Dr. Geoffrey Wiseman, author, visiting fellow from the University of Southern California, will speak on “Concepts of Non-Provocative Defense: Ideas and Practices in International Security,” on Thursday, September 19, at 4:15 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons on the Scripps College campus. This talk, part of the European Union Center of California Fall 2002 Lecture Series, is free and open to the public.
A former Australian diplomat, Dr. Wiseman was stationed at embassies in Stockholm, Hanoi, and Brussels; toward the end of his term of service, he was assigned as personal advisor to the Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans. Upon leaving the diplomatic corps, he went to New York and worked as program officer and consultant to the Ford Foundation’s International Affairs Program. Wiseman is the author of recently published Concepts of Non?Provocative Defense, a text that investigates how states convey non-threatening intentions by adopting defensive military capabilities, with case studies including Western Europe, Gorbachev’s Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf War, and the Asia-Pacific region. His current area of research is in diplomatic innovation, particularly relating to non?state actors.
The recipient of numerous grants and fellowships, Wiseman received his doctorate in international relations from Oxford University, and he currently teaches diplomacy and international security in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California.
The European Union Center of California, housed on the Scripps College campus, sponsors Dr. Wiseman’s appearance. Part of a network of EU Centers nationwide, the EU Center of California seeks to promote education, scholarly research, and public understanding of European integration and its consequences.