Conference: Terrorism in the Transatlantic Context
The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at Johns Hopkins University and the Brandenburgisches Institut für Gesellschaft und Sicherheit (BIGS) would like to invite you to a conference on “Terrorism in the Transatlantic Context: Cultural and Economic Implications and Solutions,” which is undertaken with the generous support of the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung. The conference will be held on Monday, December 7, 2009, in Potsdam, Germany from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.
Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars and experts from Germany and the United States, this workshop discusses the German and American perspectives on terrorism in the transatlantic context and implications for German and American domestic and foreign policy. The first and second panels will analyze the connection between culture and terrorism, the third panel will examine the financing of terrorism, and the final panel will look at the economy as a cause of, target of, or solution to terrorist activities.
AICGS is a Washington-based, independent, non-profit public policy organization affiliated with Johns Hopkins University that works in Germany and the United States to address current and emerging policy challenges in the German-American and transatlantic relationships.
The Brandenburgisches Institut für Gesellschaft und Sicherheit (Brandenburg Institute for Society and Security, BIGS) is an independent, non-partisan, and non-profit research institute at the University of Potsdam. Its mission is to build bridges between academia and practitioners to increase homeland security.
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