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2017 International Peace Symposium
Sept. 16, 2017
Elizabethtown College
Whither Peace?
The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg featured a panel of distinguished scholars to explores issues of war and peace in the modern world and present the 2017 “Peacemaker in Our Midst” Awards to local leaders.
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Opening Speaker: Abdulhamit Bilici — Former Editor of Zaman Daily – Turkey’s Descent in Despotism
Hundreds of journalists, judges, teachers and just plain people are in prison in Turkey for opposing what is increasingly a despotic regime. Abdulhamit Bilici, a prominent Turkish journalist now in exile in the U.S., says Turkey’s instability threatens world peace.
WHITHER PEACE PANEL
EXTREMISTS IN OUR MIDST: JOSH BARTASH — PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
CHINA, US AND THE NUCLEAR STANDOFF WITH KOREA: DR. DAVID LAI — U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE
TERRORISM AND HOMELAND SECURITY: PROFESSOR BERT TUSSING — SUPERVISOR NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS, STRATEGIC CONCEPTS AND DOCTRINE
GLOBAL WARMING AND THE THREAT TO PEACE : DON BROWN — WIDENER UNIVERSITY’S ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY CENTER
LUNCHEON SPEAKER — Trita Parsi
Parsi is an award winning author and the 2010 recipient of the Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He is the founder and president of the National Iranian American Council and an expert on US-Iranian relations, Iranian foreign politics, and the geopolitics of the Middle East. His latest book – Losing an Enemy: Obama, Iran and the Triumph of Diplomacy (Yale University Press, 2017) – reveals the behind the scenes story to the historic nuclear deal with Iran.
