# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Politics of Uncertainty: Risk, Surprise, and World Politics
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 10 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm – Tue, 10 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Peter J. Katzenstein's research and teaching lie at the intersection of the fields of international relations and comparative politics.About this EventThis lecture addresses the conundrum that risk and uncertainty pose for political analysis in general and, specifically, the analysis of world politics. Modernity predisposes us to seek to control life as much as possible, converting its unfathomable uncertainties into manageable risks. The conundrum consists of the unending intermingling of the probable and the possible, leaving us forever surprised. Illustrating the conundrum’s persistence in the politics of finance, nuclear war, and global warming, I show how it is grounded in our implicitly held Newtonian and humanist worldviews. Twentieth-century science has developed theories pointing to Post-Newtonian and Para-humanist worldviews that more fully acknowledge the power of uncertainty without sacrificing productive, risk-based analyses. Conventional political analysis and the analysis of world politics could learn from the humility-instilling advances of 20th century sciences.  https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/7a4bb8d0-018f-11f1-9f54-dfa1d1aacd36-rimg-w572-h740-dc014d97-gmir.jpg
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Washington
- **state**: DC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: American University, School of International Service, Founders Room
- **lat**: 38.9379737
- **long**: -77.0890599
- **full address**: American University, School of International Service, Founders Room, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, United States

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- **Q**: When and where is The Politics of Uncertainty: Risk, Surprise, and World Politics being held?
  - **A:** The Politics of Uncertainty: Risk, Surprise, and World Politics takes place on Tue, 10 Feb, 2026 at 04:00 pm to Tue, 10 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm at American University, School of International Service, Founders Room, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing The Politics of Uncertainty: Risk, Surprise, and World Politics?
  - **A:** The Politics of Uncertainty: Risk, Surprise, and World Politics is organized by Departmant of Global Inquiry.

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