Media

• Press Releases   •  Media Clips   •  Newsletters •  Downloads

Press Releases

• 2004
• 2003
• 2002
• 2001
• 2000
• Archives

The New War Challenges: From Aviation to Nuclear

16 November, 2001

EVENT:

From suicide pilots using planes as manned guided missiles to potential nuclear bomb attacks from terrorist organizations, the world faces threats of previously unimaginable proportion and dimensions. On Tuesday, November 20, 2001, Professor Yonah Alexander, author of Super Terrorism: Biological, Chemical, and Nuclear, will join a team of experts to discuss The New War Challenges: From Aviation to Nuclear Terrorism. A question and answer session will follow.

WHEN:

Tuesday, November 20, 2001, from 4:00p.m. to 6:00p.m.

WHERE:

International Law Institute
1615 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC (2 Blocks East of Dupont Circle Metro Station on the Red Line)

Program

Co-Chairmen:

Prof. Yonah Alexander, Director, International Center for Terrorism Studies, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, and Co-Director, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies

Prof. Edgar H. Brenner, Co-Director, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies

Opening Remarks:

Stuart Kerr, Esq., Executive Director, International Law Institute

Michael S. Swetnam, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Panelists:

Joseph Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Dr. M. Anthony Fainberg, Department of Defense (invited)

Dr.Milton Hoenig, Nuclear Physicist, Dr. Feisal Keblawi, Federal Aviation Administration

Media Inquiries - Craig Bannister - 703-525-0770
RSVP Required - James Kirkhope - 703-525-0770

Established in 1998, the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' International Center for Terrorism Studies (ICTS) is a non-profit research organization dedicated to educating the public and the nation's policymakers about the nature and intensity of, and most effective responses to, the terrorist threat in the 21st century. ICTS serves as the coordinating body for three worldwide consortia of universities and think tanks: the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, the Inter-University Center for Information Warfare and Cyber-terrorism Studies, and the Inter-University Center for Science and Technology Studies. ICTS is also affiliated with the Inter-University Center for Legal Studies at the International Law Institute.