Syracuse University to present third installment in forum series on terrorism on Oct. 25

Syracuse University to present third installment in forum series on terrorism on Oct. 25October 19, 2001Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu

Syracuse University will continue its University-wide series of educational forums dealing with the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the emerging global crisis. The next installment of The University Forum: The Global Response to Terrorism, will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 25 in Studio A of Newhouse II. Those attending should use the Waverly Avenue entrance.

The topic for the forum is “United States Foreign Policy in the Middle East: Is This the Key to Peace?” The panelists will be Margaret Hermann, Gerald B. and Daphna Cramer Professor of Global Affairs and director of the Global Affairs Institute at the Maxwell School; Mehrzad Boroujerdi, associate professor of political science in The College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School; and Amos Kiewe, associate dean and associate professor of speech communication in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

The moderator will be Robert Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and international relations in the Maxwell School and director of the Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts (PARC). A question-and-answer session will follow the forum, which is open to members of the University community and to the general public.

Four more forums will be held on Thursday evenings in November. All forums will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Studio A of Newhouse II. Subsequent forums include:

• Nov. 1 — “A Primer on Biological Terrorism”;
• Nov. 8 — “Protecting Both Civil Liberties and National Security: Striking a Balance”;
• Nov. 15 — “Access to Information in Wartime: The Performance to Date of the News Media, the President and the Military”; and 
• Nov. 29 — “Winning and Losing the War on Terrorism: Where We Stand Today.”