February
8, 2002
Anthony
Lake and Martha Crenshaw to Speak at
Mount Holyoke February 15 on the "War on Terrorism"
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Martha
Crenshaw is professor of government at Wesleyan University
where she has taught international politics and foreign
policy since 1974. She is the coeditor, with John Pimlott,
of the Encyclopedia of Terrorism (1997); the editor
of Terrorism in Context (1995), a volume of case
studies of terrorist campaigns ranging from the nineteenth
century to the present; and the author of Terrorism and
International Cooperation (1989).
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Anthony
Lake served as national secu-rity adviser to President Clinton
from 1993 to 1996. Formerly Five College Professor of International
Relations at Mount Holyoke, Lake taught at the College from
1984 to 1993. He is currently a professor at Georgetown
University. Lake's most recent book, 6 Nightmares: Real
Threats in a Dangerous World and How America Can Meet Them
(2000), combines, according to George Stephanopoulos, "the
pacing of Ludlum and the insight of Kissinger."
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"A single airplane
delivering only 100 kilograms of anthrax […] over Washington,
D.C., after dusk on a calm night could kill many hundreds of thousands
of people," writes former national security adviser Anthony
Lake in his book 6 Nightmares: Real Threats in a Dangerous
World and How America Can Meet Them (2000). The work, written
before the September 11 attacks, is "eerily prescient,"
says Jon Western, Five College Professor of International Relations.
Lake, along with Martha Crenshaw, an internationally recognized
expert on political terrorism, will discuss the current status
of the Bush administration's "war on terrorism," Friday,
February 15, at 7 pm, in Gamble Auditorium. The event is sponsored
by the Five College International Relations Program, the Mount
Holyoke College International Relations Program, and the MHC Department
of Economics.
Lake was national
security adviser under President Clinton and is currently a professor
at Georgetown University. Crenshaw, a professor of government
at Wesleyan University, focuses her research on terrorism. The
two scholars, both preeminent in their fields, will address a
range of pressing concerns stemming from the attacks of September
11 and the United States's subsequent actions at home and
abroad. In addition to evaluating the current standing of "Operation
Enduring Freedom," the two will discuss the effectiveness
and consequences of American policy since September 11; the prospects
for American military action in Somalia, Iraq, or elsewhere; the
security of the United States and the world at-large in the current
global climate; the sources of terrorism and how terrorism can
be ended; and the future of international security and terrorism.
Western, moderator
of the event, says that no one is better positioned to tackle
these issues than Lake and Crenshaw. In 6 Nightmares, Lake
narrates six chilling what-if plot lines, each of which poses
a threat to American security. Called a "profound foreign
policy expert," Lake not only describes the "nightmares,"
but offers steps that can be taken to prevent them.
Crenshaw, who teaches
international politics and foreign policy, is, according to Western,
"one of the few scholars who has systematically addressed
both the sources of terrorism and how it can be ended. Other experts
are more regional," continues Western, "or focused on
specific terror organizations. Crenshaw is an expert on the worldwide
phenomenon of terrorism. This makes her contribution unique. Given
the stated objective [of the Bush administration] to put a stop
to all terrorist organizations, Crenshaw's global reach is
especially relevant" and her analysis promises to be "particularly
insightful."
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