Safeguarding nuclear stockpiles

Dick Taffe — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:29:03 +0000

President Obama says nuclear terrorism is among the greatest threats to global security and that world leaders must destroy or secure stockpiles of nuclear materials. Verification expert Philip O’Neill, who teaches national security law at BU Law and is author of the just-published book “Verification in an Age of Insecurity,” says the verification process must account for not only those who agree with the bargain, but those who don’t.

“Only rarely have nations faced such security challenges in the past, and that history is not encouraging; we will have to do much better this time.”

Contact Philip O’Neill, 617-951-2253, poneill@eapdlaw.com

Al-Qaida growing in Africa

Dick Taffe — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:36:32 +0000

U.S. defense and counerterrorism officials say al-Qaida’s terror network is growing in both strength and numbers in North Africa, threatening to destablize the Sahara region. International relations Prof. Charles Stith, a former U.S. ambassador to Tanzania who direct’s BU’s African Presidential Archives and Research Center, says it’s in America’s interest to help development in Africa.

“Africa is an area of the world where American interests are most vulnerable and where there is one of the best opportunities to defend and propagate the values that are the underpinnings for democracy and the free market. The U.S. needs to look for ways to help its African allies shore up the public and private sector institutions that will enable them to fight off the assaults to the nascent opportunity societies they are trying to create.”

Contact Charles Stith, 617-353-5452, crstith@bu.edu

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Al-Qaida growing in Africa