMMARY:Identity and the Construction of Security - Jarrod Hayes\, Georgia
  Tech
DTSTART:20131029T131000Z
DTEND:20131029T140000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Katherine Bowers
DESCRIPTION:Jarrod Hayes explores why democracies tend not to use military
  force against each other. He argues that democratic identity - the shared
  understanding within democracies of who "we" are and what "we" expect fro
 m each other - makes it difficult for political leaders to construct exter
 nal democracies as threats. At the same time\, he finds that democratic id
 entity enables political actors to construct external non-democracies as t
 hreats. To explore his argument\, he looks at U.S. relations with two risi
 ng powers: India and China. Through his argument and case studies\, Profes
 sor Hayes addresses not just the democratic peace but also the larger proc
 esses of threat construction in international security\, the role of domes
 tic social and political institutions in international relations\, and the
  possibility for conflict between the United States and the world's two mo
 st populous countries.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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