Archive for the counterterrorism Category

Dr. Sheehan Excerpted Remarks on U.S-Iran Policy

Posted in counterterrorism, covert, diplomacy, dissident, foreign policy, international relations, iran, iraq, MEK, military, negotiation, nuclear, obama, PMOI, policy, sheehan, terrorism, uncategorized, weapons on June 4, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan speaks to members of the Iranian opposition at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel on May 30, 2012. Also on the panel were Secretary Tom Ridge, Ambassador John Bolton, Congressman Tom Tancredo, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, and Governor Ed Rendell. Sheehan followed Obama’s Assistant Secretary of State, Philip J. Crowley, at the podium.

Sheehan Speaks on Iran Panel with Sec. Tom Ridge, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, & Amb. John Bolton

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, covert, diplomacy, dissident, foreign policy, international relations, iran, MEK, negotiation, nuclear, obama, PMOI, policy, scholarly, sheehan, terrorism, weapons on June 3, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan spoke on U.S.-Iran policy at The Willard Intercontinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. on May 30. Also on the panel were Fmr. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, Fmr. Ambassador to the U.N. John Bolton, Congressman Patrick Kennedy, Congressman Tom Tancredo, and Fmr. Gov. Ed Rendell.

Listen to Dr. Sheehan’s Remarks, following an introduction by Congressman Tancredo.

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Negotiating with Iran: A Better Way Forward

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, covert, diplomacy, dissident, foreign policy, international relations, iran, israel, MEK, military, negotiation, nuclear, obama, policy, preemptive, sheehan, strike, terrorism, weapons on May 25, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Negotiating with Iran: A Better Way Forward

My latest commentary, published by United Press International, on the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear pursuits.

Sheehan Joins Roundtable Discussion on U.S. Foreign Policy in Iraq

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, diplomacy, dissident, foreign policy, global, international relations, iran, iraq, MEK, sheehan, terrorism, threat on April 17, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan joins Harvard’s Alan Dershowitz, former U.S. Atty. Gen. Michael Mukasey and Amb. Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. for a roundtable discussion on U.S. foreign policy in Iraq at George Mason University.

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Evidence-Based Counterterrorism Policy

Posted in counterterrorism, data, databases, evidence-based, international relations, policy, sheehan, terrorism on October 5, 2011 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan’s latest book chapter on Assessing and Comparing Terrorism Databases.

Curious as to what else is new w/ Dr. Sheehan?

Bioterror in the 21st Century: Emerging Threats in a New Global Environment

Posted in analysis, biodefense, bioterrorism, counterterrorism, international relations, military, sheehan, terrorism, threat, war, weapons on July 4, 2011 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan extends his congratulations to Dr. Daniel Gerstein, the Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland Security, on the publication of his book Bioterror in the 21st Century and appreciates the kind words in the acknowledgements section of his new book. Dr. Gerstein’s prior service as the Principal Director for Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction in the Office of the Secretary of Defense makes him uniquely qualified to speak to the challenges of biodefense in the 21st century. Please read this important book on the bioterror threat.

Don’t Overreact to this Threat

Posted in counterterrorism, military, obama, sheehan, terrorism, yemen on June 24, 2011 by Professor Sheehan

My commentary in The Baltimore Sun on the suspicious packages shipped to the U.S. ahead of the November elections, allegedly by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.

Don’t Overreact to This Threat- The Baltimore Sun