21st ISODARCO Winter Course on:
"Fighting Terrorism, Protecting Human Rights"

ANDALO (TRENTO) - ITALY
6 - 13 January, 2008


Director of the School: Carlo Schaerf (University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy)
 Director of the Course: Matthew Evangelista (Department of Government Cornell University, Ithaca NY, US)


Andalo 2008 Programme List of Participants Contributed Papers

PROGRAMME



Monday, 7 January 2008 - OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION

Morning session
Carlo Schaerf, Introduction to ISODARCO
David Carlton , Explaining the West's Inconsistency in Handling International Terrorism: Tensions between Suppressing Violent Non-state Actors and Promoting Humanitarian Objectives
Chair, Carlo Schaerf
Secretary, Evgeny Kalashnikov


Afternoon session
Gitanjali Gutierrez - The Failure of the "War on Terror" Paradigm and Restoration of Criminal Justice Safeguards
Chair, Matthew Evangelista
Secretary, Valentina Bartolucci

Fabio Armao - Terrorism, Mercenaries and Mafias as New Brands of the Private Market of Violence
Chair, Judith Reppy
Secretary, Amanda Towler


Evening activity
Documentary film presentation by participants
"A Family Divided" - Director: Valon Imeri - Producer: Olivia Starr

Tuesday, 8 January 2008 - HUMANITARIAN CONCERNS IN WARFARE

Morning session
Judith Reppy - Counting the Costs of the Iraq War
Chair, Jim Harper
Secretary, Petra Dizdar


Afternoon session
Yuri M. Zhukov - Does Regime Type Matter in Counterinsurgency?
Chair, David Carlton
Secretary, Andrew Yeo

Pascal Vennesson - Global Norms and Changing Ways of War: Military Adaptations to the Humanitarian Intervention Norm
Chair, Yiorghos Leventis
Secretary, Zoryana Vovchok


Evening activity
Party

Wednesday, 9 January 2007 - COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

Morning session
Alexei Arbatov - Russia's Mixed Experience: Fighting Extremism, Enhancing Executive Rule
Chair, Fabio Armao
Secretary, Najma Sadiq


Afternoon session
Paddy Hillyard - Lessons from Northern Ireland
Chair, Mieke Masink
Secretary, Michael Pokrass

Carlo Schaerf - Lessons from Italy
Chair, Steve Wright
Secretary, Katy White


Thursday, 10 January 2008 - LEGALITY, LIBERTY, AND COUNTERTERRORISM

Morning Session
Nina Tannenwald - Targeted Killings and the War on Terror: Is the Norm against Assassinations in Decline?
Chair, Nikolai Kalashnikov
Secretary, Deniz Kirca


Afternoon Session
Jim Harper - Anti-Terrorist Programs and Privacy: The US Experience
Chair, Diego Latella
Secreatary, Valon Imeri

Nadia Arbatova - The Fight against Terrorism and the EU-Russia Common Space of Internal Security
Chair, Francesco Calogero
Secretary, Fadillah Putra


Evening activity
SEMINAR
Clyde Magarelli - Military Virtue vs Political Vice in the War in Iraq

Friday, 11 January 2008 - TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

Morning Session
Francesco Calogero - Nuclear Terrorism
Chair, Victor Kamyshanov
Secretary, Kathryn Howard


Afternoon Session
Steve Wright - Shock and Awe: The Next Generation of "Anti-Terrorist" Technologies - A Revolution in the Arsenal of Political Control?
Chair, Paolo Carossini
Secretary, Mark Ducasse


Round table discussion - WMD and Terrorism
Participants:
Zoryana Vovchok - Legal Deficiencies of International Treaties on Nuclear Terrorism
Lisa Tabassi - WMD, Terrorism and Enforcement of Treaty Norms
Chair, Mieke Massink
Chair, Nina Tannenwald


Evening activity
SEMINAR
Najma Sadig - Is Terrorism a Muslim Monopoly?

Saturday, 12 January 2008 - SECURITY BEYOND COUNTERTERRORISM

Morning Session
Paddy Hillyard - Re-Imagining Women's Security post 9/11
Chair, Nina Tannenwald
Secretary, Olivia Starr


Afternoon Session
Rita Rogers - Preserving the Nuances of Humanliness in Spite of Fear, Ideological Bombardment and Prevailing Egotism of Victimization
Chair, Matthew Evangelista
Secretary, Ljubica Dzabirova

Closing Reflections