call for papers, American Security Initiative, “Terrorism and Global Security 2010: Is the U.S. Winning the War?”

* Call for Papers, American Security Initiative, “Terrorism and Global Security 2010:Is the U.S. Winning the War?” November 30 – December 1, 2010 (National Press Club (Washington, D.C))

The American Security Initiative invites paper and panel proposals relating to the topics of this conference . Please provide written proposals (no more than 200 words) with your contact information, position, and institutional affiliation is to: terrorism

Keynote Speaker: Jeffrey Addicott, Director of Center for Terrorism Law, St. Mary’s University School of Law (San Antonio, TX)

Conference registration fee of $105.00 includes breakfast, lunch and break snacks. The issue of terrorism continues to dominate world affairs and drive how governments act to secure individuals, vital infrastructure, and even our virtual world. But terrorism has grown even beyond security and now intertwines with many other issues, including civil liberties, economics, and popular culture. Although terrorism is often viewed as an organized crime by law enforcement, this interpretation has many unresolved legal issues. In order to address these issues, policymakers require sound policies based upon

reasoned and practical advice. To this end, the American Security Initiative invites scholars, practitioners, and government officials to a two-day conference in Washington, DC to identify the problems of terrorism and what the government could and should be doing as we approach the year 2011.

Call for Papers Due Date: September 30, 2010

Terrorism_GlobalSec2010.pdf

By Robert M. Chesney

Robert M. Chesney is Charles I. Francis Professor in Law at UT-Austin School of Law. Chesney is a national security law specialist, with a particular interest in problems associated with terrorism. Professor Chesney recently served in the Justice Department in connection with the Detainee Policy Task Force created by Executive Order 13493. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security, a senior editor for the Journal of National Security Law & Policy, an associate member of the Intelligence Science Board, a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and a member of the American Law Institute. Professor Chesney has published extensively on topics ranging from detention and prosecution in the counterterrorism context to the states secrets privilege. He served previously as chair of the Section on National Security Law of the Association of American Law Schools and as editor of the National Security Law Report (published by the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Law and National Security). His upcoming projects include two books under contract with Oxford University Press, one concerning the evolution of detention law and policy and the other examining the judicial role in national security affairs.

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