Life at the I-House

Dear students and scholars,
Global Hour is a weekly program of informal discussion that covers a wide range of topics. It is committed to facilitating the exchange of views and perspectives within a relaxed setting, while engaging important issues that highlight global and human conditions.

This week in Global Hour we will talk about the recent gains by the government in Sri Lanka. Are there lessons here to be learned in how to undercut and defeat a resistance movement? Can the fall FARC and the Russian handling of Chechnya give insight into how to battle groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Taliban? Will the Tamil Tigers, FARC, or the Chechnya resistance movements resurrect themselves?

TITLE: Sri Lanka-Farc-Chechnya: LESSONS in resistance

DATE: Thursday, January 28, 2009 from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

VENUE: International House

Some Points and Questions to Ponder:
1. After 25 years of resistance what happen to the Tamil Tigers that they seem to be facing defeat over the last few weeks?

2. Do you see parallels with FARC, Chechnya or another revolutionary movement?

3. Can the US learn something in how we are battling Al-Qaeda and the Taliban?

4. Do you think these revolutionary movements were weakened primarily by internal strife?

5. Do you think such movements are mainly sustained by a few charismatic leaders?

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