Shane Hensinger

Turkey blog posts

admin — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:21:52 +0000

…will be here soon

Attending School in DC – Fall 2010

shane — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:34:08 +0000

I’ll be attending school at the Josef Korbel School in Washington, DC this fall. While in DC I’ll be interning as well as taking an additional class at the Elliot School at George Washington University.

Iranian Nuclear Program – Case Study Design

shane — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:35:39 +0000

This is a case-study design for interpreting information and intelligence on the intent of the Iranian nuclear program. I completed this for a graduate-level advanced security methods class. This study is not designed to answer the question of the intent of the program – only to build a framework to begin interpreting various sources of information on the program and the question of Break Out Capability (BOC).

Cyprus – Peacebuilding and Remediating Horizontal Inequalities.

shane — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 06:50:54 +0000

Final part of a three-part series on Cyprus for Professor Tim Sisk, Josef Korbel School of International Studies – University of Denver.

Cyprus – Negotiation Analysis and Recommendations

shane — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:18:07 +0000

This paper is the second part of a three-part series on the frozen conflict in Cyprus I am doing for Professor Tim Sisk’s class “Civil Wars and International Responses” at the Josef Korbel School. You can read it here.

Interview with author Gretchen Peters

shane — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:15:22 +0000

Gretchen Peters is a Ph.D student at my graduate school, a friend and mentor and the author of an incredible book called “Seeds of Terror: How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.” This interview is composed of two parts and is available here.

Interview with Dean Tom Farer

shane — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:12:21 +0000

What follows is an interview I did with Josef Korbel school Dean Tom Farer on his recent trip to Turkey and his views on issues involving Turkish security and Turkish-American relations. This piece was mentioned on Politico.com. Available here.

Fulbright Proposal

shane — Sun, 23 May 2010 23:09:21 +0000

I’m really excited about the Fulbright proposal I’m working on over the summer for the 2010-2011 award season. More will follow.

Ankara-Istanbul Exchange – Summer 2010

shane — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:42:07 +0000

I am very excited and grateful to be given the opportunity to attend Mideast Wire’s premiere Istanbul-Ankara exchange this summer where I’ll be discussing issues of Turkish political, economic and military security with other academics, journalists and politicians from Turkey and other areas in the region.

Learning Turkish!

shane — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:56:20 +0000

This week I start intensive private Turkish lessons with a visiting Ph.D student from Turkey.