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Japan/Korea Lecture: Is America Returning to Isolationism?

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April 9, 2015
11:30AM - 1:00PM
WOSU@COSI (333 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215)

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Add to Calendar 2015-04-09 11:30:00 2015-04-09 13:00:00 Japan/Korea Lecture: Is America Returning to Isolationism? Is America Returning to Isolationism?Professor Henry Nau, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington UniversityProfessor Nau will discuss how no one has tried harder to end old wars and avoid new ones than President Obama. Yet he has failed. The number of U.S. troops in Iraq is expected to grow to 3,000 this year, fighting intensifies in Afghanistan, and new wars have ignited in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, Libya, and central Africa. Why does this happen?Professor Henry Nau is a recognized expert in U.S. foreign policy, having served on President Reagan's National Security Council as the senior staff member responsible for international economic affairs. Among other duties, he was the White House sherpa for the Annual G-7 Economic Summits at Ottawa (1981), Versailles (1982), and Williamsburg (1983) and a special summit with developing countries at Cancun, Mexico (1982). Dr. Nau also served (1975-1977) as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Department of State. In 1977, he received the State Department's Superior Honor Award. Professor Nau directs (since 2013 co-directs) the US-Japan-South Korea Legislative Exchange Program, semiannual meetings between members of the US Congress, Japanese Diet, and Korean National Assembly. Dr. Nau also currently serves as a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University.There is a cost for this event.  CCWA Members/Students: $25 ($15 lecture only), or General Public: $50 ($30 lecture only).Please RSVP by Thursday, April 2, 2015 online at columbusworldaffairs.org, by email rnicholas@columbusworldaffairs.org, or via phone at 614-229-4599 ext. 401 (Rhonda Nicholas). Please visit the CCWA website for more details and to register for the event. This event is sponsored by the Columbus Council on World Affairs and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Institute for Korean Studies, and Institute for Japanese Studies and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant. WOSU@COSI (333 W. Broad St., Columbus, OH 43215) East Asian Studies Center easc@osu.edu America/New_York public

Is America Returning to Isolationism?

Professor Henry Nau, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Professor Nau will discuss how no one has tried harder to end old wars and avoid new ones than President Obama. Yet he has failed. The number of U.S. troops in Iraq is expected to grow to 3,000 this year, fighting intensifies in Afghanistan, and new wars have ignited in Syria, Ukraine, Yemen, Libya, and central Africa. Why does this happen?

Professor Henry Nau is a recognized expert in U.S. foreign policy, having served on President Reagan's National Security Council as the senior staff member responsible for international economic affairs. Among other duties, he was the White House sherpa for the Annual G-7 Economic Summits at Ottawa (1981), Versailles (1982), and Williamsburg (1983) and a special summit with developing countries at Cancun, Mexico (1982). Dr. Nau also served (1975-1977) as Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs in the Department of State. In 1977, he received the State Department's Superior Honor Award. Professor Nau directs (since 2013 co-directs) the US-Japan-South Korea Legislative Exchange Program, semiannual meetings between members of the US Congress, Japanese Diet, and Korean National Assembly. Dr. Nau also currently serves as a Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at the George Washington University.

There is a cost for this event.  CCWA Members/Students: $25 ($15 lecture only), or General Public: $50 ($30 lecture only).

Please RSVP by Thursday, April 2, 2015 online at columbusworldaffairs.org, by email rnicholas@columbusworldaffairs.org, or via phone at 614-229-4599 ext. 401 (Rhonda Nicholas). 

Please visit the CCWA website for more details and to register for the event. 

This event is sponsored by the Columbus Council on World Affairs and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies and cosponsored by the Department of Political Science, John Glenn School of Public Affairs, Institute for Korean Studies, and Institute for Japanese Studies and a U.S. Department of Education Title VI Grant.