http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod Comments for "About terrorism.openDemocracy, " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod#comment-482431 <p> <strong>Am really impressed with the Madrid Agenda though I have not read the its content. </strong> </p> <p> <strong>Am from the north east of India and been working as the Bureau chief for an English monthly news magazine these last 17 years. North east as you are aware, has a distinct ethnic culture/art and history yet the region is in turmoil because of innumerable problems more importantly, insurgency and terrorism.</strong> </p> <p> <strong>Its my privilege to address you via this mail that the website is impressive and shall be happy to write a few articles for the readers.</strong> </p> <p> <strong>With regards</strong> </p> <p> &nbsp; </p> <p> <strong>Syed Nazimur Rahman  (Abu Zaheer)</strong> </p> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:07:46 +0000 abu zaheer comment 482431 at http://www.opendemocracy.net http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod <p> Our aim is to encourage global dialogue about how the threat from terrorism can be confronted through democratic means. </p> <p> terrorism.openDemocracy (toD) is one of the long-term products of the International Summit on Democracy, Terrorism and Security sponsored by the <a href="http://www.clubmadrid.org/" target="_blank">Club de Madrid</a> in March 2005. Its outcome, the <a href="http://summit.clubmadrid.org/agenda/the-madrid-agenda.html" target="_blank">Madrid Agenda</a>, was a first attempt to formulate a set of principles based on the conclusions that were reached in more than one hundred panel and working group sessions. </p> <p> <span class="pullquote_new"><strong>Contact:</strong><br /> <em><br /> </em><em>Editor<br /> <br /> </em><a href="http://opendemocracy.net/author/Kanishk_Tharoor.jsp"><strong>Kanishk Tharoor </strong></a>kanishk [dot] tharoor [at] openDemocracy [dot] net<br /> <br /> <em>Editor-in-Chief<br /> <br /> </em><a href="/author/Tony_Curzon_Price.jsp">Tony Curzon-Price</a><br /> tony [dot] curzon-price [at] openDemocracy [dot] net<br /> <br /> <em>Address</em>:<br /> openDemocracy<br /> 37 Grays Inn Road<br /> London WC1X 8PQ<br /> <br /> <em>Phone:<br /> </em>+44 (0) 20 7193 0676</span>This dialogue needs to continue. </p> <p> To this end the Club de Madrid and <a href="//" target="_blank">openDemocracy</a> created this website, specifically dedicated to continuing the Madrid dialogue. Initially housed at www.Madrid11.net, toD publishes hard-hitting content - ranging from our daily <a href="/terrorism_opendemocracy_tags/security_briefings">security briefings</a> to more probing news analysis, opinion and debates - related to the site&#39;s themes of democracy, terrorism and security. toD will serve as a major resource and forum, allowing users to find information, educate themselves, and engage in constructive and - if necessary - controversial debate. </p> <p> <em>Advisory Board</em> </p> <p> <strong>Anthony Barnett</strong><em> </em>(Vice-Chair)<br /> Founder of openDemocracy.net </p> <p> <strong>Kim Campbell<em> </em></strong><br /> Secretary General of the Club de Madrid<br /> Former Prime Minister of Canada </p> <p> <strong>Jose-Maria Figueres</strong><br /> Former President of Costa Rica </p> <p> <strong>Stephen Heintz</strong><br /> President of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund </p> <p> <strong>Diego Hidalgo</strong><br /> President of the FRIDE Foundation, Madrid </p> <p> <strong>Karin von Hippel</strong><br /> Co-Director, Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project, Center for Strategic and International Studies </p> <p> <strong>Mary Kaldor</strong><br /> Director of the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science </p> <p> <strong>Raymond Kendall</strong><br /> Former Secretary General of INTERPOL </p> <p> <strong>Rami Khouri</strong><br /> Editor of the Daily Star, Beirut </p> <p> <strong>Peter Neumann</strong><em> </em>(Chair)<br /> Director of the Centre of Defence Studies, London </p> <p> <strong>Louise Richardson</strong><br /> Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University </p> <p> <strong>Laura Sandys</strong><br /> Chair of the Board, openDemocracy.net </p> <div class="rating-item"><div class="rating" id="rating_mean_34602"><div class="rating-intro"><span class="rating-intro-text">Average rating</span></div><div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 100%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div> <div class="star avg on"><a style="width: 50%;" onclick="return false;">&nbsp;</a></div><div class="num-votes">(<span id="rating_num_votes_34602">2</span> votes)</div></div><form action="/crss/node/34602" method="post" id="rating_form_34602" class="rating" title="Rating: 5.0"> <div><div class="form-item"> <label for="rating_options_34602">Rate this: </label> <select name="edit[rating]" class="form-select rating-options" title="Rate this" id="rating_options_34602" ><option value="0">---</option><option value="100" selected="selected">Excellent!</option><option value="80">Great!</option><option value="60">Good</option><option value="40">Quite good</option><option value="20">Not so great</option></select> </div> <input type="hidden" name="edit[nid]" id="edit-nid" value="34602" /> <input type="submit" name="op" value="Submit" class="form-submit" /> <input type="hidden" name="edit[form_id]" id="edit-rating-form-34602" value="rating_form_34602" /> </div></form> </div> http://www.opendemocracy.net/terrorism/about_tod#comment Creative Commons normal terrorism Sat, 01 Jan 2005 00:00:00 +0000 terrorism.openDemocracy 34602 at http://www.opendemocracy.net