terrorism is focused at the international center for terrorism studies headed up by professor yona alexander. out of this organization comes many publications and studies, and we host several seminars every year on all aspects of terrorism globally as well as domestically. our most recent publications and yona has averaged at least one per month for the last 40 years, in february our sixth annual review of terror ips incidents in north africa and the impacts of people in that part of the world, and the review of europe's political situation and how that is affecting the use of terror by those that feel disenfranchised or for whatever means are causing civil disobedience in that part of the world. as i said, the center for terrorism produces at least one document per month all year long and averages one or two books per year, and we're very proud that we host several seminars on all aspects of terrorism. we welcome your review of that on our website. we will be glad to provide you summaries of all of that work and of course you're all invited to those events as they take place. we hope that t

with that, i'd like to turn the program over to professor yona alexander who most of you know -- i hopet then you probably shouldn't be here because there isn't anybody in the world of terrorism studies academically in the world that doesn't know about professor alexander. he has published over 100 books. he has been studying terrorism and the effects of terrorism all issues surrounding terrorism, for more than 40 years. and he is what we consider one of the greatest assets that the human race has on this aspect and on this topic. we are privileged to have him here today. he will chair this program, introduce most of the speakers, and it is my privilege to introduce you today professor yon hachlt alexander. . >> thank you very much, mike for your introduction, particularly trying to stress the nature and the intensity of the terrorist threat and what can we do about it. what i would like to do is discharge a few academic, i think, requirements. first of all, to introduce our distinguished panel. first, to my left, to your right, is professor bonnie jenkins. she is both a diplomat and sc