Indiana University Bloomington

Symposium: From Mumbai to Gaza:

Indian, Israeli, and Turkish Responses to Global Terror

Map - Turkey, Israel, India

Date & Time: April 15, 7:00 p.m.
Place: Rawles Hall 100

This symposium, featuring presentations by three leading authorities on terrorism in India, Turkey, and Israel, will help attendees understand the phenomena that make up global terror today. The speakers will explain how these three countries, which have been repeatedly targeted by terror attacks, comprehend and cope with such hostility.  The program will illuminate the goals and strategies of the perpetrators of terror and clarify the ideologies that motivate people to commit such acts.


Panelists

Moderator

Sumit Ganguly Kemal Silay Boaz Ganor Alvin Rosenfeld

Prof. Sumit Ganguly, professor of Political science and director of the India Studies Program, will discuss the Indian perspective

Prof. Kemal Silay of the Department of Central Eurasian Studies, will discuss the Turkish perspective

Boaz Ganor, deputy dean Lauder School of Government and Diplomacy at the International Institute for Counter Terrorism in Herzliya, Israel, the Israeli perspective.

Alvin Rosenfeld, professor of English and founder and former director of the Borns Jewish Studies Program at IU