Ground Zero Minnesota: Center for the Study of Intelligence and Wisdom

Center for the Study of Intelligence and Wisdom

International Advisory Board

Alessandro Argentini, Principal Examiner, European Patent Office, Rijswijk, The Netherlands.

Walter Benesch, Chair of Philosophy, University of Alaska in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA.

Wayne Bledsoe, Chair of History, University of Missouri, Rolla, MO, USA, and President of the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations (ISCSC).

Lowell Erdahl, Bishop retired, ELCA (Lutheran Church of America), St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Ronald J. Glossop, Professor emeritus in Philosophy, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and national vice president, World Federalists Association.

Jean W. Haley, Buddhist, and Vice President for Information Resources and Technology (retired), University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.

Eiji Hattori, Professor of International Relations, Reitaku University, Chiba-ken, Japan, and 21 years with UNESCO, last posting: Assistant to the General Secretary.

Laina Farhat-Holzman, Comparative Religion, Officer of the AAUW, Aptos, California, USA.

Sara Horowitz , President of Asociacion Respuesta para la Paz, and Director of the graduate Program Alternatives to Conflict Resolution and Peace Culture, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Nasrin Jewell, Professor of Economics, the College of St. Catharine, St. Paul, MN, USA. Albert Jongman, Interdisciplinary Research Program on Root Causes of Human Rights Violations, (PIOOM) at Leiden University, The Netherlands.

Dong-Hyeon Jung, Chair of Economics, Pusan National University, Pusan, South Korea.

Ephraim Kahana, National Security Studies Center, University of Haifa, Israel.

Keisuke Kawakubo, English Literature and Dean, Reitaku University, Chiba-ken, Japan.

Katsuya Kodama, Professor of Humanities, Mie University, Tsu, Japan, General Secretary of IPRA, the International Peace Research Association.

Doyle Larson, Maj. General USAF (ret.), former President and Board Chair, Air Force Asso., and Director of Intelligence, Strategic Air Command, advisor to NSA on information warfare.

Ashok Malhotra, Chair of Philosophy, Eastern Religions, SUNY Oneonta, New York, USA.

Steven Metz, Director of Research and Chair of the Regional Strategy and Planning Department, U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, USA.

Kazutake Miyahara, Chair of International Business, City University of Kobe, Kobe, Japan.

Danny Shiu-Lam Paau, Chair of History, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, Peoples Republic of China.

Michael Palencia-Roth, Chair of the Program in Comparative Literature, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, specializing in Latin American literature.

John Parr, mid-level intelligence professional, Australian Ministry of Defense, Sydney, Australia.

Arno H. P. Reuser, Open Source Intelligence Head, Dutch Ministry of Defense, Military Intelligence Service, The Hague, The Netherlands.

Ronald Robel, Chair, Language and History, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.

Lee Snyder, History of Religions, University of South Florida, Sarasota, Florida, USA.

Robert David Steele, former CIA case officer, founded a Marine Corps Intelligence Center, now CEO of Open Source Solutions Inc., a major open source networker. Oakton, Virginia, USA.

Tatu Vanhanen, Professor emeritus in Political Science, expert on ethnic conflicts and roots of war, University of Helsinki, Finland.

David Wilkinson, Political Science, expert on civilizations and cofounder of the ISCSC, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Midori Yamanouchi, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Lakawanna College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA.

All institutional affiliations are for identification only and do not imply endorsement of our Center for the Study of Intelligence and Wisdom (CSIW) by any of these many fine institutions.

The Center avoids taking positions on political issues, while sponsoring many public education programs of diverse types on "wisdom" and on issues pertaining to "informed democracy and human survival" according to our mandate but within 501(c)3 guidelines. We encourage our interns to express their own views within legal and prudential limits, and teach them how to develop high quality teaching aids tailored for specific ages and venues. As noted above, the Center neither endorses nor condemns specific positions, encouraging open debate and dialogue on ideas instead.

The International Advisory Board advises the Center on about five questions per year.