This Veterans Day, join us for a critical conversation aimed at bridging the gap between the military and civilian experience.The "Why I Served: Veterans Panel" will feature three distinguished military-connected members of the ND community—Tyler Beamish (Law), Rob Parkhurst (MBA), and Beth Weber (Inspired Leadership Initiative)—sharing their service journeys, motivations, and transitions to Notre Dame.This event is key for all students, faculty, and staff—especially non-veterans—to gain firsthand perspective and foster deeper understanding of the veteran experience on campus.Come support your fellow veterans by taking the time to hear their stories and the valuable experience they bring to the Notre Dame community.Originally published at omva.nd.edu.

Stephen B. KaplanAssociate Professor of Political Science and International AffairsInstitute for International Economic PolicyGeorge Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs This talk presents concepts from Kaplan's book Globalizing Patient Capital: The Political Economy of Chinese Finance in the Americas, published by Cambridge University Press. China has extended financial ties with economically risky countries in Latin America as part of a globalized industrial policy that internationalizes its firms, secures access to resources, and cultivates trade opportunities, primarily through its policy banks. While China openly criticizes austerity tied to Western lending, its IMF partnership often supports similar policies, and its creditors manage risk with resource-backed loans and forbearance rather than outright debt forgiveness. This divergence in debt strategy, combined with China’s growing influence in global finance, complicates multilateral debt relief and regional growth, as China’s willingness to cooperate on debt relief depends on its strategic interests and position within international financial institutions. The book uses cross-national and comparative case study analysis to demonstrate these patterns, offering new insights into the political economy of sovereign debt and development in the region. Cosponsored by the Liu Institute for Asia and Asian Studies. For more information, visit the event page.  Sponsored by the Kellogg Institute at the Keough School of Global Affairs.

Erik Gartzke is currently serving as Scholar-in-Residence at USCYBERCOM.Gartzke is professor of political science and founding director of the Center for Peace andSecurity Studies (cPASS) at the University of California, San Diego, where he has been a faculty member since 2007. Previous academic postings include Columbia University (2000 to 2007) and the Pennsylvania State University (1997 to 2000). He has also held temporary positions at the Australian Defense College, the Naval Postgraduate School, University of Essex, U.C. Santa Barbara, the Ecole des Affaires Internationales (Sciences Po) and Dartmouth College. Gartzke received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Iowa in 1997. He is also a U.S. military veteran (Commissioned Infantry Reserve, Enlisted Combat Engineer). Professor Gartzke’s research focuses on war, peace and international institutions. His scholarly interests include deterrence, democratization, nuclear security, the liberal peace, information and war, cyberwar, alliances, arms racing and the evolving technological nature of interstate conflict. He has written on the effects of global commerce, development, system structure and climate change on war. Recent studies include the role of technological change and military automation on patterns of interstate conflict, geography/seasonality and disputes, cross/multi-domain deterrence and research contributing to the intellectual foundations of cyber conflict. Professor Gartzke is among the most widely cited scholars of his generation in the study of world affairs. He is the most cited researcher in the topic “war and peace studies,” and the twelfth most cited researcher in “international security”). Gartzke has served as “primary investigator” on dozens of grants totaling over $15 million dollars in funding. He haspublished over one hundred books, articles and chapters. Professor Gartzke’s scholarship has appeared in most of the top journals of his discipline and field: American Political ScienceReview, the American Journal of Political Science, the British Journal of Political Science,International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, the Journalof Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Politics, Security Studies, World Politics, and elsewhere.His latest book, co-authored with Jon R. Lindsay, is titled Elements of Deterrence: Strategy,Technology, and Complexity in Global Politics, published in 2024 by Oxford University Press. This is a hybrid event. Join us via Zoom. Download the readahead.Download the event flyer. Originally published at ondisc.nd.edu.

Classics in the BrowningDirected by Juan Bastillo OroNot Rated, 79 minutes, DCPWith Víctor Urruchúa, Carlos Villatoro, Magda HallerIn Spanish with English subtitlesThis vividly stylized, broodingly intense early Mexican sound melodrama by Juan Bustillo Oro hinges on an audacious flashback structure. When an ailing monk recognizes a new brother at his cloister, he becomes deranged and attacks him. Dos Monjes recounts the men's tragic shared past once from the point of view of each, heightening the contrasts between the two accounts with visual flourishes drawn from the language of German expressionism, including camera work by avant-garde photographer Agustín Jiménez. GET TICKETS *This is a free but ticketed event. Tickets will be available for pick-up at the Ticket Office one hour prior to the performance. To guarantee your seat, please pick up your tickets at least 15 minutes prior to the show. In the event of a sell-out, unclaimed tickets will be used to seat patrons waiting on standby.