Past Events

2015 Navigator Awards
2015 Navigator Awards
The 2015 Navigator Awards
Neurotechnology Revolution Seminar
Neurotechnology Revolution Seminar
ICTS Seminar -The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? - October 2, 2015
ICTS Seminar -The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? - October 2, 2015
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies The Inter-University for Terrorism Studies The Palestinian-Israeli Conflict: A Third Intifada or an Endgame? October 2, 2015
NATO's Mission in the Old-New Strategic Environment: Confronting Regional and Global Challenges
NATO's Mission in the Old-New Strategic Environment: Confronting Regional and Global Challenges
The most pressing security challenges facing NATO today and tomorrow include terrorism, homeland threats, cyber attacks, information warfare, the Ukraine crisis, piracy, and WMD proliferation. A new book, "NATO: From Regional to Global Security Provider" is released September 17, 2015 at a special ...
Combating Separatist Terrorism
Combating Separatist Terrorism
“Combating Separatist Terrorism: Assessment of Past Lessons, Future Outlook, and 'Best Practices' Response Strategies," August 27, 2015 at Potomac Institute for Policy Studies Since the establishment of the UN, many of the new or changed political entities created in the name of "self-determinati...
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A Special Seminar on: "Terrorism Captives: Tactical, Legal, and Strategic Implications"
Kidnapping and hostage taking by state and non-state actors constitute a permanent fixture of terrorist tactics that is attractive and effective. The latest media focus on American and foreign captives in Iran, Syria, and elsewhere provides an opportunity to assess the historical lessons learned, an...

 

INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TERRORISM STUDIES AT

POTOMAC INSTITUTE FOR POLICY STUDIES

"The Fifteenth Anniversary of 9/11: Past Lessons and Future Outlook"

October 14, 2016

As the U.S. just marked its 15th anniversary of 9/11 and as the UN general assembly began its 71st session, terrorism continues to plague the international community with escalated, complex security challenges. The latest attacks from New York to Aleppo have once again underscored the brutalization, victimization, and globalization of contemporary terrorism. It is against this geopolitical and generational context that a panel of distinguished former political, diplomatic, and military officials as well as academics discussed past lessons, assess current and future threats, and offered recommendations for a more effective counterterrorism architecture.

Opening remarks were made by Michael S. Swetnam, CEO and Chairman, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. The panel was moderated by Professor Yonah Alexander, Director, Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies, and Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies. The keynote speaker was Hon. R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA and currently, Chairs the Board of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. The panel consisted of Hon. Douglas Feith, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and currently, Director, Center for National Security Strategies, Hudson Institute; Ambassador (Ret.) Charles A. Ray, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/Missing Personnel Affairs and Ambassador to Cambodia and Zimbabwe and previously, he served in the United States Army for twenty years; and David Albright a physicist and Founder & President, Institute for Science and International Security and a former inspector of the Iraqi nuclear program and a faculty member at Princeton University and George Mason University. Closing remarks were provided by General Alfred Gray, USMC (Ret.), Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; Senior Fellow and Chairman of the Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies.

To view a recording of the seminar click here.

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