Part of the Cities and the New Wars Conference held on September 25 - 26, 2009 at Columbia Univeristy.

Chair:
Saskia Sassen - "Introduction to the Conference"
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology ans Member, Committee on Global Thought.

Speakers:
Partha Chatterjee - "The Black Hole of Empire"
Professor of Anthropology and Member, Committee of Global Thought at Columbia University and, Professor of Political Science at the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences in Calcutta, India.

Jessica Stern - "Terrorist Rehabilitation Camps and Counter-Radicalization"
Professor of Law and Affiliate, the Belfer Center's International Security Program, Harvard University.