ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Looming War with Iraq.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE) TOPIC: The United States and Britain are urging their citizens to leave Kuwait as a war with Iraq may be just days away, according to an article by The Associated Press. There are almost 300,000 American and British troops in the Persian Gulf ready for a possible invasion of Iraq. U.S. Embassy officials believe that between 500 and 1,000 Americans will leave Kuwait as a result of the warning. The State Department has also ordered all nonessential staff and dependents out of Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza for their own safety. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Steven Spiegel, UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX professor of political science, is the associate director of UCLA's Burkle Center for International Relations international relations, study of the relations among states and other political and economic units in the international system. Particular areas of study within the field of international relations include diplomacy and diplomatic history, international law, . He is also the research director of Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation. Spiegel is extremely well connected in the area of Near Eastern politics. In the past, he has organized conferences with Abdullah Toukan, science adviser to King Hussein Noun 1. King Hussein - king of Jordan credited with creating stability at home and seeking peace with Israel (1935-1999) ibn Talal Hussein, Husain, Husayn, Hussein of Jordan, and Israeli scholar Shai Feldman, an arms control arms control Limitation of the development, testing, production, deployment, proliferation, or use of weapons through international agreements. Arms control did not arise in international diplomacy until the first Hague Convention (1899). and strategic planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. affairs expert. Spiegel also has served as senior foreign policy adviser to both U.S. Sen. Paul Tsongas Paul Efthemios Tsongas (IPA pronunciation: ['sɑŋgəs]) (February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was a Presidential candidate, a United States Senator and Representative, and local politician from Massachusetts and Middle East adviser to then-Gov. Bill Clinton. PR: Harlan Lebo, hlebo@college.ucla.edu; Stuart Wolpert, stuartw@college.ucla.edu Dr. Daniel Goure, of CSIS Noun 1. CSIS - Canada's main foreign intelligence agency that gathers and analyzes information to provide security intelligence for the Canadian government Canadian Security Intelligence Service , is currently the deputy director for Political Military Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a Washington, D.C.-based foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1964 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and historian David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University. . At CSIS, Dr. Goure is responsible for analyses of: U.S. national security policy, U.S. domestic politics and international policies, industrial planning and defense industrial management, the future of conflict and warfare, the information revolution, counter proliferation. He directs analyses of emerging security issues with a special emphasis on advanced technologies. 202-775-3242 Professor Dan Reiter, of Emory University, Department of Political Science, has expertise in the study of foreign policy decision-making and international conflict. He has extensive experience in conducting scientific research on various issues regarding how foreign policy gets made, international alliances, national security and war. He also has a background in current foreign policy issues, especially those matters relating to national security policy and international diplomacy. 404-727-0111, 404-727-6123 (University PR Phone) ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. An online registration form is available at http://www.businesswire.com/ifmd/index.html. |
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