The United States and Coercive Diplomacy: Past, Present, and Future
Current Issues Briefing
Date and Time
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
10:00 AM–Noon
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
With increasing frequency, U.S. leaders look to achieve their foreign policy goals by marrying diplomacy to military muscle.
Since the end of the Cold War, "coercive diplomacy" has been used in no fewer than eight cases. But what, exactly, has the concept of coercive diplomacy meant in recent practice? How does coercive diplomacy operate and how well does it work? On June 17, the Institute hosted a Current Issues Briefing to explore lessons learned over the past twelve years from coercive diplomacy applications aimed at countries ranging from Serbia and North Korea to Afghanistan and Iraq as examined in the new Institute book The United States and Coercive Diplomacy. Moderated by Paul Stares, director of the Institute's Research and Studies Program, the briefing featured book co-editor Robert Art and a panel of distinguished scholars and foreign policy practitioners.
Speakers
- Robert J. Art
Professor, Brandeis University; Research Associate, Harvard University's Olin Institute for Strategic Studies; and Co-editor of The United States and Coercive Diplomacy (U.S. Institute of Peace Press, 2003)
- Arnold Kanter
Resident Senior Fellow, Forum for International Policy; and Former Undersecretary of State
- Robert Gallucci
Dean, Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service; and former Ambassador at Large, U.S. Department of State
- Paul Stares, Moderator
Director, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
