Peter Bergen, CNN’s national security analyst and the author of β€œThe Osama bin Laden I Know,” will speak at the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

β€œAfter Osama bin Laden: Terrorism’s Future Prospects” will begin at 3 p.m. in the Cape Florida Ballroom of the Student Union. The event, organized by the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Global Perspectives Office, is free and open to the public. The forum is part of the 2011-2012 themes β€œPeople Power, Politics and Global Change” and β€œCovering Crises from the Frontlines.”

Bergen, a prominent commentator on emerging terrorist threats, is one of a few Westerners who interviewed Osama bin Laden face-to-face. He’s the author of β€œHoly War, Inc.” and the recently released β€œThe Longest War: The Enduring Conflict Between America and Al-Qaeda.”

As CNN’s national security analyst, Bergen in 2006 produced the CNN special β€œIn the Footsteps of bin Laden,” largely based on his book about the former Al-Qaeda leader. Bergen also has reported on terrorism for publications such as The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Republic and TIME magazine.

Bergen serves as director of the national security studies program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. He also is a research fellow at New York University’s Center on Law and Security.

In addition to the Global Perspectives Office, sponsors and partners of Bergen’s presentation include the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Terrorism Studies Program, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Global Peace and Security Studies Program, The Sibille H. Pritchard Global Peace Fellowship Program, Lawrence J. Chastang and the Chastang Foundation, LarsonAllen LLP, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Nicholson School of Communication, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Diplomacy Program, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Middle Eastern Studies Program, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Political Science Department, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ International Services Center, the ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ Book Festival 2012 in association with the Morgridge International Reading Center, ΒιΆΉΣ³»­΄«Γ½ LIFE and the Global Connections Foundation.

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