Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Dr. Tawfik Hamid serves as the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism. In an interview with the London (Ontario) Free Press, he commented on the recent arrests of terrorist suspects in Canada. Dr. Hamid, a medical doctor who is a former Islamic radical, addressed the seeming contradiction between the quiet lives of some suspects and the allegations that they were involved in terrorism. Dr. Hamid 's take: that there have been many cases in which individuals have been abruptly radicalized. Click here to read the article in full.
The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies is pleased to announce that Prof. James Giordano, PhD, has been named Vice President of Academic Programs. Prof. Giordano has served as Chair of Academic Programs since 2009 and will continue to serve as Director of the Institute's Center for Neurotechnology Studies and Executive Director of the Potomac Institute Press.
As Vice President of Academic Programs, Prof. Giordano will restructure and streamline the Programs' organization, and will oversee the Institute's Academic Centers, including the Center for Neurotechnology Studies and the International Center for Terrorism Studies, directed by Prof. Yonah Alexander. Prof. Giordano will also be responsible for activities of academic fellows, whose independent research will complement and enhance the mission of the Academic Programs. Click below to watch a video in which Prof. Giordano describes the new structure for the Academic Programs.
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John Young is a Senior Fellow and Member of the Board of Regents of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and a former undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics. In a recent issue of Defense News, he writes that current procedures limiting the use of multiyear procurement contracts within the Department of Defense result in enormous waste of taxpayer dollars. He argues that expanding the use of multiyear contracts would improve efficiency and save money. Writes Young, "It would dramatically improve defense acquisition if more programs were executed under stable, multiyear funding, limiting the annual budget process churn that consumes precious program management time." Click here to read the article in full.
Dr. Tawfik Hamid, Chair for the Study of Islamic Radicalism at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, has weighed in on the controversy surrounding a proposed mosque near New York City's Ground Zero with a call for the mosque's supporters to take steps to lay critics' concerns to rest. Dr. Hamid says not only should the proponents of the mosque come out strongly against all forms of violent radicalism, they should acknowledge cultural and historical signals that may be sent by the mosque's construction. Dr. Hamid was interviewed at length by the New Jersey Jewish Standard ; click here to read the article in full.
The International Center for Terrorism Studies at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies presented a special Luncheon Seminar, "The Next Middle East Wars: Lebanon, Gaza and Iran?" at noon on Wednesday, August 18. Panelists included Prof. Yonah Alexander, Director of ICTS; Amb. Theodore Kattouff (Ret.), Former US Ambassador to Syria and President and CEO, AMIDEAST; Dr. Kenneth Katzman, Specialist in Middle East Affairs, Congressional Research Service; and Dr. Patrick Clawson, Deputy Director for Research, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy. The event was co-sponsored by the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies of the International Law Institute, and the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies. Click here to watch C-SPAN coverage of the event, or click below to watch a video of the event in its entirety.
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