The Mideast’s New Strategic Landscape: an Israeli View

Gerald Steinberg
Bar Ilan University

Prof. Steinberg is a consultant to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Security Council. His analyses are published in the Jerusalem Post, Financial Times, and the International Herald Tribune, and he has appeared on NBC News, NPR, CBC, BBC, and CNN.

The Politics of James Bond and the Changing Roles of Europe and America in World Affairs

Jeremy Black
Professor of History, University of Exeter

The War on Terrorism: Situation Report #2

Stephen Gale and Michael Radu
Co-Chairmen, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

This session is the second of a series of “situation reports” on the war on terrorism, to be conducted by Drs. Gale and Radu. Earlier this year, FPRI received a major grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in support of FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security, which focuses on identifying and analyzing potential terrorist threats and managing the risks for the benefit of the Commonweath and the Nation. Drs. Gale and Radu appear regularly in the national, international, and local media.

BookTalk

Barry Rubin on Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography

Dr. Rubin has appeared on Nightline, Face the Nation, and Larry King Live. His books include Transformation of Palestinian Politics and Islamic Fundamentalists in Egyptian Politics. He is director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center, Herzliya, Israel.

Who Is Yasir Arafat?
And What Does He Want?

Congregation Adath Jeshurun in cooperation with the Foreign Policy Research Institute invites you to a lecture by

Barry Rubin

on his new book

Yasir Arafat: A Political Biography

Barry Rubin is the director of the Global Research in International Affairs Center (Herzliya), and editor of the online journal Middle East Review of International Affairs. He has appeared on Nightline, Face the Nation, and The Larry King Show. His books include Transformation of Palestinian Politics and Islamic Fundamentalists in Egyptian Politics.

FPRI Annual Dinner

Presented by Fleet

Honoring Samuel J. Savitz

Keynote by Kenneth M. Pollack
Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy, The Brookings Institution

America and the Mideast After Saddam

Alvin Z. Rubinstein Memorial Lecture

The New Turkey

Henri Barkey
Professor of International Relations, Lehigh University

Henri Barkey is the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Professor of International Relations at Lehigh. He served on the State Department’s Policy Planning staff from 1998 to 2000. His books include Turkey’s Kurdish Question (Rowman & Littlefield, 1998); Reluctant Neighbor: Turkey’s Role in the Middle East (USIP, 1996); and The Politics of Economic Reform in the Middle East (St. Martin’s, 1992).

Sponsors Forum

How Smart Is Our Intelligence?

Edward A. Turzanski
Senior Fellow, FPRI, and Assistant Vice President, La Salle University

Edward Turzanski is a national security analyst and has served with the U.S. government in the field of intelligence throughout the Middle East, Central Asia, and Eastern Europe. He frequently appears on national and local television and radio stations.

Breakfast Briefing for Patrons

Homeland Security: the Role of the Public and Private Sectors

Lawrence Husick
Senior Fellow, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

A patent attorney with extensive computer-related experience (as co-founder and principal system architect of Infonautics Corporation, Mr. Husick has been awarded five U.S. patents. At FPRI, he concentrates on the study of terrorist tactics and counter-terrorism strategies, with a focus on technology leverage as a defining characteristic of the modern terrorist.

Study Group on America and the West

The Other Transatlantic Tie: Thoughts on an Hispanosphere

Darrin McMahon
The Ben Weider Associate Professor of History
Florida State University

Professor McMahon is author of Enemies of the Enlightenment (Oxford University Press, 2001). He has written essays for the Wall Street Journal, the Boston Globe, and Daedalus, and received his Ph.D. from Yale University.

This seminar is open exclusively to participants in FPRI’s InterUniversity Study Group on America and the West, chaired by James Kurth, and to FPRI Members at the $1,000 Level.

The Templeton Lecture on Religion and World Affairs

The New Jihad and Islamic Tradition

John Kelsay
The Richard Rubenstein Professor of Religion
Florida State University

Professor Kelsay’s work focuses on religious ethics, particularly in relation to the Islamic tradition. His books include Islam and War; Human Rights and the Conflict of Cultures; and Just War and Jihad. Co-editor of the Journal of Religious Ethics, he has been a Laurance S. Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton University and a John Simon Guggenheim Fellow.

The War on Terrorism: Situation Report #1

Stephen Gale and Michael Radu
Co-Chairmen, FPRI Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

This session is the first of a series of “situation reports” on the war on terrorism, to be conducted by Drs. Gale and Radu. Earlier this year, FPRI received a major grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in support of FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security, which focuses on identifying and analyzing potential terrorist threats and managing the risks for the benefit of the Commonweath and the Nation. Drs. Gale and Radu appear regularly in the national, international, and local media.

Sino-American Conference on Contemporary Chinese Affairs

Democratization (and Its Limits) in Greater China: Implications for Governance and Security in East Asia

Sponsors
Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia
Institute of International Relations, Taipei

Thursday, September 18

8:15 a.m. Registration and Coffee

8:45 a.m. Opening Remarks

Harvey Sicherman, President, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Bih-jaw Lin, Director, Institute of International Relations, and Vice President, National Chengchi University

9:00 a.m. One Greater China, How Many Systems?: Democracy, Politics, and Quasi-Federalism in the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong Region

Papers:
Edward I-hsin Chen, Professor of American Studies, Tamkang University

Jacques deLisle, Professor of Law, UPENN, and Director, Asia Program, FPRI

Commentators:
Tahirih V. Lee, Professor of Law, Florida State University

Woei Tsai, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

10:45 a.m. Democracy, Political Liberalization, and Regional Integration in Greater China

Papers:
Gilbert Rozman, Musgrave Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Chih-jou Jay Chen, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica

Commentators:
Nancy Bernkopf Tucker, Prof. of History, Georgetown University

Hseik-wen Soong, Prof. of Political Science, National Chung-cheng University

12:15 p.m. Luncheon

1:00 p.m. Keynote Address

James Mann, Senior Writer-in-Residence, Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of About Face: A History of America’s Curious Relationship with China from Nixon to Clinton

2:00 p.m. Democracy in Taiwan: Implications for Governance and Foreign Policy

Papers:
Shelley Rigger, Brown Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Yung Wei, Professor of Political Science, Shih Hsin University

Commentators: Da-chi Liao, Professor of Political Science, National Sun Yat-sen University

M. T. Cooke, Senior Fellow, FPRI

3:45 p.m. Crisis in the PRC?: Economic and Social Consequences of Reform and Implications for Politics and Foreign Policy

Papers: June Teufel Dreyer, Professor of Political Science, University of Miami, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Shu Keng, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

Commentators: Tse-kang Leng, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

Benedict Stavis, Professor of Political Science, Temple University

Friday, September 19

9:00 a.m. Elections and Political Participation in the PRC: Significance and Impact on Governance

Papers:
Szu-chien Hsu, Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

Tianjian Shi, Assoc. Prof. of Political Science, Duke University

Commentators:

Minxin Pei, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Chen-shen J. Yen, Research Fellow, Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University

10:45 a.m. Democratization and Political Change in Greater China: Implications for United States Policy and International Security

Papers:
Yuan-kang Wang, Assistant Professor of Diplomacy, National Chengchi University

Arthur Waldron, Lauder Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania, and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Commentators:
Andrew Nathan, Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science, Columbia University

Chijen Emile Sheng, Associate Professor of Political Science, Soochow University

12:15 Closing Remarks

Exclusively for FPRI members

Moderated by David Eisenhower, Editor, Orbis

Impromptu Briefing

The Honorable Curt Weldon

speaking on

North Korea

Just back from a historic trip to North Korea— at a time of rising tension in the region— Congressman Weldon will report on his talks there.

Congressman Weldon represents the Seventh Congressional District of Pennsylvania and serves as Chairman of the Armed Services Procurement Committee.

BookTalk

David Satter

on his book

Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State

The Foreign Policy Research Institute invites you to join us on Thursday, June 12, when David Satter will speak on his new book Darkness at Dawn: The Rise of the Russian Criminal State (Yale University Press, 2003).

David Satter, a Moscow correspondent for major newspapers for many years and a long-time associate of FPRI, is senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

About the Book

David Satter has written a compelling and provocative indictment of post-Soviet Russia. He grounds his stern judgment in years of his own reporting on real peoples experiences, and he brings to the task he has set himself a powerful intellect. This book is a major contribution to the debate over what has happened in Russia— and why, and what it means.
—Strobe Talbott, president, The Brookings Institution

A stunning book that honestly confronts the continuingly difficult birth of post-Soviet Russia: dictatorship, economic collapse, and depopulation may still be in Russia's future and much depends on oil. Bravo to Satter— a clear, troubling, brave work.
—Jim Woolsey, former CIA Director

BookTalk

Indonesian Destinies

Theodore Friend
Senior Fellow. FPRI

The Foreign Policy Research Institute is delighted to announce the publication of a major new work by FPRI Senior Fellow Theodore Friend, entitled Indonesian Destinies, just published by the Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Dr. Friend will discuss his new book and the latest developments in Indonesia, particularly as they affect the war on terrorism.

About the Book

“How can such a gentle people as we are be so murderous?” a prominent Indonesian asks. That question— and the mysteries of the archipelago’s vast contradictions— haunt Theodore Friend’s remarkable work, a narrative of Indonesia during the last half century, from the postwar revolution against Dutch imperialism to the unrest of today. Part history, part meditation on a place and a past observed firsthand, Indonesian Destinies penetrates events that gave birth to the world’s fourth largest nation and assesses the continuing dangers that threaten to tear it apart.

About Theodore Friend

Theodore Friend, Senior Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, is former president of Swarthmore College and president emeritus of Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships. He was awarded the Bancroft Prize for his book on Philippine-American history, Between Two Empires. His other books include The Blue-Eyed Enemy and Family Laundry, a novel

A Chester County Breakfast Briefing

Co-sponsored by the Chester Councy International Trade Council, The Chester County Economic Development Council, the Chester County Commissioners, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute

America and the World After Iraq

Edward Turzanski

A Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a National Security Analyst, at La Salle University, Mr. Turzanski spent many years in the US intelligence community and currently appears frequently in the news media to comment on world affairs.

Reservations and Payment in Advance Required
Please send reservation and payment to

Foreign Policy Research Institute
1528 Walnut Street, Suite 610
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tel. 215 732 3774, ext. 105
Fax 215 732 4401

The 2003 Robert Strausz-Hupé Lecture

Stephen Gale
Co-Chairman, FPRI’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security

Geopolitics After 9/11 and the Question of Homeland Security

It is truly fitting that on this occasion we feature an address by Stephen Gale, who received his Ph.D. in geography, a subject close to Ambassador Strausz-Hupé’s heart. A faculty member of the University of Pennsylvania, with appointments in the Departments of Regional Science and Political Science, Stephen Gale joined FPRI in 2002. His research on terrorism has dealt with the creation and use of software systems for integrated security analysis, the development and analysis of security scenarios, and the application of negotiation models. He has testified on Capitol Hill, appears frequently in the media, and has done consulting for a variety of corporations and governmental agencies. [lecture details]

Sponsors Forum

(Exclusively for FPRI Members at the $250 level)

The U.S. and Europe After Iraq: A View from Great Britain

Jeremy Black
Professor of History, Exeter College (Great Britain), and Senior Fellow, FPRI

Prof. Black is author of numerous works on European and British history. His books include War: Past, Present, Future (St. Martin’s, 2000), “Maps and History” (Yale University Press, 1997), and The Politics of James Bond (Greenwood, 2001).

America, Islam, and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Adam Garfinkle
Editor, The National Interest

A long-time senior fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Dr. Garfinkle now edits one of the nation’s most important journals of commentary on foreign affairs. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal.

(This is the public portion of a weekend-long History Institute for Teachers on “The American Encounter with Islam.”

The State of U.S. National Security

John Hillen
Director, FPRI Program in National Security Studies

A former paratrooper and decorated combat veteran of the 1991 Gulf War, Dr. Hillen is a defense and intelligence expert who has published widely on all facets of national security and military affairs. In 1999, he became the youngest member appointed by the Secretary of Defense to the bipartisan U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century— an effort that emphasized the issue of global terrorism and other new threats. A military analyst for ABC News, he can be seen frequently on World News Tonight and Nightline, and has testified before Congress on many occasions.

The 2003 Pitcairn Trust Lecture on World Affairs

Robert Kaplan

Yemen, Eritrea, and Other Exotic Places: A Trip Report

A contributing editor of The Atlantic Monthly and an Associate Scholar of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Bob Kaplan is author of nine books on travel and foreign affairs, translated into a dozen languages. His book Balkan Ghosts was chosen by the New York Times as one of the Best Books of 1993 and by Amazon.com as one of the top ten travel books of all time. His books An Empire Wilderness and The Ends of the Earth were also national bestsellers. His 1990 book, Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan, was re-released by Vintage Books in November 2001, with a new introduction and new final chapter. His latest book, Warrior Politics (applying the wisdom of the classics to the problems of the 21st century), just came out in paperback.

This is the second annual Pitcairn Trust Lecture on World Affairs. The lecture was established in 2002 by the Pitcairn Trust, one of the leading private investment concerns in America. The company has served individuals and families, foundations, religious institutions, and other non-profit entities for over 75 years. You can visit them at www.pitcairn.com.

A Conversation with 40 Russian Political and Business Leaders

Moderated by Paul R. Smith
Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. Embassy in Moscow (retired)

Remarks:
Herb Vederman, Senior Policy Advisor on Economic Development for Governor of Pennsylvania
Mjenzi Traylor, Department of Commerce, City of Philadelphia
John Pastor, Delaware Economic Development Office, State of Delaware
Anthony Caldwell, Director, International Trade & Protocol, State of New Jersey
Val Kogan, President, Mid-Atlantic-Russia Business Council
Alan Luxenberg, Vice President, Foreign Policy Research Institute
Stephen Gale, Co-Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s Center on Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism, and Homeland Security
Richard A. Miller, Vice President, Innovation Philadelphia
Jerome Shestack, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen

Sponsored by: Mid-Atlantic Russia Business Council
Moscow School of Political Studies
Foreign Policy Research Institute
Innovation Philadelphia

Iraq: What’s Next?

Kenneth M. Pollack
Director of Research, Saban Center for Middle East Policy
The Brookings Institution

The former National Security Council Director for Persian Gulf Affairs (1999-2001) and Near East and South Asian Affairs (1995-96), Dr. Pollack is author of The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq (Random House, October 2002) and Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 (University of Nebraska Press, 2002). Copies of both books will be available for sale at the lecture. He received his Ph.D. from MIT in 1996. He was Iran-Iraq Military Analyst for the CIA (1988-1995) and Director for National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (2001-02).

Sponsors Forum

(Exclusively for FPRI Members at the $250 level)

A Layman’s Guide to Cyber-Warfare

Lawrence Husick
Senior Fellow, FPRI Center on Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism

Breakfast Briefing

(Exclusively for FPRI Patrons — $500-level members)

Walter A. McDougall
Chairman, History Academy, FPRI
Alloy-Ansin Professor of International Relations, University of Pennsylvania
Pulitzer Prizewinning historian

previews his forthcoming book

Freedom Just Around the Corner, 1585-1828:
A Candid History of the United States, Volume One

Impromptu Briefing for Members Only

Hamas and the Logic of Terrorism

Meir Litvak
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University
Senior Research Fellow at the Dayan Center

Dr. Litvak received his Ph.D. in Middle Eastern History from Harvard University. He is author of Shi’i Scholars of Nineteenth Century Iraq: The Ulama of Najaf and Karbala (Cambridge University Press, 1998), and editor of Islam and Democracy in the Arab World (Ha-Kibutz ha-Meuchad, 1997).

A Conference of the Foreign Policy Research Institute

Asia’s Shifting Strategic Landscape:
Long-Term Trends and the Impact of 9/11

This conference will explore the nature and significance of relations among the great powers in Asia in the opening decades of the new millennium, as they have been shaped by economic developments during the postwar era, political developments of the post-Cold War era, and the changed diplomatic and security environment post-9/11 and in the aftermath of Pyongyang’s revelations about its nuclear weapons programs.

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The Cynthia P. Robinson Lecture in World Affairs

Ambassador C.J. Chen
Representative, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office

China and Taiwan in the 21st Century

Open to members of the Study Group and to FPRI Patrons (members at the $500 level and up)

America and the World

A Lecture Series Sponsored Jointly by the Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, and the Marvin Wachman Fund for International Education, a division of Foreign Policy Research Institute

Chaired by James Kurth, Claude Smith Professor of Political Science, Swarthmore College

Open to Members of the Study Group and to FPRI Fellows(members at the $1,000 level).