FOR RELEASE: Nov. 6, 2001
Contact: Linda MyersOffice: 607-255-9735E-Mail: [email protected]
To find out how people beyond U.S. borders view the war in Afghanistan, the hunt for Osama bin Laden or the latest bioterrorist threats, open this web page: http://www.einaudi.cornell.edu/9-11/index.asp .
The web site "Terrorism and War: Context and Aftermath of Sept. 11th" aims for greater global understanding. Launched in late October by Cornell's Einaudi Center for International Studies, it includes links to major online newspapers around the globe, many available in English, such as Cairo's Al-Ahram , Tel Aviv's Ha'aretz and Jedda's Arab News .
"Our main perspective is international, and that includes an effort to grasp how people outside the United States understand the current world crisis," said David Lelyveld, the historian of South Asia who is executive director of the Einaudi Center. "We've pulled together a range of information and commentary to guide people to an understanding of the background and implications of the attacks and their aftermath -- the nature of international terrorism, including bioterrorism, as well as the war in Afghanistan."
In addition, the site includes commentary by faculty and scholars. For example, it links to an Oct. 7 Los Angeles Times op-ed piece, "One War, Two Separate Missions," by David Wippman, Cornell associate professor of law, and Shibley Telhami, a Cornell senior fellow and former associate professor who is now Anwar Sadat Professor at the University of Maryland. The piece draws a sharp distinction between the current U.S. effort to find and punish the terrorists and the global war against terrorism. On the site are titles and descriptions of related Cornell courses and links to Books for Understanding, a bibliography by university presses, among them Cornell University Press. And for those who want to help, the site links to the web sites of relevant international relief organizations.
"We hope the Sept. 11 site will become a widely used resource for the Cornell community and others who look to us for guidance and understanding," said Lani Peck, assistant director of the Einaudi Center. Visiting the site also is a fitting way to acknowledge U.S. International Education Week, November 12-16, said Peck. The teaching and learning week was established in 2000 by the U.S. departments of State and Education to call attention to the need for greater international study across disciplines.
The Einaudi Center is the umbrella organization for most things international at the university. It provides financial and logistical support for more than 20 programs in area, thematic and development studies related to international studies at Cornell and brings world leaders and international scholars to campus to lecture, teach and study.
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