What if one of the roots of global conflict lay in the way we misperceive the world around us? Leveraging insights from research on the psychology of national security decision-making, this talk explores some of the ways that leaders often get things wrong—with devastating consequences.
Joshua D. Kertzer is the John Zwaanstra Professor of International Studies and of Government, and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Government at Harvard University. At Harvard, he teaches classes on American foreign policy, international relations, and political psychology in international politics, for which he received the Joseph R. Levenson Memorial Teaching Prize, Harvard’s recognition for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
Part of our winter 2025 lecture series, "Building and Brokering Peace."