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(All class meetings occur
on Wednesdays only.)
CLASSROOM LOCATION Gore 219
Shortcut
to April 17
Feb 6 - (class
only)
• Introduction - Review of course mechanics and foreign
policy topics
• Topic: Terrorism in the eye of the beholder
• Preview speakers and topics, readings
• Writing
assignment #1 issued - due Feb
20
•
Writing
assignment #1H issued (Honors students) - due Feb
20
Readings: Web site readings, plus, optional: "Holy War,
Inc. The Secret World of Osama bin Laden" by Peter L.
Bergen
Feb 13 - IN
CLASS GUEST SPEAKER - Dr. James Oliver, University of
Delaware
• Topic: Terrorism's place in the pantheon of U.S.
political issues
• Preview two upcoming speakers & topics
• Assignment
#2 issued: Group projects - "Terrorists" vs. "Freedom
Fighters" due
March 6
(speaking
of which...)
Harris
Poll results on "terrorists" vs "freedom fighters"
(Begleiter presentation)
Feb 20 - GUEST SPEAKER
- Peter Bergen
Author, "Holy War, Inc." and interviewer of Osama bin
Laden
• Seminar - "The Mind of a Terrorist"
• Assignment s#1
& 1H
due
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
Feb 27 - GUEST SPEAKER
- Amb. Marcelle Wahba
U.S. Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates
• Seminar - "The
Arab Street"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
Mar 6 - (class
only)
• Review of Bergen & Wahba
• Assignment #2 due: Group projects -
"Terrorists" vs "Freedom Fighters"
• Preview Kramer
• Assignment
#3 issued:
due March 20
• Assignment
#3-Honors issued:
due March 20
Mar 13 - GUEST
SPEAKER - Dr. Martin Kramer
Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, Tel
Aviv, Israel
• Seminar - "Living with Terrorism: The Israeli
Experience"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
Mar 20 - (class
only)
• Review of Kramer
• Preview Bodine (Presentation
by student David Kovara)
• Presentation: "Bedfellows"
(Begleiter)
• Writing assignment #3
& 3H
due
Mar 27 - GUEST SPEAKER
- Amb. Barbara Bodine
U.S. Amb. to Yemen when the U.S.S. Cole was attacked
• Seminar - "Living with Terrorism: Political
Islam"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
• Assignment
#4 issued -
Due April 10
• Assignment
#4-Honors
issued - Due April 10
SPRING
RECESS
Apr 10 - GUEST SPEAKER
- Amb. Nabil Fahmy
Egyptian Ambassador to the United States
• Seminar - "A Delicate Balance"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
• Assignment
#4 due
• Assignment
#4-Honors due
• Assignment
#5 issued -
Due April 24
Apr
17 - (class only)
• Review speakers
• News Media & the War on Terrorism
(presentation)
Apr 24 - GUEST SPEAKER
(note
change) -
Robert M. Blitzer
Former FBI counter-terrorism chief
• Seminar - "A Longtime Challenge"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
• Writing
assignments 5 due
May 1 - (class
only)
• Review Blitzer
• Preview Dionne
• Assignment
#6 issued -
Due May 15
• Assignment
# 6Honors issued
- Due May 15
May 8 - GUEST SPEAKER -
E.J. Dionne
Syndicated columnist, The Washington Post
• Seminar - "Crossfire"
• Reception (Clayton Hall)
• Dinner - (participation TBD) (Clayton Hall)
• Public Lecture - lecture & Q & A (Clayton
Hall)
May 15 - (class
only)
• Conclusions & prospects
• All
writing assignments due today
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