UCLA faculty experts advisory: Osama bin Laden killed
Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation in Pakistan, President Obama announced. Bin Laden was accused of masterminding a number of international atrocities, including the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington on Sept. 11, 2001. UCLA has experts.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Amanda Crater |310-206-3986 | acrater@support.ucla.edu
James Gelvin, professor of history, is an expert on the social and cultural history of the modern Middle East. Watch video
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Steven Spiegel, director of UCLA's Center for Middle East Development, is a leading expert on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East.
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Amanda Crater |310-206-3986 | acrater@support.ucla.edu
David Rapoport, professor emertius of political science, is an expert on terrorism and is editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence, the most heavily cited academic journal on the subject of terrorism.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Michael Intriligator, professor emeritus of political science, public policy and economics, is an expert on international relations and global security.
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Meg Sullivan | 310-825-1046 | msullivan@support.ucla.edu
Amy Zegart, associate professor of public policy, is an authority on the design and performance of U.S. intelligence agencies. A former National Security Council staff member, she has written extensively on the need for reform in the national intelligence community.
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Minne Ho | 310-916-8465 | mho@spa.ucla.edu