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Academics and Practitioners Give Open Advice to President Trump on ‘Eradicating’ Terrorism

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 1:06pm

Academics and Practitioners Give Open Advice to President Trump on ‘Eradicating’ Terrorism by Antonia Ward, Georgetown Security Studies Review

January 26th-27th witnessed a convergence of academics and practitioners from across the world descend upon Georgetown University to offer policy lessons and advice to the new administration of President Donald Trump on the pressing issue of terrorism and counterterrorism in a seminal conference co-hosted by Georgetown University and the University of St Andrews-Scotland, “What the New Administration Needs to Know About Terrorism and Counterterrorism.” Comprising four panels across two days and two keynote speeches, the conference engendered lively and thorough discussion driven by a number of seasoned experts. Academics from farther afield such as Jytte Klausen and Audrey Kurth Cronin sat alongside prominent scholars from both Georgetown and St. Andrews, two universities that have enjoyed close partnership since Professor Bruce Hoffman co-founded the Handa Centre at St. Andrews (CSTPV) with the late Professor Paul Wilkinson in 1994. Additionally, the conference welcomed pivotal practitioners including Gary Ermutlu of the UN and career US Intelligence Community public servants Paula Doyle and Paul Pillar.

Read for the conference highlights.

Comments

MoorthyM

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 6:33pm

Dave, as the convener, could you please summarize for us any profound new idea that came out of the conference that will help the new administration?

thank you.

Dave Maxwell

Tue, 02/07/2017 - 3:54pm

The video for all four panels and the two keynotes (Michael Vickers and Richard English) can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHPN6YFZQHs6VLbFJITxg6A

We intend to have the conference proceedings published in a special report of the Georgetown Security Studies Review by around the end of the month and I will of course forward that when it is published.