October/December 2002
Vol. VIII, No.6/Vol. IX, No.1

Institute People

Research and Studies program officer Tim Docking appeared on National Public Radio's (NPR) All Things Considered, speaking about the Bush administration's policy toward Africa on August 25. On August 30, he spoke on NPR's Tavis Smiley Show about the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. On the September 20 Africa Journal, a Voice of America television show, he was interviewed about Sharia law in northern Nigeria. Finally, Radio France International interviewed Docking on October 3 about ECOWAS's role in mediating between the rebels and government forces in the Ivory Coast.

Anne Henderson, program officer in the Institute's Training Program, presented a talk on women's leadership and peacebuilding at the Center for Development and Population Activities in Washington, D.C., on September 23.

Deepa Ollapally, program officer in the Muslim World Initiative, published an article, "Pathways to Security," in a special issue, "Securing South Asia," of the New Delhi journal Seminar, published in September 2002.

Senior fellow Robert Perito briefed a bipartisan working group of congressional staff on September 9 on "Policing the Peace: Lessons Learned and Weapons Required." The discussion focused on the special requirements of American peacekeeping and policing operations, including appropriate tools.

On August 6, senior fellow Eric Schwartz gave a presentation at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on the Bush administration's approach toward peacekeeping. On September 16, he gave a presentation at the Army War College on the National Security Council and foreign policy decision-making.

Grants program officer Taylor Seybolt presented a paper entitled "Transnational Conflict Contagion: Alternative Theories on the Spread of War" at the American Political Science Association annual meeting in Boston on August 31. He also chaired and participated as a discussant on a panel called "Can External Intervention Control Intra-State Conflict?"

Director of the Religion and Peacemaking Initiative David Smock addressed a gathering of 350 religious leaders from around the world in Palermo, Sicily, on September 2. The Community of Sant'Egidio organized the conference. He gave the keynote at a meeting of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists in Dallas on September 28. His address was titled "Clash of Civilizations or Opportunity for Dialogue?"

On September 17, Institute president Richard Solomon contributed remarks to the Politics Subcommittee of the Council on Foreign Relations' Task Force on Chinese Military Power. On September 26, he taped a testimonial to the life and accomplishments of Landrum Bolling, a longtime Institute supporter and foreign policy community icon. The testimonial is to be used at the dedication of a center named in honor of Bolling at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind.

Education program officer Alan Tidwell gave a public address at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney, Australia entitled "Ruminating on a Big Mac: Globalization and Conflict" on September 18. On September 23 and 24 he participated in a seminar entitled "Conflict and Post Conflict: Asia Pacific Dimensions," and gave the keynote address on "Conflict Analysis and Peacebuilding."

In Memoriam: Ehud Sprinzak Former Jennings Randolph senior fellow Ehud Sprinzak died of cancer near Tel Aviv, Israel on November 8. He was 62 years old. Sprinzak was a 1997–98 fellow at the Institute, focusing on "The Dynamics of Political Terrorism: Toward an Evolutionary Theory." He was an expert on terrorism, religious radicalism, and the far right in Israel. He served as an adviser to the late Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin. In the last several years, Sprinzak was founder and dean of the Lauder School of Government Policy and Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. "He was trusted by the Israeli right for his willingness to understand the Likud perspective and that of the religious settler communities on the fringe of Israeli political life," said Institute president Richard Solomon.