{"49707":{"#nid":"49707","#data":{"type":"event","title":"\u201cEnergy as a Tool of Foreign Policy\u201d","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECISTP Lunch \u0026amp; Lecture with Dr. Brenda Shaffer (Professor, School of Political Science University of Haifa) speaking on \u0022Energy as a Tool of Foreign Policy\u0022.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELunch is free. \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:alevin@gatech.edu?subject=Yes,%20I%20would%20like%20to%20attend%20the%20Prof.%20Shaffer%20lunch%20and%20lecture%20on%20Feb.%204.\u0022\u003EReservation required by Tuesday, February 2, at 5 PM\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer recent book, \u0022Energy Politics,\u0022 will be available for purchase and signing.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brenda Shaffer is a faculty member in the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa. She served in 2008-09 as the President of the Foreign Policy Section of the American Political Science Association (APSA). She has been a visiting professor at the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy. Dr. Shaffer previously served as the Research Director of the Caspian Studies Program at Harvard University. Her research focuses on the Caucasus, Central Asia, the link between culture and foreign policy, and energy and politics. Dr. Shaffer takes a special interest in Caspian energy issues, ethnic politics in Iran, and the Nagorno-Karabagh conflict.\n\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer most recent publication is the book Energy Politics (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009). Dr. Shaffer is also the author of Borders and Brethren: Iran and the Challenge of Azerbaijani Identity (MIT Press, 2002). Brenda is the editor of the book The Limits of Culture: Islam and Foreign Policy (MIT Press, 2006). Among her recent articles is \u0022The Geopolitics of the Caucasus\u0022 (Brown Journal of World Affairs, May 2009). She serves as a lecturer and consultant on the Caspian region to a number of public organizations, governments and regional security organizations, including NATO.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"CISTP Lunch \u0026amp; Lecture with University of Haifa Professor Brenda Shaffer, speaking on \u0022Energy as a Tool of Foreign Policy.\u0022","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"A CISTP lecture with University of Haifa Professor Brenda Shaffer"}],"uid":"27299","created_gmt":"2010-01-25 14:46:21","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:49:32","author":"Michael Hagearty","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-02-04T10:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-02-04T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-02-04 15:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-02-04 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-02-04 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.cistp.gatech.edu\/index.html","title":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"},{"url":"http:\/\/lecturer.haifa.ac.il\/showen\/1232","title":"Dr. Brenda Schaffer"}],"groups":[{"id":"1182","name":"General"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"795","name":"CISTP"},{"id":"213","name":"energy"},{"id":"402","name":"policies"},{"id":"3177","name":"politics"},{"id":"626","name":"public policy"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:angela.levin@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAngela Levin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECISTP\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}