War experts to discuss al-Qaeda April 20

9:08 a.m., April 15, 2005--William Martel, professor of national security affairs at the U.S. Naval War College, will discuss “Tomorrow’s Enemy: al-Qaeda and Beyond,” at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, in Mitchell Hall.

The lecture is part of “Prescription for the President: Policy Medicine for Global Challenges,” a series of Global Agenda lectures that are free and open to the public.

The lectures by diplomats, journalists and other foreign affairs practitioners focus on the international problems facing President George W. Bush in his second term. Such concerns include the occupation and war in Iraq, as well as nuclear threats in North Korea, Iran and Russia. Other issues addressed by the series include terrorism, the Arab-Israeli conflict and political and economic challenges in Europe and Asia.

Martel is director of the defense analysis course and Alan Shepherd Chair of Space Technology and Policy at the U.S. Naval War College.
The author of many scholarly books, articles, and book chapters, Martel wrote Strategic Nuclear War (Greenwood Press, 1986), How to Stop a War (Doubleday, 1987), has published scholarly articles in The Washington Quarterly, Orbis, Defense Analysis, Strategic Review, and the Fletcher Forum, and has written articles for the Wall Street Journal and Christian Science Monitor. His most recent book was on defense technologies, The Technological Arsenal (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001), and he is now completing a book on victory in American foreign policy.

Organized by Ralph Begleiter, UD’s Rosenberg Professor of Communication and distinguished journalist in residence, the Global Agenda series is designed to survey potential threats to the United States and explore the complex framework of international relations. The series is cosponsored by the University of Delaware and the World Affairs Council of Wilmington.

The next lecture in the series, slated for 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 26, in Pearson Hall, features Zainab Salbi, the Iraqi-American founder and president of Women for Women International.

For more information on the speakers and their subjects, visit [www.udel.edu/global/agenda/2005]. For general information on the series, call the Department of Communication at (302) 831-8041.

Article by Martin Mbugua

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