| March 28, 2019 | 12:00-1:15 pm | 1203 Van Munching Hall | |
| “The War in Yemen: Roots and Consequences” | |
| Charles Schmitz, Professor of Geography, Towson University | |
 | Charles Schmitz is professor of Geography at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland where he has taught since 1999. Dr. Schmitz is a specialist on the Middle East and Yemen. He began his academic career as a Fulbright Scholar and American Institute for Yemeni Studies Fellow in Yemen in the early 1990’s. Dr. Schmitz’ current research interests include the political economy of development in Yemen, international law and the counter terror policy, international governance and failing states, and the sociology of contemporary Yemeni society.
Dr. Schmitz has been involved in the defense cases of several Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo, the most prominent of which was the case of Salim Hamdan who won a Supreme Court case against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in 2006. Dr. Schmitz served as the translator and country consultant for the Hamdan defense team in the Office of Military Commissions from 2004 until 2009. Read more.
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| Upcoming events | |
| April 4, 2019 | Special Event | 2019 Executive UMD Cybersecurity Summit | Maryland Global Initiative on Cybersecurity |
| May 9, 2019 | CISSM Global Forum | "Non-State Actors and Global Governance: The Case of the UN Climate Conferences" | Catherine Worsnop and Poorti Sapatnekar |
| The CISSM Global Forum is typically held from 12:00 pm - 1:15 pm in 1203 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 20742. It is open to the public (no RSVPs required) and is supported by the Yamamoto-Scheffelin Endowment for Policy Research and the IDEV Council. For further information about the CISSM Global Forum contact cissm@umd.edu. | |
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