2008 News

May 20, 2008

FPRI Hosts Transatlantic Editors Roundtable

On May 8–9, FPRI hosted the 8th Transatlantic Editors Roundtable, “Reviving Transatlantic Cooperation: A Roundtable on Terrorism, International Order, and Global Challenges.” These roundtables are held biannually and include transatlantic foreign affairs journal editors. FPRI co-sponsored the event with the Center for Applied Policy Research in Munich; the German Marshall Fund and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania supported the event. For a conference report, agenda, and list of participants, see /www.cap- lmu.de/transatlantic/topics/philadelphia.php.

February 12, 2008

Sicherman and Indyk at Washington Institute for Near East Policy

FPRI President Harvey Sicherman and Martin Indyk, director of the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, were invited to the Washington Institute for Near East Policy to address a special policy forum on February 8, 2008, on "The Final Year: End-of-Term Presidents and the Middle East." Audio and video of that forum are available at http://www.washingtoninstitute.org/templateC07.php?CID=387.

February 4, 2008

The Economist reviews Sageman book

The January 31 issue of the Economist includes a review of FPRI Senior Fellow Marc Sageman’s Leaderless Jihad (University of Pennsylvania Press, Dec. 2007), available online at http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10601243.