Seminars / Reading Group

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PACS Seminar Series

The Fall 2026 PACS seminar series will meet in person in Uris G-08 from 12:00 PM-1:15 PM on Thursdays, unless otherwise noted. Authors will lead a discussion of their works by delivering a formal talk followed by a Q&A. All events are in-person only unless otherwise noted. Readings for the seminars can be accessed here (Cornell Net ID required).

Seminar Recordings

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Fall 2026

**September 10 - Clark Hall 700**
Panel on the future of international order - additional details forthcoming
Kyoko Imai, Indo-Pacific Security Initiative (IPSI) of the Atlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security
Amitav Acharya, American University
Alexander Lanoszka, University of Waterloo
Oumar Ba, Cornell University

**September 16 - Cornell Cinema (104 Willard Straight Hall)**
Additional details forthcoming
Screening of “Bombshell” (2026) documentary at Cornell Cinema

**September 17 - Biotech G10**
Symposium on nuclear weapons - additional details forthcoming
Neta Crawford, University of St. Andrews (Scotland)
Zia Mian, Princeton University 
Benoît Pelopidas, Center for International Studies, Sciences Po, Paris
David Holloway, Stanford University
Ruoyu Li, Colgate
Leyatt Betre, Princeton University 
Benjamin Wilson, Harvard University
Agnieszka Nimark, Cornell University
Frank von Hippel (virtual), Princeton University 
Ray Acheson, Princeton University 
David Cortright, Cornell University 
Lisbeth Gronlund, Laboratory for Nuclear Security and Policy at MIT

September 24
John Lechner, author of Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare (Bloomsbury 2025)

October 8
Adam Tooze, Columbia University
IES Luigi Einaudi Distinguished Lecturer 

October 29
Fiona Cunningham, University of Pennsylvania
Winner of the 2026 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, Cornell University

November 5
Veronica Anghel, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, part of the European University Institute

November 12
Frank L. Smith III, Cyber and Innovation Policy Institute (CIPI), part of the Strategic and Operational Research Department in the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the U.S. Naval War College

November 19
Stacie Goddard, Wellesley College