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

Chair: Yasmine Ergas, Associate Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University.

Speakers:
Sudhir Venkatesh - "Policing in the U.S. Ghetto"
William B. Ransford Professor of Sociology and Director, Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University.

Claire Cutler - "New Wars and Security in the City: Colliding Normative Orders"
Professor of International Law and Relations, University of Victoria, Canada.