Professor Crenshaw is one of the world’s leading authorities on terrorism and counterterrorism. Currently a professor of political science at Stanford University, she taught at Wesleyan University from 1974 to 2007. Her most recent book publications are Explaining Terrorism: Causes, Processes and Consequences (London: Routledge, 2011), and The Consequences of Counterter]]>http://www.icsr.info/seminar/competition-and-cooperation-among-militant-groups2012-03-06 00:00:00Michael Hurley, a former CIA Officer, was closely involved in the hunt for Osama bin Laden throughout the 2000s. He served three tours in Afghanistan post-9/11, leading Agency staff and Special Forces in southeastern Afghanistan. He was one of the CIA’s lead coordinators on the ground for Operation Anaconda, the largest battle against al Qaeda during the campaign in Afghanistan. Subsequently, he served on the 9/11 Commission’s staff as a senior counsel and director of its counterterrorism policy investigation, drafting substantial portions of the policy chapters of the Commission’s final report.
 
Before 9/11, Hurley was detailed to the National Security Council, where he was director for the Balkans. At the CIA, he was involved in the U.S. interventions in Kosovo, Bosnia, and Haiti, and also held a range of management positions at ]]>http://www.icsr.info/seminar/the-long-hunt-for-bin-laden2012-02-06 00:00:00ICSR’s Winter 2012 Atkin Fellows – Lior Finkel and Mohammad Al Azraq - presented their final research papers to a lively audience at King’s College London.

In her paper, Lior highlights the important contributions that female negotiators can make to the stalled Israeli-Arab peace process. She is a Parliamentary Assistant and Political Advisor to MK Ilan Gilon with Meretz and a graduate of the Peres Center for Peace "Young Political Leaders" programme.

Mohammad examines how successful renewable energy projects can encourage ‘bottom-up’ peace initiatives. He was the Cultural Activities Coordinator at the  American Center of Oriental Research in Amman and holds a Bachelors of Science in Engineering from the University of Jordan.

To listen to the talk, please ICSR was delighted to host Mitchell Silber, Director of Intelligence Analysis, New York City Police Department Intelligence Division, for the launch of his latest book The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots against the West (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania University Press, 2011).

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