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After Bin Laden
University of Maryland experts in terrorism, international security, politics, and more, can discuss the ramifications of the death of Osama Bin Laden. Contact them directly. They are listed alphabetically.
Recent comments from some of the experts:
William Nolte, Research Professor and former intelligence official: "On the one hand, Bin Laden's death allows the American people to close the 10th year since 9/11 with a sense that we've succeeded in an important and just mission, requiring tenacity and integration across a complex national security establishment. Perhaps as importantly, his death raises the question of whether his era has passed, especially in the Arab world where, one hopes, support for leaders who focus on the unmet needs of their people and not on empty visions may be the rising tide."
Jacques Gansler, Professor and Roger C. Lipitz Chair in Public Policy and Private Enterprise and former Under Secretary of Defense: "Both the Intelligence Community (for their long-term, successful effort) and the Navy Seals (for their courageous and successful operation) deserve widespread recognition and effusive thanks from a grateful nation."
Arie Kruglanski, Distinguished University Professor and researcher at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism: "Its consequences are likely to be felt long after the initial reactions to the event subside...Operational, inspirational and motivational consequences are likely to unfold..." (Read more at Huffington Post.)
START - the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism - has a new report The Fatal Terrorism of al-Qa'ida drawn from its Global Terrorism Database.
Aaron Mannes, terrorism expert, told Politico: "First, justice has been done. Osama bin Laden was a mass murderer...The great danger from terrorism is not necessarily the ability of terrorists to strike the Western nations. This has become increasingly hard to do...The danger is how terrorism can destabilize already weak states. This is happening now in Pakistan and Yemen."
Gary LaFree, director of the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism: "Al- Qa'ida, the terrorist organization Osama bin Laden founded, was responsible for more than 80 attacks in ten countries, fomenting more mass casualty attacks than any other group in recent history."
Donald Kettl, dean School of Public Policy: "This is a a remarkable example of how much better we have gotten in connecting the dots that so often went unconnected pre-9/11. The more we hear, the more amazing this operation was. Compare with the efforts to rescue the Iranian hostages or Black Hawk Down."
I. Mac Destler, professor of public policy: "Bringing Osama Bin Laden to ground is an impressive achievement for U.S. intelligence and special forces. It also does credit to President Obama and his national security team - in particular, how they waited and waited until they concluded the time was truly right. Obama has been criticized for his highly deliberative, and sometimes time-consuming, decision making style. Surely this is one occasion when it proved both appropriate and effective."
John Steinbruner, director, Center for International Security Studies at Maryland: "This appears to have been a ruthless and effective operation that will be loudly cheered in the United States but will predictably inflame radical Islamic resentment. Extrapolating to roughly analogous situations, the legal implications are troublesome. The business of summary assassination can readily get out of hand."
Number of experts found: 17
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I.M. "Mac" Destler
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Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
International security and U.S. foreign policy; homeland security agency reorganization; National Security Council; International trade.
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301 405 6357
202-328-9000
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703 759 0588
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703.408.3447
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mdestler@umd.edu
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Laura J. Dugan
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Assoc Prof, Lecturer
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Criminology & Criminal Justice
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Expertise Key Words:
Causes and Consequences of Violence, Violence Prevention, Terrorism, Intimate Partner Violence, Victimization, Quantitative Advances in Methodology, Gender and Crime, Public Policy.
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301 405 4070
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ldugan@umd.edu
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Paul S. Herrnson
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Professor and Director of the Center for American Politics and Citizenship
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Congressional and national politics; Campaign finance reform; Voting technology; Maryland politics.
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301 405 4123
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herrnson@umd.edu
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Samuel Kessel
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Professor
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Family Science
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Expertise Key Words:
Public health, public policy, pediatrics, and maternal and child health
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301 405 3672
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wkessel@umd.edu
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Donald F. Kettl
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Dean
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Public policy and public management with a speciality in the management of public organization; federalism; budgeting; and U.S. politics.
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301 405 6971
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kettl@umd.edu
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Arie W. Kruglanski
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Distinguished University Professor
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Psychology
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Co-directs National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored center of excellence based at Maryland).
The psychology of terrorism; terrorist motivations; terror group dynamics; suicide terrorists; decision to use violence.
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301 405 5918
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301 984 1130
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arie@psyc.umd.edu
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Gary D. LaFree
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Dir. and Prof.
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START (Natl. Consortium Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism)
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Trends in terrorism; terror statistics; using behavioral science to combat terror; national and international crime trends; directs National Center for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security-sponsored center of excellence based at Maryland); Webcam.
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301 405 6655
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301 518 2491
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glafree@msn.com
glafree@umd.edu
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Milton Leitenberg
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Senior Research Scholar
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Center for International Security Studies at Maryland
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Expertise Key Words:
Biological and chemical weapons; arms control
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301-405-7605
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301-340-3049
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mleitenb@umd.edu
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Aaron W. Mannes
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Researcher
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Institute for Advanced Computer Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Terrorism, Middle East politics, Homeland Security, North Korea and its designation as a terror sponsoring nation
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2404723839
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amannes@umd.edu
aaron.mannes@gmail.com
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Susan Moeller
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Professor
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Philip Merrill College of Journalism and School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Media coverage of international affairs; media coverage of war, violence, conflict and disasters; media coverage of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction (WMD); how photographic images shape attitudes toward war; compassion fatigue; human/civil rights and the media.
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301 405 2419
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301 565 9510
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240 472 4166
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smoeller@jmail.umd.edu
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Peter G. Morici
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Professor
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Logistics, Business & Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Macroeconomics, International Economics And International Business, And Government Regulation; Steel; Autos; Telecommunications; Airlines; Manufacturing; Retailing; Financial And Foreign Exchange Markets; Import And Export Issues
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301 405 2136
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703-549-4338
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pmorici@umd.edu
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William M. Nolte
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Research Professor
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Intelligence and National Security;
Intelligence and Homeland Security;
The Ethics of Intelligence;
Congress and the American Intelligence Community
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Expertise Credentials:
Former chancellor, National Intelligence University System; former director of Congressional Affairs, National Security Agency; former director of Strategic Planning, National Intelligence Council. Author "Rethinking War and Intelligence," and other papers and articles.
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301 405 3331
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wnolte@umd.edu
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Address:
3139 Van Munching Hall
College Park, MD 20742
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Yoram Peri
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Director of The Gildenhorn Institute & Abraham S. and Jack Kay Chair in Israel Studies
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Meyerhoff Program & Center for Jewish Studies
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Expertise Key Words:
Israel, Middle East; Foreign and International Relations, Economics - the Economy and Trade. Communications; Military Relations
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301 405 9413
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yperi@umd.edu
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Bilal Y. Saab
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Grad Asst II
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Government & Politics
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Security and politics in the Middle East, arms control, deterrence, defense studies, counterterrorism
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2023726774
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bsaab@umd.edu
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John D. Steinbruner
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Director, Center for International Security Studies at Maryland
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School of Public Policy
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Expertise Key Words:
Iraq violence:International security, arms control, nuclear weapons proliferation, managing bioterror risk, Russia, Soviet Union, Boris Yeltsin.
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301-405-4578
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202-244-9142
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jsteinbr@umd.edu
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Shibley Telhami
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Professor, Sadat Chair
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Middle East foreign policy; Middle East politics; Arab-Israeli dispute; impact of Middle East media; psychology of peace
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301 405 6734
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stelhami@gvpt.umd.edu
sadat@gvpt.umd.edu
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Jonathan Wilkenfeld
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Prof
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Government & Politics
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Expertise Key Words:
Foreign policy decision making and crisis behavior, as well as in the use of simulation in political science.
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301 314 7703
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jwilkenf@umd.edu
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