Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
| Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies link | |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1951 |
| Founder | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Headquarters | Columbia University |
| Research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs | |
The Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies (SIWPS) is a research center that is part of Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs in New York. It was founded in 1951 by President of Columbia Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Institute of War and Peace Studies (IWPS) and was led for its first 25 years by Professor William T. R. Fox. It was given its current name in 2003. By its own description, the institute's researchers analyze "the political, military, historical, legal, economic, moral, psychological, and philosophical dimensions of international relations."[1]
Staff
“One of the founding figures of terrorism studies”[2], David C. Rapoport was a research associate in the 1960s.
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180620182534/http://www.siwps.org/about-us/
- ↑ John Horgan and Kurt Braddock eds., Terrorism Studies (London: Routledge, 2012) p.1