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Senior Fellow Dr. Mathieu Guidère on Toutes-les-France
France,12 February,2008--Senior Fellow of the Center for Advanced Defense Studies and professor at Université de Genève, Dr. Mathieu Guidère discusses his views about terrorism on the French talk show “Toutes les France”. Dr. Guidère stressed the fact that when talking about interrogation we should consider both sides, whether legitimate or not. He further elaborates that there could be individuals who create these problems like the Abu Graib scandal and that might not be a government policy.
When talking about the “Senja” file that was found in Iraq by the Americans, Dr. Guidère believes it wasn’t handled in a professional way. This document included 850 pages of Al-Qaeda operatives’ personal information along with detailed description of the time they spent in Iraq and by posting the findings on the internet the U.S has lost an advantage. In addition to that, he says that the secret services are incompetent on the cultural and linguistic level. Around one hundred thousand people work for secret services and almost eight hundred have Arab notions. The American embassy in Iraq has one thousand people working there and out of that only six have Arab notions.
Chief Scientist Dr. Jerrold Post attends the ISPP
France from July 9 to July 12, 2008--CADS was proud to sponsor the ISPP(International Society of Political Psychology) 31st Annual Scientific Meeting held at Sciences Po in Paris, France from July 9 through July 12. The conference focused primarily on facilitating a constructive dialogue regarding the socio-political challenges facing our world and how they may be understood by employing psychological paradigms.
Dr. Jerrold Post, CADS chief scientist in political psychology and the director of the political psychology program at the George Washington University (GWU), presented a discussion on Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the Iranian President’s commitment to the twelve activist’s beliefs. Additionally, Dr. Post analyzed the perspectives on contemporary terrorism and so-called “homegrown terrorists”. The event was attended by a multitude of intellectuals, researchers, and experts from across the globe interested in exploring the complex dynamics of political psychology and the important role it plays in understanding the current geopolitical climate.
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