Upcoming Conferences

Assessing the Impact of the Financial Crisis and Budget Deficit on American Power

RAI and AHRC Research Network on the Obama Presidency

23-24 February 2012

This joint AHRC Obama Research Network-Rothermere American Institute, Oxford, sponsored event focuses on a key gap in coverage of the Obama administration and American Power - the national security impacts of budget deficits and the economic/financial crises on American power in a changing world. At a time when the American economy appears to be in decline, its global image improved but still tarnished, while others, notably China, continue to grow in power and prestige, this symposium asks about the implications for America's global role and national security concerns.

In exploring the connections between domestic politics and foreign policy, we also address the question of the role of elites, including the foreign policy establishment or the 'military-industrial complex' - 50 years after President Eisenhower warned Americans about the power of such forces. Do budget deficits and financial crises threaten the power of a foreign policy establishment dedicated to American preponderance?

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