December 2012
Volume I, Issue 2
Editor's Note
December 2012: By Professor Yonah Alexander
Peer Reviewed Article
Prof. Natividad Carpintero-Santamaria
Institute of Nuclear Fusion – Polytechnic University of Madrid
Selected Seminar Reports
March 23, 2012 – “Nigeria and the al-Qa’ida Challenge”
Prof. Osita Ogbu
Visiting Fellow, Africa Growth Initiative, Brookings Institute
Jennifer G. Cooke
Director, Africa Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Prof. Gwendolyn Mikell
Professor of Anthropology and Foreign Service, Georgetown University
April 30, 2012 – “al-Qa’ida Quo Vadis?: Marking the First Anniversary of Operation Neptune Spear”
Dr. Matthew Levitt
Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Brigadier General (ret.) David Reist
Former Marine Corps Command and Staff Assignments (e.g. Operation Iraqi Freedom)
Don Kerr
Former Director for The National Reconnaissance Office
Prof. Don Wallace, Jr.
Chairman, International Law Institute
June 28, 2012 – “Middle East Security and the Changing Trans-Atlantic Partnership”
Bruce Weinrod
Former Secretary of Defense Representative for Europe (2007-2009) and former Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and NATO Policy (1989-1993)
Miles Pomper
Senior Research Associate, Monterey Institute of International Studies, James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies
Michael Eisenstadt
Director, Military and Security Studies Program, Washington Institute for Near East Policy
Jeremy Sharp
Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress
Derrick Busse
CDR USN (Ret.), Research Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
July 25, 2012 – “London Olympic Security Challenges”
Hubert Williams
President of the Police Foundation
Daveed Gartenstein-Roth
Director, Center for the Study of Terrorist Radicalization, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Ellen M. Zavian
Professor of Sports Law, George Washington University
August 28, 2012 – “Turkey’s Partnership for Security: The Next Phase?”
Dr. Gönül Tol
Director, Center for Turkish Studies, Middle East Institute
Dr. Hillel Fradkin
Director, Center of Islam, Hudson Institute
Dr. Christopher C. Harmon
Matthew C. Horner Chair of Military Theory, Marine Corps University
September 11, 2012 – “Inevitable Last Resort: Syria or Iran First?”
Barbara Slavin
Senior Fellow, South-Asia Center, The Atlantic Council;
Author of “Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation”
September 27, 2012 – “Diplomatic Security: Past Lessons and Future Outlook”
Ambassador (ret.) Charles Ray
Former United States Ambassador to Zimbabwe and Cambodia; Retired Major in the United States Army
Danielle Pletka
Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute
Dr. Judith Yaphe
Distinguished Research Fellow for the Middle East,
Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
November 29, 2012 – “Maritime Security: Threat Assessments and Response Strategies”
Lieutenant Commander Sean Brandes
Navy Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Rear Admiral (ret.) Jamie Barnett
Senior Vice President of Academic Programs and Research
Stephen Caldwell
Director of Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office Overview of the Maritime Transportation and Security Act
Susan Monteverde
Vice President of Government Relations, American Associate of Port Authorities
Jeremy P. Mell
Deputy Counselor Sustainable Development and Transportation, Embassy of France
General (ret.) Alfred Gray
Twenty-Ninth Commandant of the United States Marine Corps; Senior Fellow and Chairman of the Board of Regents, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Selected Special Reports
“Central Asian Security Challenges: 2012 and Beyond” – December 2012
