"Breakfast Program on Terrorism"
October 4, 2001  · Victor LeVine, Sunita Parikh 

The Weidenbaum Center Breakfast Series sponsored a program on the war against terrorism on October 4, 2001. Professors Victor LeVine and Sunita Parikh, both members of the political science department at Washington University in St. Louis, offered some opening statements, then responded to questions from the audience. 

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Transcript of remarks by Professor Victor LeVine

Transcript of remarks by Professor Sunita Parikh

What does a war against terrorism really mean? Who are the main targets?

Are there any natural enemies of these terrorist cells that could be mobilized to help defeat the terrorist organizations?

What is the efficacy and effectiveness of the new stance taken by the United States towards those countries that are suspected of harboring terrorist groups?

Has Osama bin Laden made terrorism more attractive to those who feel they have been marginalized or mistreated?

Can the feminist movement be used to undermine the popular support for these fundamentalist Muslim terrorist groups?

What should we do? How do we solve the current terrorist crisis?