International Hot Spots: Crisis in Context is a seven-part lecture series that aims to illuminate today’s many complex and ongoing geopolitical crises. Including Deborah Amos, International Correspondent for National Public Radio, and ending with Professor Mark Beissinger, Professor of Politics at Princeton University, on Ukraine, the contributors will bring experience and deep understanding of historical contexts, providing facts and accurate analysis to shed light on—and not just add heat to—hot spots in our world. Other talks will address China, regime change in Latin America, nuclear threats from countries like Russia, the war in Gaza, and rising populism in Europe.

NOTE: Lectures will be held in the Friend Center Auditorium, William and Olden Streets. Participants can park in any PU lot for free without a permit in the evening. The closest lots to the Friend Center would be Lot P10 (behind Thomas Sweet) and P13 (across from Lot P10) and both are entered from William Street. The Garmin address for Lot P10 (behind Thomas Sweet) is 41 William Street, Princeton NJ. The P13 lot across the street sits behind the former elementary school building (which was formerly known as 185 Nassau Street building) and it is the bigger of the two.

You will receive a course ticket for the entire series at check-in at the first lecture you attend. No prior confirmation will be sent. Masks are strongly encouraged, but not required.

• Oct. 22 The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. China Relations
  AARON L. FRIEDBERG, Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Co-Director, Center for International Security Studies, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Oct. 29 Homicidal Ecologies: Complicit States in Latin America
  DEBORAH J. YASHAR, Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs; Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS), Princeton University
• Nov. 12 Confronting the Nuclear Doomsday Machine in the 21st Century
  ZIA MIAN, Senior Research Scholar and Co Director, Program on Science and Global Security (SGS), Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Nov. 19 The Rise and Rise of Populism
  JAN-WERNER MÜLLER, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Politics, Director, Program in Political Philosophy, Princeton University
• Nov. 26 Justice in a Post-Truth World
  DEBORAH AMOS, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence, Council of the Humanities, Princeton University; International Correspondent for National Public Radio
• Dec. 3 Security and Dignity: Keys to Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation
  UDI OFER, John L. Weinberg/Goldman Sachs & Co. Visiting Professor and Lecturer, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
• Dec. 10 Understanding Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
  MARK R. BEISSINGER, Henry W. Putnam Professor of Politics, Princeton University 002