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Hutton Honors College

 —  Lies, Spies, and 'Chatter'

Pizza Discussion Supper: "Lies, Spies, and 'Chatter'" with Sir Timothy Garden, British international security expert.

  • Mon., Mar. 1, 2004
  • 6-7:30 p.m.
  • Honors House, 324 N. Jordan.
  • SIGN-UP REQUIRED!

This is a small-group program and requires participants to sign up in advance. Participants must be IU undergraduates and must sign up using the established procedures. For complete sign-up procedures, see http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eiubhonor/hdextra/signup.php.

Please note the opportunity to hear Sir Timothy Garden deliver a public lecture on Feb. 19 -- "Old Friends, New Enemies: Europe and the United States in the Age of Terrorism."

In an age of color-coded alerts; dirty bombs, shoe bombs, planes-as-bombs, and suicide bombings; and "intelligence" reports, security leaks, and videotapes on Aljezzera, how do international security experts figure out what is a credible threat? How do they give sensible, reliable advice to individuals and governments? How can ordinary folks figure out what they need to know to maximize their personal security, their family's security, national security, homeland security, not to mention international security? How can citizens figure out what they need to know to judge the competencies and acts, and the intents and motives of those in charge of their own and other nations' governments? Join British international security expert Sir Timothy Garden for a discussion of these and other security issues.

Sir Timothy Garden, a retired British air marshal (3-star general) who was knighted in 1994, has had a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force, in the Ministry of Defence, at the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and elsewhere, that has allowed him to travel the world contributing to academic, military, and public policy and debate on foreign policy, military strategy, and security issues, including the war in Iraq. A visiting professor at the Centre for Defence Studies at King's College, London, he has written widely on security issues, and his publications include two books: Can Deterrence Last? and The Technology Trap: Science and the Military. He is a defense commentator for a wide range of news media, including the BBC, Sky, CBS, Fox, ABC, NBC, the Guardian, and Reuters, and advises the Liberal Democratic Party on foreign and security policy.