Jebsen Center on the Frontlines of Terrorism

2007

JCCTS Director Named Advisor to Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore Jebsen Center Director BG (Ret) Russell D. Howard was named Advisor to the Ministry of Home Affairs in Singapore. General Howard will join an international panel of experts to help provide quality training and education to help insure safety and security in the region. For more information on the MHA please visit http://www2.mha.gov.sg/mha/index.jsp

Jebsen Center Researcher cited for his honorable actions in the Prendergast/Cheadle book Not on Our Watch Jebsen Center Researcher Joshua Gleis was sited in the John Prendergast/Don Cheadle book Not On Our Watch. Josh is described as a graduate student from Tufts University who started a “pen campaign” by sending letters to policy makers urging them to sign strong legislation to end genocide in Darfur. The authors stated that the “pen” avoided any excuses not to vote or sign a bill into law. Author John Prendergast is of the International Rescue Committee and Don Cheadle is an Oscar Nominee from the movie Hotel Rwanda.

Hekmat Karzai, Director of The Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) publishes an article on Singapore’s Capacity Building Efforts in Afghanistan Hekmat Karzai, Director of The Center for Conflict and Peace Studies (CAPS) published an article on Singapore’s Capacity Building Efforts in Afghanistan which was highlighted April 2007 on both the CAPS website and in The Strait Times. Read the article.

The Center for Conflict and Peace Studies is located in Kabul Afghanistan and graciously supported by the Jebsen Center. CAPS is an independent, research centre that strives to conduct action-oriented research which will influence policy-makers. It works diligently towards building local capacity to produce conflict and threat assessments that will influence the safety and security of the people serving the governments, international businesses, and international aid organizations. CAPS aims to be the focal point of information on Afghanistan and the region. It undertakes research, training and knowledge exchanges on conflict; the people and cultures of the region; violent groups in the region.

Jebsen Center Researcher Lorenzo Vidino testifies as an an expert witness in terrorism case. On Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Jebsen Center Researcher Lorenzo Vidino testified as an expert witness in the US District Court of Eastern Virginia in the case filed by the families of the victims of the USS Cole against Sudan in Rus et al. vs Sudan. View the story in the Virginia Pilot.

Jebsen Center Researcher Clea Kaske writes about her experience in Kabul, Afghanistan in The Citizen. During her field research visit Clea developed a “strong affinity for the country and its people.” Read the story: "3 am in Dubai" originally published in The Citizen from the John F. Kennedy School of Government

Jebsen Center Researcher Nicole Argo traveled to Palestine winter of 06-07.
Nichole Argo traveled to Nablus (the West Bank) to interview families of Palestinian human bombs. With the help of three research assistants, she also administered a survey on attitudes and emotions related to daily experience in the second intifada.

Jebsen Center Fellow and Center for Conflict and Peace Studies associate Samuel Chan in Afghanistan at Camp Marmal and with members of the Ministry of Defense.

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Jebsen Center Researcher Matan Chorev and his visit to Iraq December 2006-January 2007. Visit Matan's blog at http://semistate.blogspot.com/