Peter Bergen, CNN鈥檚 national security analyst and the author of 鈥淭he Osama bin Laden I Know,鈥� will speak at the 麻豆原创 on Tuesday, Oct. 11.
鈥淎fter Osama bin Laden: Terrorism鈥檚 Future Prospects鈥� will begin at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event, organized by the 麻豆原创 Global Perspectives Office, is free and open to the public. The forum is part of the 2011-2012 themes 鈥淧eople Power, Politics and Global Change鈥� and 鈥淐overing Crises from the Frontlines.鈥�
Bergen, a prominent commentator on emerging terrorist threats, is one of a few Westerners who interviewed Osama bin Laden face-to-face. He鈥檚 the author of 鈥淗oly War, Inc.鈥� and the recently released 鈥淭he Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda.鈥�
As CNN鈥檚 national security analyst, Bergen in 2006 produced the CNN special 鈥淚n the Footsteps of bin Laden,鈥� largely based on his book about the former Al-Qaeda leader. Bergen also has reported on terrorism for publications such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic and TIME magazine.
Bergen serves as director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. He also is a research fellow at New York University鈥檚 Center on Law and Security.
In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors and partners of Bergen鈥檚 presentation include the 麻豆原创 Terrorism Studies Program, the 麻豆原创 Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, the 麻豆原创 Nicholson School of Communication, the 麻豆原创 Diplomacy Program, the 麻豆原创 Middle Eastern Studies Program, the 麻豆原创 Political Science Department, the 麻豆原创 International Services Center, the 麻豆原创 Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, 麻豆原创 LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.
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