The following University of Maryland experts are available to talk about the continuing wave of terrorism and the one-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. They can be reached directly 9many have included home or cell phone numbers) or by calling Neil Tickner in university communications: 301-405-4622; 301-257-0073 (after-hours); ntickner@umd.edu .

A more complete list of Iraq/international security experts is available.

Adm. Stansfield Turner (USN Ret.) - senior research scholar, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs
Expertise: terrorism; arms control and nuclear weapons; intelligence operations; national and international security; U.S. foreign policy; naval operations

Turner says -
"The bombings in Madrid will make it even more difficult for us to hold together a broad coalition against terrorism. This is a serious development."

Credentials: director, CIA, under President Carter; former commander, U.S. Second Fleet and NATO Striking Fleet, Atlantic; author of numerous books and articles, including Ten Steps to Fight Terrorism Without Endangering Democracy
Contact: 202-266-5441 (office 1); 301-405-6365 (office 2); or Neil Tickner, 301-405-4622; 301-257-0073 (after-hours)
Web site: http://www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/people/turnerm.html

William Galston - professor and director, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy at the University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs
Expertise: American politics and public policy

Galston says -
"The Madrid bombing is a tragic reminder that the occupation of Iraq has not driven a stake through the heart of international terrorism. In fact, the jury is still out on whether the terrorist network is weaker than it was two years ago."

John Steinbruner - professor and director of the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs
Expertise: international security issues, including arms control and nuclear weapons; managing bioterror risk to keep advanced technology out of terrorists' hands

Steinbruner says -
"Those who study the phenomenon of terrorism are concerned the United States doesn't yet understand the nature of the threat it is dealing with. The United States has become entangled in the internal dynamics of Islamic politics and doesn't comprehend the implications."

Credentials: member, National Academies' Committee on International Security and Arms Control; former director of foreign policy studies at the Brookings Institution; author, Principles of Global Security
Contact: 301-405-4578 (office); 202-244-9142 (home); jsteinbr@umd.edu
Web site: www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/people/steinbrunerm.html

George Quester - professor of government and politics, University of Maryland
Expertise: national security; international military and security policy

Quester says -
"The apparent response of Spanish voters to the 3-11 attack has to be extremely worrisome for those fighting terrorism and very encouraging for those conducting it, because it seems that individual voters simply want to get off the terrorists' 'hit list.'"

Credentials: taught at National War College and U.S. Naval Academy; has written or edited numerous books, including Security Studies for the 21st Century
Contact: 301-405-4146 (office); 703-534-1396 (home); gquester@gvpt.umd.edu
Web site: www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/quester/

I. M. Destler - professor and director of the Program on International Security and Economic Policy, University of Maryland's School of Public Affairs; visiting fellow, Institute for International Economics
Expertise: homeland security reorganization; international security; National Security Council; U.S. foreign policy; international trade policy

Destler says -
"Clearly the Iraq war has failed to reduce the level of 7errorist activity the war's advocates had hoped for. And we see, once again, that terrorism knows no national boundaries."

Credentials: coauthored Protecting the American Homeland and Assessing the Department of Homeland Security, consulted for the Executive Office of the President and the Department of State on government organization for economic and foreign policy-making; currently writing a history of the National Security Council
Contact: 301-405-6357 (office); 202-328-9000 (alternate office); 703-759-0588 (home); mdestler@umd.edu
Web site: www.puaf.umd.edu/faculty/people/destlerm.html