Dr. Derick Hulme available to comment on Olympics and Terrorism
Dr.
Derick "Sandy" Hulme, Alma College associate professor of political
science, can provide valuable insight into the Winter Olympics as a possible target of terrorists.
He has written books on terrorism, American foreign policy responses to terrorism, and the Olympics as a terrorism target. Hulme frequently has been sought out by major media to comment on the politics of terrorism, especially during years when the winter and summer Olympic Games are staged.
With the 2012 Summer Olymipcs awarded to London and the 2006 Winter Olympics set for Italy, both member countries of the Iraq War coalition, Hulme's expertise in terrorism and the politics of terrorism applies to many possible scenarios.
Hulme was interviewed by WNYC Public Radio in New York about London's Olympic site selection the day before the London subway bombings in July. He was quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer for a story about Philadelphia's possible Olympic site bid in 2024 or 2028 during the last site selection process.
The Associated Press, Reuters, USA Today, National Public Radio, the major Detroit newspapers and radio stations and international press have sought Hulme's expertise on terrorism subjects. He authored The Political Olympics (1990), a book about the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics and he taped a segment about the 1980 Olympic boycott for the ESPN 25 project that aired in 2004.
His latest book Palestinian Terror and U.S.Foreign Policy, 1969-1977: Dynamics of Response shows how terrorists' strategy and tactics, international strategic interests, and American political concerns have led to the development of awkward and complex government policies designed to battle terrorism. Hulme's analysis evaluates the difficulties confronted by all governments in developing effective responses to terror once strategic interests have been threatened or societies have come to perceive themselves as vulnerable to attack.
Hulme can be reached at his office phone (989) 463-7387, equipped with
voice mail, at home at (989) 466-5800 or
hulme@alma.edu.
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Posted: Thu, July 7th, 2005 at 11:18AM
