Agenda
Strategies for the War on Terrorism: Taking Stock
April 7-8, 2005
R. David Thomas Center and
Geneen Auditorium ( Fuqua School of Business)
Duke University
Durham , North Carolina
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Sponsored by:
The Center on Law, Ethics and National Security,
and the Program in Public Law
Duke University School of Law
and co-sponsored by :
The Terry Sanford Institute for Public Policy and
the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University , and
the Triangle Institute for Security Studies
Designated as a Centennial Regional Meeting of the
American Society of International Law
ALL PANEL SESSIONS WILL BE HELD IN
GENEEN AUDITORIUM IN THE FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS;
ALL MEALS WILL BE IN THE THOMAS CENTER
Thursday, April 7th
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8:00 am
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Registration and Continental Breakfast (Geneen Auditorium)
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8:30 am
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Opening Comments
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Scott L. Silliman Professor of the Practice of Law and Executive Director, Center on Law, Ethics and National Security
Duke University
Christopher H. Schroeder
Charles S. Murphy Professor of Law and
Professor of Public Policy Studies
Duke University
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8:45 am
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Panel I:
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Defining and Understanding the Causes of Terrorism
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Chair:
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Elizabeth Kiss
Director, Kenan Institute for Ethics and
Associate Professor of the Practice
Political Science and Philosophy
Duke University
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Speakers :
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Charles Kurzman Associate Professor Department of Sociology University of North Carolina
Mohammed M. Hafez Visiting Professor, Department of Political Science University of Missouri-Kansas City
Mamoun Fandy President, Fandy Associates Washington DC
Ebrahim Moosa Associate Research Professor Department of Religion Duke University
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10:45 am
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Panel II:
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Key Policy Challenges
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Chair:
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Gilbert W. Merkx
Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development and
Professor of the Practice of Sociology
Duke University
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Speakers:
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Michael Vickers
Director of Strategic Studies
Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments
Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara
Former Assistant Secretary of State for
Political-Military Affairs and former Ambassador to Colombia
Martha Crenshaw
Colin and Nancy Campbell Professor in Global Issues and Democratic Thought
Government Department
Wesleyan University
Bruce W. Jentleson
Director, Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy and
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science
Duke University
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12:45 pm
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Luncheon (R. David Thomas Center )
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Speaker:
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James L. Pavitt
Principal, The Scowcroft Group and
Former Director of Operations,
Central Intelligence Agency
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2:15 pm
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Panel III:
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Interrogating Terrorists: The Torture Debate
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Chair:
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Peter D. Feaver
Alexander F. Hehmeyer Professor of Political Science
And Public Policy
Duke University
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Speakers :
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John D. Hutson Dean, Professor of Law and President Franklin Pierce Law Center
John Smith Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs Department of Defense
Heather MacDonald John M. Olin Fellow Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Marty Lederman, Esq Washington DC
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6:30 pm
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Reception ( Duke Law School )
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7:00 pm
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Dinner (R. David Thomas Center )
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Speaker:
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The Honorable Nabil Fahmy
Ambassador of The Arab Republic of Egypt
To the United States
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Friday, April 8th
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7:45 am
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Continental Breakfast (Geneen Auditorium)
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8:30 am
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Panel IV:
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The President and International Law in the War on Terrorism
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Chair:
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Curtis A. Bradley
Professor of Law
University of Virginia School of Law
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Speakers:
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Derek Jinks Associate Professor of Law Arizona State University College of Law
Michael D. Ramsey Professor of Law University of San Diego School of Law
Ingrid Wuerth Associate Professor of Law University of Cincinnati College of Law
John C. Harrison David Lurton Massee, Jr., Professor of Law and Horace W. Goldsmith Research Professor University of Virginia
School of Law
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10:15 am
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Keynote Address
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Speaker:
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Honorable Jane Harman United States House of Representatives (D-CA)
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11:15 am
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Panel V:
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Military Commissions
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Chair :
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Professor Scott Silliman
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Speakers :
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Louis Fisher
Senior Specialist in Separation of Powers
Congressional Research Service
Library of Congress
John D. Altenburg, Jr.,
Major General, USA (ret)
Appointing Authority
Office of Military Commissions
Department of Defense
Toni Locy
Reporter
USA Today
David B. Rivkin, Jr.
Partner, Baker & Hosteller LLP
Washington DC
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1:15 pm
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Luncheon (R. David Thomas Center )
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2:15 pm
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Panel VI:
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PATRIOT Act Issues
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Chair:
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Professor Christopher Schroeder
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Speakers:
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William C. Banks
Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor
Syracuse University College of Law
Mary Derosa
Senior Fellow
Center for Strategic and International Studies
Washington DC
Robert Chesney
Associate Professor of Law
Wake Forest University School of Law
Tim H. Edgar
National Security Policy Counsel
American Civil Liberties Union
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4:00 pm
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Adjourn
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The sponsors gratefully acknowledge the generous financial support of Warren and Faye Wickersham and Duke University
's Vice Provost for International Affairs and Development which helped to make this conference possible.
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