THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL POLITICS AND ZOMBIES

Daniel Drezner, Professor of International Politics, Tufts University

There are many sources of fear in world politics - terrorist attacks, natural disasters, climate change, financial panic, nuclear proliferation, and ethnic conflict, to name but a few. According to Daniel Drezner however, it is striking how the unnatural problem of zombies has become one of the fastest-growing concerns in international relations. If the dead begin to rise from the grave and attack the living, what thinking would, or should, guide the human response? How would theories of international politics hold up under the pressure of a zombie assault? Join us at The Chicago Council on Global Affairs for the first Young Professionals program of 2011 with Daniel Drezner as he discusses how to handle this unique “unknown unknown.”

Daniel W. Drezner is professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a senior editor at The National Interest. Drezner has received fellowships from the German Marshall Fund of the United States, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Harvard University. He has previously held positions with the Civic Education Project, the RAND Corporation, and the Treasury Department. Drezner is the author of several books, an avid blogger, and he has written for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, and Foreign Affairs. Drezner received his B.A. from Williams College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University.

His latest book, Theories of International Politics and Zombies, will be available for purchase and signing after the program.