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.
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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 SheehanNOW 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.
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.
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.
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
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:
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Sheehan Presents at 2013 Middle East Dialogue
Posted in analysis, clinton, counterterrorism, delisting, democracy, diplomacy, dissident, foreign policy, framing, human rights, international relations, iran, media, MEK, middle east, middle east dialogue, military, NCRI, PMOI, policy, policy studies organization, politics, protest, rajavi, regime change, rhetoric, scholarly, sheehan, state department, strike, terrorism, threat, war, weapons on February 20, 2013 by Professor Sheehan
Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan is presenting a paper at the 2013 Middle East Dialogue, a conference put on by the Policy Studies Organization. The event will be held at the historic Whittemore House in Washington, D.C. on February 21, 2013. The theme for the 2013 conference is Beyond the Arab Spring: New Directions in the Middle East. Sheehan’s paper is titled Challenging a Terrorist Tag in the Media: Framing, the Politics of Resistance and an Iranian Opposition Group. The paper is under review at the Digest of Middle East Studies (DOMES) and conference proceedings may also be published as a monograph.
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.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.
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.
Sheehan Published in Perspectives on Terrorism
Posted in analysis, courses, evidence-based, international relations, mapping, pedagogy, scholarly, sheehan, teaching, terrorism on May 17, 2012 by Professor Sheehan
Dr. Ivan Sascha Sheehan’s latest study titled Mapping Contemporary Terrorism Courses at Top-Ranked National Universities and Liberal Arts Colleges in the United States published in the May issue of Perspectives on Terrorism. You can also download the full issue here.
Professor Sheehan is the Executive Director of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore where he teaches in the College of Public Affairs.
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