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Join SATSA's listserve by sending an e-mail to:
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Student Association on Terrorism and
Security Analysis (SATSA)
McNaughton Hall
Suite 402
Syracuse, NY 13244-1030
Telephone: 315-443-2284
Fax: 315-443-4141
satsa@maxwell.syr.edu
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 Survey
Ranks Maxwell Top-Ten in International Relations. In
a recent survey, featured in the November/
December issue of Foreign Policy magazine, Maxwell was
ranked as a top-ten master's program in international relations
for students aspiring to policy careers. For the study, faculty
members from the College of William and Mary surveyed more than
1,000 international relations scholars throughout the country.
Maxwell's I.R. program ranked ninth nationally. The full FP
article about the rankings
is available online. 12/19/05
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 The
latest
edition
of U.S.News & World Report’s graduate-program rankings,
issued in April 2004, identifies Maxwell as the nation's top
school of public affairs.
U.S.News has published graduate-program rankings triennially
since 1995. The Maxwell School of Syracuse University has topped
all four public affairs listings published thus far.
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 The
School of Information Studies at SU
is a
National Security Agency National Center of Academic Excellence
in Information Assurance Education.
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Pan Am 103 Remembrance Memorial
 When
Pan Am 103 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland on December
21, 1988, 270 people, including 35 Syracuse University
students returning from a semester of study abroad, were
killed. The campus was devastated and then Chancellor
Melvin Eggers declared, "some of our best and brightest"
had been lost.
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Pan Am 103 Remembrance Scholarship
 The
Remembrance Scholarship, one of the highest awards a
Syracuse University student can receive, is given to
seniors chosen for distinguished scholarship,
citizenship, and service to the community.
In
recognizing the achievements of the 35 Scholars, we pay
tribute to the Syracuse Univeristy students and all
those lost in the terrorist attack on Pan Am Flight 103
on December 21, 1988, over Lockerbie, Scotland.
We
express our hope for the future through the Remembrance
Scholars.
To apply
for the scholarship, click on the following links to
download the application packet.
Application Instructions
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SATSA's SU Proud Sponsors
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The Program in Non-Violent
Conflict and Change (PNCC)
Undergraduate Minor
Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS) in Conflict Resolution
Certificate of Advanced Study
and
Certificate of National Security and
Counterterrorism Law
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4th
Annual
Graduate Conference on Peace and Security
THEME:
The Changing Face of International
and National Security
February 23, 2008
Maxwell School at Syracuse University,
New York, USA
hosted by
The Student Association
on Terrorism and Security Analysis (SATSA)
We invite papers
from all academic disciplines, such as international
relations, public administration, anthropology, law,
political science, history, sociology, business
management, peace studies, economics, conflict studies,
geography, and communications. Each paper will be
presented in one of four panels, concerned broadly with
1) Past perceptions of National Security: the role of
Government in protecting its citizens, 2) Security
through legal means: laws and precedents, 3)
International Security Crisis Analysis and Management,
and 4) the ongoing search for security.
SATSA and the Moynihan
Institute of Global Affairs at the Maxwell School will
publish selected articles using a peer blind review
process, either online or in print, papers presented at
the conference.
Submission Deadline: December 15,
2007
Send only rough drafts or completed
papers, no abstracts. Paper length should be between
3,000-5000 words. Please send all documents as
attachments (MS Word 2000 or higher, or Rich-Text), and
include a cover sheet listing contact info (name,
address, email, and telephone number), as well as
institutional affiliation, field of study, and paper
title.
Please direct questions and
submissions to
satsa@maxwell.syr.edu
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SYRACUSE WIDE EVENTS AND NEWS
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Newly Released Faculty Publication...
Combating Terrorism: strategies and
Approaches
William C. Banks,
Mitchel B. Wallerstein,
Renée de Nevers
Date: October, 2007
-Click on book cover
for link to order
DESCRIPTION
Countering
terrorism tops the list of America’s devilish set of problems.
Americans deal with terrorism and the threat of terrorism
through enhanced investigative tools in hopes of interdicting
terrorism before it strikes; as a law enforcement issue; as a
matter for international cooperation and diplomacy; and as a
species of war best fought by the military. These approaches are
not mutually exclusive, nor are they exhaustive. Nor have they,
or will they, be successful all of the time. But as a central
focus of U.S. national security strategy, the stakes couldn’t be
higher.
In ten comprehensive chapters,
Combating Terrorism discusses tools
and tactics for dealing with this ever-changing challenge, with
a focus on how they operate in the real world. Additionally
readers are encouraged to explore why terrorists might strike
and what might be done to ameliorate root causes. The authors
also discuss the dynamics of homeland security planning and
recovery, with an examination of the crucial role of the media
and our government’s public affairs function in crisis
situations. Each chapter features a series of case studies
designed to give students a quick study of actual terrorist
actions and the counter strategies at work, offering further
insight into the complexities of combating terrorism.
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 The
Nexus: How Transnational Crime and Terrorism Converge to Weaken
International Security
November 30, 2006
The Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs welcomes Ambassador
Melvyn Levitsky on Thursday, November 30, 2006. Ambassador
Levitsky, who until last year taught in the Maxwell Schools
Public Administration and International Relations Departments,
will discuss ?The Nexus: How Transnational Crime and Terrorism
Converge to Weaken International Security? at noon in 341 Eggers
Hall. Lunch will be provided.
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 Barkun
Comments on Conspiracy Theories.
Michael Barkun,
professor of
political science,
was quoted in the November, 12, 2006
edition of the
San Francisco Chronicle.
According to Barkun, author of A
Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic
Visions in Contemporary America
(University of California Press,
2003), conspiracy theories have
joined the mainstream, which should
be considered an extraordinary
phenomenon. "These kinds of ideas
that used to be really out on the
fringe and tucked away in a
subterranean subculture are now a
part of pop culture. " said
Barkun,
who also sees a link between the
growing political conspiracy climate
and the end of the Cold War. "As
long as the Cold War was going on,
the world seemed to make sense to
the degree that we could think of
(it) as clearly divided between
forces of good and forces of evil.
With the collapse of the Soviet
Union, we were deprived of a defined
enemy. The world became more
difficult to understand."
Barkun
also explains that the Internet,
which eliminates a gatekeeper, has
been an ideal medium to grow a
culture of conspiracy. "Whether that
trivializes the subject matter as
simple entertainment or turns it
into something more powerful because
it reaches a mass audience remains
to be seen."
11/27/06
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 PARC
Hosts Conference on Collaborative
Public Management in Washington.
The
field of public
administration has changed
dramatically in recent years, with
technological innovations such as
the internet and globalization and
new approaches to the business of
government presenting new challenges
for public managers. To examine the
complex question of how
collaborative public management is
impacting leadership, The Maxwell
School recently sponsored a 3-day
conference at SU’s Greenberg House
in Washington to consider this topic
and its implications for the future
of public administration.
Participants included a range of
creative and innovative researchers
and professionals whose jobs require
intense collaboration. The
conference was the kick-off event
for the Maxwell School’s new
“Collaborative Governance
Initiative” sponsored by the Program
for the Analysis and Resolution of
Conflicts (PARC). The initiative is
aimed at promoting new knowledge and
understanding about collaborative
public management, deliberative
democracy, and civic engagement.
Papers from the conference will be
published as a book by Georgetown
University Press, as well as in
special issues of Public
Administration Review, International
Public Management Journal, and the
Journal of Policy Analysis and
Management.
10/27/06
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 Rubinstein
Presents Paper on Anthropology, Peace, and Security.
Robert A. Rubinstein, professor of anthropology and
international relations, presented the paper "Anthropology,
Peace and International Security," at the 105th Annual Meeting
of the American Anthropological Association, in San Jose,
Calif., on November 18, 2006. Earlier, Rubinstein authored the
paper "Motivation et Maintien de la Paix: Élaboration d'un Lien
Entre Agir et Structure" [Motivation and Peacekeeping : Modeling
the Link Between Agency and Structure]. It was recently
published in Anthropologie et Sociétés 30: 137-55.
11/20/06
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  Political
Science Faculty Featured in Journal.
Renée de
Nevers, assistant professor of public administration, and Sarah
Pralle, assistant professor of political science, authored
articles published in the Fall 2006 edition of Political
Science Quarterly. “The Geneva Conventions and New Wars,”
written by de Nevers, explores how contemporary types of warfare
– ranging from civil wars to asymmetric conflicts – and new
warriors, including warlords, private security companies, and
children, fit within the Geneva Conventions. In short, she
argues that the Conventions should be revitalized to address
this broader spectrum of war, because this will generate greater
international support for U.S. efforts to combat terrorism.
Pralle’s paper, “I’m Changing the Climate, Ask Me How!”: The
Politics of the Anti-SUV Campaign,” examines the politics of
this concern in light of its similarities to and differences
from other American moral reform movements. She argues that the
campaign confronts fundamental tensions in American political
culture around issues of consumption and the role of the
automobile, but fails to fully resolve them. 10/10/06
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 Wallerstein
Named NAPA Fellow.
Mitchel
Wallerstein, dean of the Maxwell School, is a new fellow-elect
of the National Academy of Public Administration. He will be
formally introduced and inducted into the Academy at the its
fall meeting, to be held on November 15, 2006, in Washington,
D.C. 10/13/06
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Socials
for Fall 2008:
SATSA/INSCT Meet & Greet every Thursday at 12:00pm in
the INSCT Office. Stop by to chat, network, and discuss
relevant topics in national security.
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