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September 16th to 20th, MGIMO welcomed one of the most prominent modern international researchers, the Professor at George Washington University Martha Finnemore. The guest conducted a series of lectures at the University.
Martha Finnemore is one of the most famous constructivist scholars, who made a significant contribution to the study of how the diffusion of international norms impacts states’ foreign policy.
During her time at the University, Martha Finnemore delivered three lectures on the main topics she devoted her career to.
In her second lecture, which unfolded on September 18th, Marta Finnemore outlined her main findings regarding how and why states carry out armed interventions abroad. She highlighted the evolution in the use of military means and the end of interventions for debt collection after the Second World War. Foreign wars still take place but interventions are justified with other motives, she noted.