An Informal Talk by Dr. Christopher Layne

After the Fall: International Politics, U.S. Grand Strategy and the End of the Pax Americana. 
An Informal Talk by Dr.Christopher Layne 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM 
Ferre Building, Room 126 

Dr. Christopher Layne 
Professor at The Bush School Of Government And Public Service, Texas A&M University
and Robert M. Gates Chair in Intelligence and National Security 

His fields of interest are international relations theory, great power politics, U.S. foreign policy, transatlantic security relations, and grand strategy. Professor Layne has written two books: The Peace of Illusions: American Grand Strategy from 1940 to the Present (Cornell University Press, 2006), and (with Bradley A. Thayer) American Empire: A Debate (Routledge, 2006). Additionally, he has contributed extensively to the debates about international relations theory and American foreign policy in numerous scholarly and policy journals.