So far we have had a good response for the Fall semester's first meeting of the "Study Group on the Economics of Security in the Post 9/11 World." We look forward to hearing that more of you will attend.

Our topic will be "Economic and Budgetary Aspects of the War on Terror," led by David Gold, Professor of Economics with the New School's Graduate Program in International Affairs and Cindy Williams, Senior Research Fellow in MIT's Security Studies Program.

Professor Gold's "Some Economic Considerations in the U.S. War on Terrorism," which was published in The Quarterly Journal, and Professor Williams' "Paying for the War on Terrorism: U.S. Security Choices since 9/11," a paper prepared for an ECAAR Panel on "Real Homeland Security" are attached as PDF files. A more in-depth article by Professor Gold can be found on Columbia International Affairs Online (CIAO), as a teaching case study, Economics of Terrorism, www.ciaonet.org/casestudy/god01

We hope you will join us for this timely and stimulating discussion. After this message, please find a complete list of the dates and locations of upcoming study group meetings.

WHERE: Room 720, 66 Fifth Avenue (betweem 12th and 13th)

WHEN: FRIDAY, October 15, 2004, 2:30 TO 4 P.M.
(coffee and tea available starting at 2 p.m.)

RSVP TO: Frida Berrigan, berrigaf@newschool.edu

Co-sponsored by: The Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) and the World Policy Institute at New School University (NSU)

Convenors: David Gold, Master's Program in International Affairs, New School University and Bill Hartung, Arms Trade Resource Center, World Policy Institute

Please RSVP to Frida Berrigan at berrigaf@newschool.edu

Schedule for 2004/2005 Study Group Session

October 15, 2004, 66 W 12th; Room 510
November 19, 2004, 66 Fifth Ave., Room 720
December 10, 2004, 66 Fifth Ave., Room 720
January 21, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510
February 25, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510
March 18, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510
April 22, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510
May 20, 2005, 66 W 12th; Room 510