SPEAKER SERIES

2008-09 Academic Year

WMD Proliferation and US National Security

Amy Smithson, Monterey Institute (September 8, 2008). (Click here for details).

Christopher Chyba, Princeton University (September 29, 2008). (Click here for details).

Kier Lieber, University of Notre Dame (October 13, 2008). (Click here for details).

Peter Scoblic, Executive Editor, The New Republic (October 20, 2008). (Click here for details).

Counterinsurgency and Rule of Law Speakers

Thomas Nachbar, University of Virginia School of Law and JAG School, The Revised Rule of Law Handbook: A Practioner’s Guide for Judge Advocates, October 2, 2008.

Robert Perito, U.S. Institute for Peace, Still Looking for the Lone Ranger: Problems and Prospects for Building U.S. Post-Conflict Stability Capabilities, October 9, 2008.

2007-08 Academic Year

Understanding Suicide Terrorism

During the 2007-08 academic year, CAGS sponsored a speaker series on "Understanding Suicide Terrorism." The speakers CAGS invited to speak to the university community were:

Mia Bloom, University of Georgia, lectured on "Metamorphosis of Suicide Terrorism: From Targeting Foreigners/Occupiers to Sectarian Violence" (November 28, 2007). (Click here for details).

Mohammed M. Hafez, University of Missouri, lectured on "Martyrs without Borders: The Puzzle of Foreign Suicide Bombers in Iraq" (January 22, 2008). (Click here for details).

C. Christine Fair, RAND Corporation, lectured on "Afghanistan's Inept Suicide Attackers: Explaining Their Incompetence" (February 22, 2008). (Click here for details).

Martha Crenshaw, Stanford University, lectured on "Suicide Terrorism: What We Know and What We Don't Know" (April 2, 2008). (Click here for details).

Last updated: 11/06/2009