Past Events

ICTS Seminar - Terrorism and the Media: Dilemmas for Government, Journalists, and the Public
ICTS Seminar - Terrorism and the Media: Dilemmas for Government, Journalists, and the Public
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies International Center for Terrorism Studies April 20, 2017 The role of the press in reporting on terrorism has been under public debate for decades. Many issues have been considered, including whether the media encourages terrorism and whether governments shoul...
2017 3 23 Preventing WMD Terrorism
2017 3 23 Preventing WMD Terrorism
International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism
International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism
The current deteriorating Middle East security architecture gravely challenges the international community more than ever before. The lingering crisis of national identities coupled with escalating extremism and violence is resulting in unprecedented social, economic, and strategic costs. These regi...
ICTS Seminar - Middle East Strategic Outlook: Regional and Global Implications
ICTS Seminar - Middle East Strategic Outlook: Regional and Global Implications"
ICTS Seminar-Latin America’s Security Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Castro Era
ICTS Seminar-Latin America’s Security Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in the Post-Castro Era
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies December 16, 2016 Latin America’s multiple security challenges include organized crime, terrorism, migration, economic development, and threats to democratic governance. Experts with governmental, academic, and professional experience meet to discuss current a...
9/12
9/12 "From Data to Knowledge in Neuroscience: Building Toward Individualized Medicine"
The current wealth of data in neuroscience has the potential to lead to groundbreaking neuroscientific discoveries and revolutionize clinical treatments for mental health and neurological disorders. Combining neuroscience data with information in other data-rich fields, such as genomics, will make p...

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TERRORISM STUDIES AT

POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

 

February 23, 2017

The 19th Annual Event

"International Cooperation in Combating Terrorism:

Review of 2016 and Outlook for 2017"

The year 2016 represents one of the most troubling security challenges since 9/11. The human, political, economic, and strategic global costs will continue to grow in 2017 without more effective international cooperation. A distinguished panel of experts discussed a wide range of related topics from the shifting security environment to “best practices” recommendations for the new U.S. administration and its partners abroad. 

Opening remarks were given by Michael S. Swetnam, CEO and Chairman of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. The panel was moderated by Professor Yonah Alexander, Director of the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies and Senior Fellow of Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. The panel consisted of: Governor James S. Gilmore, III who served as the 68th governor of Virginia and, from 1999 to 2003, he chaired the Congressional Panel, known as the "Gilmore Commission," that assessed America’s capabilities to respond to a terrorist attack; Ambassador (ret.) Robert Hunter, former National Security Council Director of West European and Middle East Affairs and United States Ambassador to NATO and, currently, Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at SAIS; Brigadier General David G. Reist, USMC (Ret.), Operation Iraqi Freedom, Deputy Commanding General for Governance and Economics in Anbar Province (2006-2007); The Honorable Bijan R. Kian, the highest ranking Iranian-American to serve three U.S. presidents and also was the Deputy Lead on the Director of National Intelligence, Intelligence Community Landing Team on the Presidential Transition Team from November 2016 to January 2017; and Dr. David Ottaway, former Foreign Correspondent for The Washington Post and, currently, Middle East Fellow at The Wilson Center. Closing remarks were given by General Alfred Gray, USMC (Ret.), the Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps and Senior Fellow and Chairman of the Board of Regents for the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

 

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