Understanding Military Coups after the Cold War: Emerging Trends and Turkey as a Case Study

On March 14 you are kindly invited to the open talk «Understanding Military Coups after the Cold War: Emerging Trends and Turkey as a Case Study» within the HSE project «University Open to the City: HSE Talks».

Why do coups d’état happen? This is one of the most intriguing and well-studied topics of the political science literature. This talk aims to give a brief overview of what political scientists discovered about military coups in the post-Cold War period. It will also cover the Turkish coup attempt in July 2016 as a case. We will broadly discuss the following themes:

• Why do military coups happen? What do we know about the domestic and international determinants of coups after twenty-five years of research?
• What are the differences between Cold War and post-Cold War coups? What are the emerging trends?
• When do coups succeed? What makes failure more likely?
• What makes the Turkish case interesting? Why did the coup attempt happen? Why did it fail?

Lecturer – Ekim Arbatli, PhD in Political Science, Assistant Professor of Department Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, HSE.

Start time: 19.00.

Working language is English.

Everyone interested is welcome to attend!

If you would like to attend, please, register here.

The participation fee is 200 rubles (free coffee, tea and sweets).

Venue: Moscow, Ulitsa Myasnitskaya, 24/7, Bldg. 3, Smart place «Rozetka & Coffee».

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About the project «University Open to the City: HSE Talks»:

HSE Talks Club is a place, where everyone can dive into an international atmosphere with intellectual leisure. HSE professors from various countries will deliver open lectures in English on the most pressing topics in sociology, political science, psychology, neuroscience and other fields.  It is not only lectures in English, but also the practice of the English language and live communications. The meetings will take place at Rozetka & kofe (Socket and Coffee – Ulitsa Myasnitskaya, 24/7, Bldg. 3), an anti-coffee house where guests will be offered free hot drinks and desserts. Guests are welcome to actively participate in discussions related to both research and language studies.