• Making New York Safer Symposium

  September 8, 2006 - Special one day symposium

  On July 5, the White House released an updated National Strategy for Combating Terrorism. “America is safer but we are not yet safe,” it states. The same could be said about New York, or at least that was the view expressed by many of the participants in a recent symposium hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations, entitled “Making New York Safer.” In his opening remarks, Council President Richard N. Haass suggested New York could never be truly “safe,” but “one can take steps to make New York and other places ‘safer,’ and that is what we are trying to advance.” The symposium explored threats from and potential responses to both man-made and natural disasters.

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  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Steven Simon, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  	R.P. Eddy, Managing Director, Gerson Lehrman Group; and Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism, Executive Director, Center for Policing Terrorism, The Manhattan Institute
  	Richard K. Betts, Adjunct Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  Presider:	Brian Ross, Chief Investigative Correspondent, ABC News

  7:30 to 8:00 a.m. Breakfast
  8:00 to 9:00 a.m. Meeting

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 1: The Terrorist Threat in New York

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Kelly McKinney, Deputy Commissioner for Planning and Preparedness, New York City Office of Emergency Management
  	Joseph W. Pfeifer, Chief, Counterterrorism and Emergency Preparedness, New York City Fire Department
  	Isaac B. Weisfuse, Deputy Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  Presider:	Linda J. Vester, Anchor, Fox News Channel; and Independent Filmmaker

  9:15 to 10:30 a.m. Meeting

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: "Making New York Safer" Session 2: Assessing New York's Emergency Preparedness

  This meeting is on the record.

   

  Making New York Safer Symposium - Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do

  General Meeting

  
  September 8, 2006

  Related Project: Making New York Safer Symposium

  Speakers:	Stephen E. Flynn, Jeane J. Kirkpatrick Senior Fellow for National Security Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
  	William G. Raisch, Executive Director, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University
  	Jeffrey W. Runge, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Homeland Security
  Presider:	Paula A. Zahn, Anchor, CNN

  10:45 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Meeting
  

  Transcript: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service, Inc.]
  Audio: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do
  Video: Council on Foreign Relations Policy Symposium: “Making New York Safer” Session 3: What Individuals and Organizations Can Do

  This meeting is on the record.

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  Further Readings

  1. “Are We Safe Yet?” A Foreign Affairs Roundtable. foreignaffairs.org, 9/7/06-9/11/06.
  2. Ferguson, Charles D. Preventing Catastrophic Nuclear Terrorism. Council on Foreign Relations Press, 3/06.
  3. Flynn, Stephen E. and Prieto, Daniel B. Neglected Defense: Mobilizing the Private Sector to Support Homeland Security. Council on Foreign Relations Press, 5/06.
  4. Hamilton, Lee H. interviewed by Gwertzman, Bernard. “In Five Years Since 9/11, United States Is ‘Safer But Not Safe’.” CFR.org, 9/7/06.
  5. Kaplan, Eben. 9/11 Anniversary Issue Guide. CFR.org, 9/7/06.
  6. Mueller, John. Is There Still a Terrorist Threat? Foreign Affairs. September/October 2006; Volume. 85, Number 5; pp 2-8.
  7. Simon, Steven. “Priorities for Homeland Security.” Statement before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs , 9/12/06.

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• New CFR Books

  

  In Termites in the Trading System, Jagdish Bhagwati reveals how the rapid spread of preferential trade agreements endangers the world trading system.

  

  America Between the Wars explores how the decisions and debates of the years between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Twin Towers shaped the events, arguments, and politics of the world we live in today.

  

  In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.

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  Securing Pakistan's Tribal Belt

  This report outlines the nature of the challenges in Pakistan's tribal areas, formulates strategies for addressing those challenges, and distills the strategies into realistic policy proposals worthy of consideration by the incoming administration.

  Avoiding Transfers to Torture

  This report analyzes the debate over U.S. use of assurances against torture, explaining the contexts in which they are used, how they can be conveyed, and what they can contain, and recommends a number of ways to respond to criticism so that the United States can continue using assurances.

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