Mondays 2:30 – 4:30 PM
January 10 through February 14, 2005
D.O.C. House
Too scary to think about for most people, and neither presidential candidate paid much attention to the problem during the election campaign. Yet Graham Allison (a Harvard professor who has advised both Republican and Democratic presidents) has a new blockbuster book that gives a "yes" answer to both the above questions. Short, easy-to read, and focused sharply on needed policy reforms, Allison's book argues that this issue ought to be the nation's Number 1 anti-terrorism priority. We'll read and discuss Allison's book, Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe, supplemented by a few handouts focused on Iran, North Korea and Brazil.
Class is limited to 20 members.
JIM BALDWIN is a retired World Bank economist with a lifelong interest in domestic politics and internal relations. He has led several ILEAD courses, mainly on subjects, like this one, he wants to learn more about.
