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Sheehan Invited to Address University of Nebraska Omaha’s Global Studies Conference

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Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will speak at the 36th Annual Global Studies Conference at the University of Nebraska Omaha on October 3-4, 2013. The theme for the conference is Regime Change and Civil Society after the Arab Spring. Dr. Sheehan will discuss recent violence directed at the primary opposition to clerical rule in Iran, the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK/PMOI), and the increasing recognition among policy officials that the Paris-based de-facto Parliament-in-Exile, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), is best positioned to promote democratic change from within through a soft revolution.

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Sheehan to Speak at 2013 ISA ISSS-ISAC Joint Annual Conference

Posted in afghanistan, analysis, APSA, college of public affairs, counterterrorism, data, elliot school of international affairs, evidence-based, foreign policy, george washington university, international relations, international studies association, iraq, ISA, middle east, military, peace, policy, research, scholarly, security studies, sheehan, teaching, terrorism, university of baltimore on August 19, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

Bridging the Academic/Policy Divide / Elliot School of International Affairs / George Washington University / Washington D.C. / October 4 – 6, 2013

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will deliver a presentation titled Conflict Resolution in the Context of Counterinsurgency: When Academic and Policy Discussions Collide at the 2013 International Studies Association’s joint International Security Studies/ International Security and Arms Control Section Conference in Washington, D.C. The presentation is part of a panel titled Conflict Management in Theory and Practice. Dr. Sheehan is also serving as the chair and discussant for a panel titled Security in a Post-Conflict Environment.

The 2013 meeting of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association and the International Security and Arms Control Section of the American Political Science Association will be hosted by the Elliott School for International Affairs at the George Washington University in Washington D.C. between October 4-6, 2013.

The conference theme is Bridging the Academic/Policy Divide. The location of this year’s conference – in the U.S. capital, across the street from the State Department and a few short blocks from the White House – creates a unique opportunity to cultivate a discussion among security scholars and practitioners…We believe that much can be gained from an interchange between academic researchers who study deterrence, arms control, military intervention, terrorism, civil conflict, counterinsurgency, peace-building, interstate war, non-traditional threats, and human security and those in the policy world who seek the intellectual tools to help protect national interests, ameliorate conflict and lower its costs and risks, and improve human conditions…

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Sheehan Appointed as Faculty Fellow at Schaefer Center for Public Policy

Posted in analysis, college of public affairs, education, evidence-based, faculty fellow, policy, research, schaefer center, scholarly, sheehan, think-tank, university of baltimore on August 17, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Director of the graduate programs in Negotiation and Conflict Management and Global Affairs and Human Security in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, has been appointed as a Faculty Fellow at the William Donald Schaefer Center for Public Policy. The Schaefer Center is Maryland’s preeminent applied research and policy analysis center. Dr. Sheehan’s term will run through June of 2015.

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Iranian Elections and a Persian Spring – Commentary

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SHEEHAN: Iranian Elections and a Persian Spring – Commentary

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan from Paris on the deteriorating situation in Iran and the prospects for an Iranian spring.

Those gathering in Paris urged the international community to reset Iran policy by acknowledging that the strategy of appeasement failed and that sham elections are not a substitute for authentic democracy. They also asked world leaders to pay as much attention to the people of Iran as they do the regime’s authoritarian rulers by supporting democratic change from within.

—Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan

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The Opposition on the Eve of the Iranian Elections – Commentary

Posted in analysis, CIA, congress, counterterrorism, covert, databases, delisting, democracy, democrat, deterrence, diplomacy, dissident, european union, evidence-based, foreign policy, global, human rights, intelligence, international relations, iran, iran policy committee, iraq, israel, MEK, MI6, middle east, military, mossad, NCRI, negotiation, nuclear, obama, paris, PMOI, policy, politics, preemptive, presidential election, protest, rajavi, regime change, republican, research, sanctions, scholarly, sheehan, state department, strike, tanter, terrorism, threat, u.s. foundation for liberty, unrest, war on June 13, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

SHEEHAN & TANTER: The Opposition on the Eve of the Iranian Elections – Commentary

Professors Ivan Sascha Sheehan and Raymond Tanter at United Press International on the need for the U.S. officials to make an evidence-based assessment of the Iranian regime and their opposition in the wake of the tightly controlled presidential elections on June 14.

Challenging the regime by acknowledging the facts is the first step toward providing ordinary Iranians what they will be denied at the ballot box on Friday: An opportunity to exercise self determination armed with credible information.

–Sheehan & Tanter

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Sheehan Participates in Think-Tank Roundtable

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Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will participate in a roundtable discussion with Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. at The Stimson Center in Washington, DC on June 13 to examine findings from a new study titled The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK): Shackled by a Twisted History. The invitation only discussion will include a group of former government officials and Iran experts who will look at how information and intelligence about the Iranian opposition led to assumptions and judgments that may have constrained policy formulation over time. The roundtable will also address how evolving policy doctrines on terrorism and human rights affect the case.

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Sheehan Speaks on U.S.-Iran Policy

Posted in akin gump, analysis, bloomfield, briefing, CIA, clinton, college of public affairs, congress, counterterrorism, covert, delisting, democracy, diplomacy, dissident, evidence-based, foreign policy, freedom, global, human rights, intelligence, international relations, iran, iraq, israel, media, MEK, middle east, military, NCRI, nuclear, obama, PMOI, policy, politics, preemptive, presidential election, protest, regime change, sanctions, scholarly, sheehan, state department, strike, terrorism, threat, u.s. foundation for liberty, university of baltimore, unrest, war on June 6, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

On June 7, Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will speak at a book signing at the the international law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer and Feld LLP in Washington, DC. The event will feature remarks by Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., author of the new book titled The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)—Shackled by a Twisted History, and Hal S. Shapiro, former senior counselor to the director of the National Economic Council at the White House and Partner at Akin Gump. #Media #Contact #PDF

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Sheehan Delivers Talk on Suicide Terrorism

Posted in afghanistan, analysis, counterterrorism, data, evidence-based, foreign policy, framing, homicidality scale, international relations, middle east, research, scholarly, sheehan, suicide terrorism, terrorism, threat on May 15, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan delivered a talk titled Suicide Terrorism: A Critical Assessment of the Evidence at an international meeting of medical professionals in San Francisco on May 21, 2013. The talk examined the social, political, cultural, and economic factors that are sometimes implicated as sources of suicide terrorism from an interdisciplinary perspective. The talk was part of a symposium titled The Changing Face of Suicide: Assessment, Treatment, Epidemiology, Cultural Issues, and the Emerging Problem of Suicide Terrorism and featured scholars from around the world.

@: Sheehan Homicidality Tracking Scale

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NOW AVAILABLE: New Book on US-Iran Policy by Amb. Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. Featuring Foreword by Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan

Posted in analysis, bloomfield, briefing, CIA, clinton, college of public affairs, congress, counterterrorism, delisting, democracy, diplomacy, dissident, european union, evidence-based, foreign policy, global, human rights, intelligence, international relations, iran, iraq, israel, media, MEK, MI6, middle east, military, mossad, NCRI, negotiation, nuclear, obama, paris, PMOI, policy, politics, preemptive, protest, rajavi, regime change, research, sanctions, scholarly, sheehan, state department, strike, terrorism, threat, university of baltimore, unrest, war on March 31, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr. has published a new book titled The Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) – Shackled by a Twisted History through the University of Baltimore College of Public Affairs. More than two thousand advance copies have been provided to members of Congress and White House Officials and additional copies are being sent to EU representatives. The book features a Foreword by Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan and supporting comments from senior former US officials, including:

General George W. Casey, Jr.
Lieutenant General Dell L. Dailey
General James L. Jones
Judge Michael B. Mukasey
Dr. Mitchell B. Reiss
Governor Bill Richardson

Read advance praise for the study issued by senior US officials.

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UPDATE 7-17-13: Governor Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security, authored a book review titled The Friends Left in the Shadow of War in The Washington Times.

UPDATE 6-3-13: Dr. Mitchell Reiss, President of Washington College and former director of policy planning staff at the U.S. State Department under Secretary Colin Powell, penned a book review in The Baltimore Sun titled How the U.S. Hung a Potential Iranian Ally Out to Dry.

Purchase your copy at Amazon.com and stay tuned for media and policy events on this important new study.

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Sheehan Selected to Participate in Conference at Council on Foreign Relations

Posted in afghanistan, analysis, briefing, council on foreign relations, counterterrorism, data, databases, democracy, development, diplomacy, evidence-based, foreign policy, human rights, human security, international relations, iran, middle east, military, negotiation, nuclear, policy, research, scholarly, sheehan, state department, teaching, terrorism, university of baltimore, war on March 30, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan was nominated to participate in a conference for university faculty at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on April 11-12, 2013. The event will feature a policy briefing on the Middle East and remarks by Ambassador Richard Haas. Founded in 1921, CFR is frequently cited as the nation’s most influential foreign policy think tank.

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Sheehan Chairs Panel at 2013 International Studies Association

Posted in counterterrorism, courses, data, databases, evidence-based, international relations, international studies association, research, scholarly, sheehan, teaching, terrorism, threat on March 19, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

The Politics of International Diffusion: Regional and Global Dimensions / San Francisco, California,  April 3-6, 2013

On April 5, Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will chair a panel discussion at the 2013 International Studies Association Annual Conference in San Francisco, California. The panel – Terrorism: Domestic Determinants – features acclaimed terrorism researcher Dr. James Forest as the discussant.

Also speaking on the panel are:

Brandon Boylan: The Breeding Ground for Ethnic Terrorist Organizations: Discrimination, Quests for Nationhood, or Intra-communal Conflict?
Susanne Martin et. al.: The Endogenous Formation of Terrorist Groups: Model and Initial Findings
Konstantin Ash: Bombing the Rich: The Effect of Sub-National Income Inequality on the Incidence of Terrorism in Civil Conflicts
Sara Polo: Terror from Within: The Political Determinants of Domestic Terrorism
Katherine Michel: Domestic Terror Targets: The Importance (or lack thereof) of Political Regime

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New Summer Course in College of Public Affairs @ University of Baltimore

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, courses, debate, evidence-based, foreign policy, global, human rights, human security, international relations, military, negotiation, pedagogy, policy, politics, research, scholarly, sheehan, teaching, terrorism, threat, uncategorized, war on March 19, 2013 by Professor Sheehan

2013 – NEW ONLINE SUMMER COURSE OPEN FOR ENROLLMENT:

CNCM 620: Special Topics Seminar – Sheehan

TERRORISM & COUNTERTERRORISM

3 Graduate Credits

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Sheehan Presents at Northeast Meeting of International Studies Association

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, courses, data, evidence-based, foreign policy, international relations, international studies association, mapping, pedagogy, scholarly, sheehan, teaching, terrorism on October 29, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

On November 3, Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan will deliver a talk titled Teaching Terrorism: A Systematic Review of Terrorism Courses at American Colleges and Universities at the Northeast Annual Conference of the International Studies Association.

The presentation is based on an empirical study he recently published in Perspectives On Terrorism and involved a systematic analysis of contemporary terrorism courses at 106 top-ranked universities and colleges in the United States.

Publication Available @: Mapping Contemporary Terrorism Courses at Top-Ranked National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States.

Presentation Available @: Teaching Terrorism: A Systematic Review of Terrorism Courses at American Colleges and Universities.

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Was the Decline in Terrorist Attacks Predictable?

Posted in afghanistan, analysis, counterterrorism, evidence-based, foreign policy, global, international relations, iran, obama, policy, scholarly, sheehan, state department, terrorism, threat on August 7, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Was the Decline in Terrorist Attacks Predictable?

My commentary published by United Press International on the recent State Department report documenting a decline in worldwide terrorist incidents.

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Sheehan Appears on USA Radio Network

Posted in analysis, counterterrorism, democracy, diplomacy, evidence-based, foreign policy, international relations, iran, iraq, israel, MEK, MI6, NCRI, negotiation, nuclear, PMOI, regime change, sheehan, state department, strike, terrorism, threat, war, weapons on July 23, 2012 by Professor Sheehan

Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan is interviewed on the USA Radio Network live on July 23, 2012 to discuss recent declarations by the head of Britain’s foreign intelligence agency- MI6- that, unless stopped, Iran will acquire the nuclear technology necessary to build a bomb by 2014.