Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Last Updated on Friday, 27 January 2012 09:39
The Potomac Institute Press is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of the new book Al-Qa'ida: Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond, (Potomac Institute Press, 2012) by Institute Chairman and CEO Michael Swetnam and ICTS Director Prof. Yonah Alexander, PhD. The authors previously collaborated on a 2001 landmark book on al-Qa'ida entitled Usama bin Laden's al-Qa'ida: Profile of a Terrorist Network (click here to access the Amazon.com listing). Their follow-up book, Al-Qa'ida: Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond, will be available in an early-release version at the February 2 ICTS event at the National Press Club (see event listing, below) and soon on Amazon.com. In the book, the authors describe an al-Qa'ida that they say has been significantly weakened, but not destroyed. Click below to watch video comments by the authors on their new book.
Last Updated on Wednesday, 25 January 2012 16:19
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies will host a seminar, International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism: Review of 2011 and Outlook for 2012, on Thursday, February 2, from 2-4 pm, in the National Press Club's Holeman Lounge. This is the fourteenth in a series of annual ICTS events highlighting developments in the field of counterterrorism. Co-sponsors include the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and the International Law Institute's Inter-University Center for Legal Studies.
The event will also feature the release of the new book by Yonah Alexander and Potomac Institute Chairman and CEO Michael Swetnam, Al-Qaida, Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond (Potomac Institute Press, 2012). The book is the follow-up to the authors' definitive volume published in 2001, Usama bin Laden’s al-Qa’ida: Profile of a Terrorist Network. Al-Qaida, Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond is a timely look at the evolution of the group in the last decade, and its future in the wake of the death of its founder, Usama bin Laden. Registration is required for this event: see below for details. Click here to watch video comments by Yonah Alexander and Michael Swetnam on their new book, Al-Qaida, Ten Years After 9/11 and Beyond.
Read more: ICTS Annual Terrorism Review Set for February 2 at National Press Club
Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 13:51
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Center for Neurotechnology Studies will host NELSI-4, the Fourth Annual National Symposium on Neuroscience, Ethics, Legal and Social Issues, from 8am-6pm on March 16, 2012 at the Institute. This year's topic is Neuroscience and Neuroethics: Considering Nature, Nurture and Norms. Click here to visit the NELSI-4 website for more details and registration information.
NELSI-4 will look at ways in which neuroscience can inform contemporary discussions about human nature, the human condition, and human relationships. Speakers will include: Gregory Berns PhD, Emory University; William Casebeer, PhD, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Patricia Churchland, PhD, University of California San Diego; James Giordano, PhD, Center for Neurotechnology Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, University of New Mexico, University of Oxford, Symposium Chair; Eric Racine, PhD, Neuroethics Research Unit , Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal (IRCM); John Shook, PhD, University of Buffalo; and Paul Kurtz, PhD, Institute for Science and Human Values.
Last Updated on Monday, 23 January 2012 16:29
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Senior Fellow Amb. David Smith (Ret.) is a former US arms negotiator and a cybersecurity and cyber policy analyst. In a live interview on Washington, DC's FOX-5 News, he commented on the FBI action against online file-sharing site Megaupload, which followed the apparent demise of two pieces of legislation - SOPA and PIPA - that were designed to address the same problem of online piracy. Smith says the case against Megaupload demonstrates that legal avenues already exist for the prosecution of online pirates, and should be pursued. Click below to watch the interview in full.
Center for Neurotechnology Studies
Last Updated on Friday, 20 January 2012 14:45
Prof. James Giordano, PhD, is Vice President for Academic Programs and Director of the Center for Neurotechnology Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. Prof. Giordano, a neuroscientist and neuroethicist, will be a featured speaker at the upcoming New York University Center for Bioethics 2012 Conference on "The Moral Brain." The event will be held from March 30-April 1 at NYU, and is free and open to the public. The program is jointly sponsored by the NYU Center for Bioethics, Duke Kenan Institute for Ethics, Yale Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. Prof. Giordano will participate in a discussion entitled, "Can Moral Behavior Be Improved or Enhanced?" Click here for details.
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