SPRING 2004 LECTURE SERIES
Thursday, March 11th, 2004, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

The World Policy Institute at New School University presents

Archived Webcast (You will need Real Player to view this.) Courtesy of New School Online University special events.

IS TERRORISM FOREVER?

a panel discussion with

ALLEN GREENSPAN
is the Special Projects Partner, responsible for Middle Eastern and North African affairs, at the May Group. He is based in Switzerland.

and

RICHARD ALLAN
is a Professor at Brooklyn Law School and American Scholar-in-Residence at the EastWest Institute.

Moderated by

IAN CUTHBERTSON
Senior Fellow and Director of the WPI’s Counter-Terrorism Project

It has been thirty months since 9/11. The Taliban have been deposed and despite numerous bombings in various parts of the world, Al Qaeda has been thwarted, at least for the time being, in its various attempts to launch another attack on American soil. Yet the War on Terrorism continues unabated and the unanswered questions remain: will this war ever be won and can terrorism, in all its facets, be defeated? Or must we accept that this particularly cruel form of political action an inescapable facet of life that is destined always to be with us? To attempt to answer these questions and others we must first understand what drives modern terrorists and what steps can be taken to deal with their fundamental motivations. Will there always be people who want to destroy others to advance their political, social or economic agenda? Is political discourse possible with all or some of them? Or must violence always be met with retaliation? In an age of proliferating weapons of mass destruction, will we ever know true security again? These and other issues that affect all of our lives on a daily basis will be addressed in this panel discussion.

Thursday, March 11, 2004, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Swayduck Auditorium, First Floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14^th). Admission is free. Visit www.dialnsa.edu for a live webcast and online discussion.

RSVP 212-229-5808 ext. 4272 to reserve seating or Email: wpi@newschool.edu

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Online webcast and discussion:

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