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Fall 2006 Highlights

  • » The Jebsen Center Hosts Holiday Party for Staff and Researchers On Thursday, December 14th the Jebsen Center hosted a Holiday Party at The IL Faro Restaurant in Medford Square. The party was well attended by Jebsen Center Director Russell Howard and his wife Paula, Deputy Director Paula Broadwell, her husband Scott and son Lucien, Ginn Librarian Miriam Selter, Jebsen Center staff and researchers.
  • » Jebsen Center Researcher Matan Chorev publishes Turkish-Kurdish Reconciliation: Promise and Peril – Turkish Policy Quarterly has published an article by Jebsen Center Researcher Matan Chorev entitled Turkish-Kurdish Reconciliation: Promise and Peril. To download the Fall 2006 edition of the journal and view the article please visit http://www.turkishpolicy.com/default.asp?show=fall_2006_greshandchorev
  • »  Jebsen Center sponsors International Security Professional Development Social held at The Harvard Faculty Club The Jebsen Center in partnership with the Fletcher ISSP Military Fellows program, the Harvard National Security Fellows program, and various international security oriented students hosted a professional networking event at the Harvard Faculty Club on December 7th, 2006. The event provided an environment for students interested in security to meet and speak with the nation's top military and security individuals on special fellowships at The Fletcher School, Harvard, and Boston University.
  • » November 29, 2006 the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies will host a Brown-Bag Luncheon The Jebsen Center is hosting a Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism student study group session on November 29th, 2006 in room 703 from 1:00-2:30 pm. This informal discussion aims to encourage a student dialogue about causes and consequences of transnational terrorism. No background in counter-terrorism studies is needed. Passion and Curiosity about solutions to predicting, preventing, or preempting terrorism are welcome. Our guest speaker for the week is Fletcher PhD Candidate Alejandra Mariela Bolanos, MALD 2002. Alejandra will speak about "Terrorism Trends and the Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Threat”. Bring your own lunch or enjoy calzone, salad and drinks. Please RSVP to Jeannine Lenehan if you are able to attend Jeannine.Lenehan@tufts.edu.
  • » Jebsen Center Research Assistant Colleen Traughber Colleen Traughber and Kakha Khizanishviliorganizes a round-table with Fletcher Alum Kakha Khizanishvili. On November 21, 2006 Jebsen Center research assistant Colleen Traughber organized a round table with Fletcher alum Kakha Khizanishvili (F’02) on the topic of “Georgia since the Rose Revolution.” Kakha Khizanishvili led a discussion about the interplay of revolution, security, and good governance as well as described his experiences in Georgia's transformation to democracy. Kakha is the director of the police academy in the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs.
  • » The Bradley Foundation Awards the JCCTS In Support Of Its "Female Muslim Suicide Bombers: Implications for the Jihad and Counter-Terrorism" Research Project September 2006: The Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies is pleased to announce the receipt of a generous grant from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. The Bradley Foundation has awarded $60,000 to the Jebsen Center in support of its "Female Muslim Suicide Bombers: Implications for the Jihad and Counter-Terrorism" research project. The project will provide a comprehensive view into the motivations, methods, and future roles of female terrorist agents in extremist movements—-particularly in al Qaeda—-and what their presence may signify for U.S. and global intelligence and security communities. Jebsen Center Director Brigadier General (ret.) Russell D. Howard and Jebsen Center Graduate Assistant Jennie Dow will lead the research effort throughout the one-year grant period. Based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation is devoted to strengthening American democratic capitalism and the institutions, principles, and values that sustain and nurture it. Its programs support limited, competent government; a dynamic marketplace for economic, cultural activity; and a vigorous defense, at home and abroad, of American ideas and institutions. For more information, please visit www.bradleyfdn.org.
  • » The Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies and The Fletcher School are pleased to welcome Paula Broadwell. Paula is the Jebsen Center’s new Deputy Director and will be involved in all aspects of the Center, with a special responsibility for research administration and program development. Read More...
  • » Jebsen Center Researcher Assaf Moghadam traveled to Washington, DC and met with the NATO-Turkish National Police - Held on September 9, 2006, the meeting was an advanced workshop on Understanding and Responding to Terrorism: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. The topic of Assaf’s presentation was Global Jihad and Suicide Attacks: The Diffusion of Martydom.
  • » Jebsen Center Researcher Matan Chorev publishes Keeping the Peace between Israel and Hezbollah - The Journal of International Peace Operations and the International Peace Operations Association have published an article by Jebsen Center Researcher Matan Chorev entitled Keeping the Peace between Israel and Hezbollah. To download the September/October 2006 edition of the journal and view the article please visit http://ipoaonline.org/en/journal/.
  • »Paula Broadwell, Deputy Director of the Jebsen Center for Counter-Terrorism Studies, met with former Iranian president Mohammed Khatami at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government - On September 10, 2006 after his appearance to a full audience. "Today we are faced with an astounding situation that seriously threatens both the East and the West," he stated to a mostly welcoming audience. "One should not engage in violence in the name of any religion, just as one should not and ought not turn the world into one's military camp in the name of democracy."
  • »Joshua Gleis delivered a presentation at the ISA-West Conference in October on the topic of whether Israel used disproportionate force against Hezbollah. For additional information on the ISA-West conference please visit http://www.isawest.org/conference.htm
  • »On October 25th Joshua Gleis spoke to the Cornell Israel Public Affairs Committee on the topic entitled: "Disproportionate Force? Israel's Response to Terrorism".
  • »On Thursday, November 2, 2006 a group of Fletcher and Kennedy School of Government Students traveled to New York City with Deputy Director, Paula Broadwell to the home of Iranian Ambassador to the UN Javad Zarif. The students openly discussed topics from Iran’s domestic political structures to the nuclear cooperation between Russia and Iran and its implications for foreign policy with the US. The dinner provoked stimulating discussion from the students regarding Iran’s interest in nuclear bombs. Ambassador Zarif remarked on Iran’s interest in the benefits of nuclear power as an alternative source of energy. Additionally, the students received a tour of the home and enjoyed a traditional Iranian dinner.

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