I have many concerns with the way we discuss the balance between national security and civil liberties as if they were mutually exclusive objectives on opposite sides of the scale. I believe they mutually reinforce each other. What makes this nation strong is the relationship between the government and the governed. That which drives a wedge between the two weakens our nation.

Suzanne Spaulding

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Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East

A conversation with Gilles Kepel, Professor at the Institut d'Études Politiques and author of Beyond Terror and Martyrdom: The Future of the Middle East. Moderated by Stephen Holmes, Meyer Professor of Law, NYU School of Law.

Event Details

*This event is free and open to the public*

Date: November 24, 2008
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Lipton Hall, 108 W. 3rd Street

 

SPEAKER BIOS

Gilles Kepel is head of the post-graduate programme on the Arab and Muslim worlds at the Institut d'Études Politiques (Sciences-Po). He holds degrees in Arabic, English and Philosophy from IEP. Gilles Kepel has published several books on Islam and the Middle East, including The War for Muslim Minds (2004) and Jihad: The Trail of Political Islam (2002).

Stephen Holmes is the Walter Meyer Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. His fields of specialization include the history of liberalism, the disappointments of democratization after communism, and the difficulty of combating terrorism within the limits of liberal constitutionalism. His most recent book is The Matador'sCape: America's Reckless Response to Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2007)