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DESCRIPTION:Peg Hermann is a Professor of Political Science at Syracuse Uni
 versity and the Director of the Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\
 ;at the Maxwell School. &nbsp\;She and her team focus on mapping and monit
 oring the activities of transnational criminal organizations through the "
 states within states" that form the safe havens from which such groups ope
 rate. Like the black holes in astronomy\, these places - which they call b
 lack spots - are difficult to locate and identify\, but pulsate with energ
 y.&nbsp\;She will speak about her team's in-depth case studies of 95 black
  spots and insecurity flows between them. She will also discuss her team's
  monitoring methods for observing these criminal organizations and the ram
 ifications for disrupting these black spots.&nbsp\; Pizza will be served. 
 &nbsp\;Follow us on Facebook at: PARCCatMaxwell\, tweet \n#ConvolnConflict
 .
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SUMMARY:Conversations in Conflict Studies presents: Peg Hermann
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p></p><p></p><p><b>Peg Hermann</b> is a Profe
 ssor of Political Science at Syracuse University and the Director of the M
 oynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;at the Maxwell School. &nbsp\;Sh
 e and her team focus on mapping and monitoring the activities of transnati
 onal criminal organizations through the "states within states" that form t
 he safe havens from which such groups operate. Like the black holes in ast
 ronomy\, these places - which they call black spots - are difficult to loc
 ate and identify\, but pulsate with energy.&nbsp\;<br><br>She will speak a
 bout her team's in-depth case studies of 95 black spots and insecurity flo
 ws between them. She will also discuss her team's monitoring methods for o
 bserving these criminal organizations and the ramifications for disrupting
  these black spots.&nbsp\;<br> <i>Pizza will be served.</i> &nbsp\;Follow 
 us on Facebook at: <a title="&quot\;PARCCatMaxwell&quot\;">PARCCatMaxwell<
 /a>\, tweet \n#ConvolnConflict.<br><br></p><p></p><p></p>
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