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Reading, Ethics and the Literary Imagination Are the Focus of Lionel Trilling Seminar
(Nov. 09, 2001)
This fall's Lionel Trilling Seminar, sponsored by Columbia College with support from the Great Books Foundation of Chicago, focuses on reading as a cultural activity, exploring the history of reading with implications on what was read in earlier periods and how it was read.
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 Institute of War and Peace Studies Lecture Analyzes Post-Sept. 11 Security Relations Between U.S. and China
(Nov. 08, 2001)
Kurt Campbell, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, analyzed how the Sept. 11 attacks altered the security relationship between the U.S. and China at a lecture sponsored by SIPA's Institute of War and Peace Studies.
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Conference Explores Impact of Sept. 11 on Financial Communications and Information Systems
(Nov. 06, 2001)
A joint conference of Columbia's Business School and the London School of Economics explores how communications and information systems in the financial industry are impacted by catastrophic events such as the attacks of Sept. 11 and how those events influence future systems developments.
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 Former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Examines U.S. Relations with Qatar, Gulf States after Sept. 11
(Nov. 05, 2001)
Ambassador Patrick Theros, former U.S. Ambassador to Qatar and president and executive director of the U.S.-Qatar Business Council, examines the impact of U.S. relations with Qatar and the Gulf states after the September 11 attacks. Theros notes that strategic and security relations with those states since World War II have been characterized by ups and downs.
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 Former Ambassador to South Korea Analyzes Future U.S. Relationships in Asia
(Oct. 29, 2001)
Donald P. Gregg, former Ambassador to South Korea and 30-year veteran of the CIA, discusses the United States' future relationship with North and South Korea.
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SIPA's Sestanovich Sees Sept. 11 as Opportunity to Foster Stability in U.S.-Russia Relations
(Oct. 26, 2001)
SIPA Professor Stephen Sestanovich, a former ambassador at large, describes how the September attacks create opportunities for stable relationships between the U.S. and Russia at a roundtable sponsored by SIPA and the Harriman Institute. Other panelists included SIPA Dean Lisa Anderson and Council on Foreign Relations Senior Fellow Radha Kumar.
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Seznec: Terrorists Using Centuries-Old System to Finance Operations
(Oct. 25, 2001)
SIPA Adjunct Professor Jean-Francois Seznec described how terrorists use money-changers to finance their operations during a lecture sponsored by the Middle East Institute. Seznec said the process, which predates Abraham and Mohammad, is legal but difficult to detect.
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