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Ed Laurance: The Global Scourge of Armed Violence: Can Anything Be Done?

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“The Global Scourge of Armed Violence: Can Anything Be Done?”
public lecture by
Dr. Edward J. Laurance
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Location: Irvine Auditorium
Time:
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

This public lecture celebrates Dr. Edward J. Laurance’s appointment as the Gordon Paul Smith Chair in International Policy Studies.

“The Global Scourge of Armed Violence: Can Anything Be Done?” public lecture by Dr. Edward J. Laurance. The end of the Cold War saw an increase in armed violence, most of it taking place within nation-states. The tools of violence being used are small arms and light weapons, readily available at low cost, concealable and low maintenance. They are often referred to as the weapons of mass destruction, in slow motion. The international community is now fully engaged in trying to reduce and prevent this armed violence. Professor Ed Laurance, who has been involved from the beginning in this effort, will trace the growth of this violence, and discuss the various approaches being taken by governments, the United Nations and non-governmental organizations to end it.

This event is free and open to the public.



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