January 30, 2017
A panel of five international experts will discuss security
challenges facing the U.S. and the world at a Feb. 7 Goldstein Program in
Public Affairs event.
A
group of visiting scholars from five countries who are who here to study and
understand the United States’ approaches to national and global security will
bring their expertise to a discussion at Washington College, at which they will
explore security challenges to the global order, as well as to their own
regions.
The
event, sponsored by the Goldstein Program in Public Affairs and organized by
Tahir I. Shad, associate professor of political science international studies,
takes place on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in Hyson Lounge. It is free and open to the
public.
Muqtedar
Khan, a professor in the Department of Political Science and International
Relations at the University of Delaware, will moderate the panel of scholars,
who are part of the U.S. State Department’s Study of the U.S. Institute
(SUSI) on U.S. National Security Policymaking at the University of
Delaware. Topics will address questions such as, are there regional
arrangements emerging to address these challenges? What can the United States
do to face these new challenges? Does the world expect a significant change in
U.S. policy with the change of administration in Washington? Finally, the
panelists will make recommendations for the new Trump administration. The
panelists are:
Muqtedar Khan is a professor in the Department of
Political Science and International Relations at the University of Delaware. He
founded the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Delaware and was its
first director from 2007-2010. Khan is a fellow with the Institute for Social
Policy and Understanding. He was a senior nonresident fellow with the Brookings
Institution [2003-2008] and a fellow of the Alwaleed Center at Georgetown
University [2006-2007]. He has been the president, vice president and general
secretary of the Association of Muslim Social Scientists. He is the author of American Muslims: Bridging
Faith and Freedom (Amana,
2002), Jihad for Jerusalem: Identity
and Strategy in International Relations (Praeger, 2004), Islamic Democratic Discourse (Lexington Books, 2006) and Debating Moderate Islam: The
Geopolitics of Islam and the West (University
of Utah Press, 2007). Khan frequently comments on BBC, CNN International, FOX
and VOA TV, Bridges TV, NPR and other radio and TV networks. His political
commentaries appear regularly in newspapers in over 20 countries.
Raffaele Marchetti is senior assistant professor in
international relations at the Department of Political Science and the School
of Government of Libera Università Internazionale degli Studi Sociali Guido
Carli di Roma (LUISS) in Rome, Italy. His research interest concerns global
politics and governance, hybrid and city diplomacy, transnational civil
society, (cyber)security and political risk, and democracy. He acts
also as external expert for the European Commission and other
public/private institutions on issues of global governance, public policies,
civil society, and security. Recent publications include Partnership in International
Policy Making: Civil Society and Public Institutions in Global and European
Affairs (Palgrave, 2017, ed.); Still
a Western World? Continuity and Change in World Order (Routledge,
2017, co-ed. with S.Fabbrini); and Global
Strategic Engagement: States and Non-State Actors in Global Governance (Lexington
Books-Rowman & Littlefield, 2016).
Yahya Alzahrani is assistant professor, College of
Strategic Sciences, Naif Arab University for Security Science (NAUSS). He
teaches courses on international security, strategic planning and
strategic thoughts and thinking at the graduate level. NAUSS engages
deeply in security issues and Alzahrani engages in security issues through his
research, seminars, and teaching on security and defense at both the national
and international level, particularly in the context of U.S.
leadership. His publications include “Saudi Arabia and the Arab Spring: Reshaping
Saudi Security Doctrine” (CEJISS). He is a member of Youth for Human Rights,
the Arab Union of Futurology, Member of Saudi Sport Leaders, and the Saudi
Association of Translators. He serves as the acting director of the
International Relations for the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee.
Chester Cabalza is an associate professor and course
director at the National Defense College of the Philippines, a senior lecturer
at the University of the Philippines Diliman, and a fellow of the National
Defense University, PLA, China. He is a member of the Board of Trustees &
Chair of Research of the Ibanag Heritage Foundation, Inc. Cabalza’s recent
publications focus on the political dimension of national security
(international) and his scholarly articles were published in some peer-reviewed
local and international journals on soft-power diplomacy, terrorism, and other
issues in the purview of security studies. His current research interests
include Asian security (China-India), crisis and emergency management (natural
and human-induced disasters), cybersecurity, Filipino thinkers, human rights
and international humanitarian law, peace process in Southern Mindanao, and
legal anthropology.
Jessica de Alba-Ulloa is a professor at the School of
Global Studies at Universidad Anáhuac México since 2004. She has also
taught at the Université de Paris –XI, Faculté Jean Monnet (2000-2003), and the
Centre d’Analyse des Différends et leurs Modes de Solution (CADMOS). She
is an associate of the Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI); a member
of the Mexican Association of International Studies (AMEI), in charge of the
Foreign Policy Committee; the International Studies Association (ISA), of which
she is co-editor on the Section of International Organizations of the
Compendium Project, since 2014; and of the Midwest Political Science
Association (MPSA) and of the American Society of Mexico (AMSOC).
Ishani Naskar is a
professor of Political Science at Rabindra Bharati University, where she
specializes in South East Asian affairs. She teaches politics and emerging
issues in global politics, South and Southeast Asia and other topics related to
Indian foreign policy. Her research interests include Southeast Asian
strategic issues, especially maritime security, including the South China Sea
and the Indo-Pacific region; Indian foreign policy with special interests in
India-US, India-China, India-Russia, India-ASEAN relations; India’s
geostrategic concerns; sub-regionalism and sub-regional initiatives in India
with a special focus on Northeast India. Her recent publications include
“Gandhi and Ambedkar: Father of Nation to Father of the Untouchables,”
(Occasional Paper of Ambedkar Centre, Lucknow, 2010), “The Rise of the Red
Dragon: Geopolitical Implication for Southeast Asia,” (Man And Society,
Vol,VIII, Summer 2011), “Revisiting the Gandhi And Ambedkar Debate: Differing
on the Ways of Political Emancipation of the Untouchables” (Voice
of Dalits, Vol.5, No.2. July-December 2011), and “Geopolitics of
Globalisation: The Role of the State”(Journal of Asian Politics,
Vol.1. No. 2, July-December, 2011.
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