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Security Challenges and Response Strategies: Maghreb and the Sahel Region
This will be carried on C-SPAN2. 09:00 AM EDT 2:00 (est.) LIVE SB

Magrebi officials, US, and international experts will assess the security situation in North Africa and the Sahel region, and will debate the response strategies adopted at national, regional and international levels.

Date:

Location: Thursday, May 31, 2007
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
National Press Club
Holeman Lounge
529 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20045

Co-Sponsors:
The Maghreb Center
The International Center for Terrorism Studies,(Potomac Institute for Policy Studies)
The Inter-University Center for Legal Studies (International Law Institute)

PROGRAM
9:00 AM Opening Remarks:
Nejib Ayachi, President, Maghreb Center
Michael Swetnam, President and CEO, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies

Co-Chair:
Professor Yonah Alexander, Director, International Center for Terrorism Studies
Professor Edgar H. Brenner, Co-Director, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies


9:10-10:30 AM: Threat Assessments: Propaganda, Terrorism, and Insurgency
Ambassador Amine Kherbi, Embassy of Algeria
General Azzaoui Abdel Jabber, Kingdom of Morocco


10:30-10:45 AM: Coffee Break

10:45 AM-
12:15 PM: Response Strategies: National, Regional, and Global

Brigadier General Michael D. Jones
Deputy Director for Politico-Military Affairs, Middle East,
U.S. Army
Professor Lawrence R. Velte
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies,
National Defense University


12:15-1:00 PM: Ambassador Javier Ruperez
Executive Director of the Counter Terrorism Executive
Directorate, United Nations


*RSVP is required at [e-mail]
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Forum
Security Threat Issues
Maghreb Center
Inter-University Center for Legal Studies
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, International Center for Terrorism Studies
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 198404 - 05/31/2007 - 2:00 - ns



Swetnam, Michael S. Founding Chair, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Brenner, Edgar H. Co-Director, Inter-University Center for Legal Studies
Alexander, Yonah Director, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, International Center for Terrorism Studies
Ayachi, Nejib Founder and President, Maghreb Center




Michael Swetnam and Nejib Ayachi made opening remarks at an international conference on security challenges and response strategies for the Maghreb and Sahel regions of North Africa.

The first panel discussion was on "Threat Assessments: Propaganda, Terrorism, and Insurgency," was chaired by Professors Yonah Alexander and Edgar Brenner.

The second panel discussion was on "Response Strategies: National, Regional, and Global."
http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=553540399
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Forum
Security Threat Issues
Maghreb Center
Michael S. Swetnam , Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Edgar H. Brenner , Inter-University Center for Legal Studies
The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times.
09:00 AM EDT
2:00 (est.) LIVE
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