A weekly forum dedicated to exploring the various issues relevant to the prospect of war. In addition to panel discussions, Notre Dame's campus newspaper, the Observer, has published a series of articles related to the series.

Panel Discussions

January 23 (Thurs.), 12:30 p.m. Hesburgh Center Auditorium	Report from Iraq: A Pilgrimage to a Threatened Land Rev. Michael Baxter, C.S.C., Professor of Theology Respondents: Dan Philpott, Professor of Political Science and Teresa Hansen, a student in the College of Arts & Letters.
January 29 (Wed.), 12:15 p.m. Hesburgh Center Auditorium	Has the Case for War Been Made? Would It Be a Just War? Vittorio Hosle, Paul Kimball Professor of Arts & Letters, Department of German and Russian Languages and Literatures; Fred Dallmayr, Packey J. Dee Professor of Political Science; Keir Lieber, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Margaret Pfeil, Visiting Assistant Professor of Theology; and Chris Rupar, an Air Force ROTC cadet and senior in the College of Arts & Letters.
February 4 (Tues.), 12:30 p.m. Hesburgh Center Auditorium	A Pre-emptive Strike: Geopolitical, Legal and Foreign Policy Considerations Alan Dowty, Professor of Political Science; Martha Merritt, Assistant Professor of Political Science; Dan Lindley, Assistant Professor of Political Science; and Robert Johansen, Professor of Political Science.
February 12 (Wed.), 12:15 p.m. Hesburgh Center Auditorium	A Strike Against Iraq: Impact on Islam and the Middle East Vincent Cornell, Professor of History and Director of the King Fahd Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies at the University of Arkansas; Rashied Omar, Coordinator of the Kroc Institute's Program in Religion, Conflict and Peacebuilding; James Sterba, Professor of Philosophy; and Alan Dowty, Professor of Political Science.
March 6 (Thurs.), 12:30 p.m. Hesburgh Center Auditorium	War Talk and How We Answer It Valerie Sayers, Professor of English; William O'Rourke, Professor of English; John Duffy, Director of the University Writing Center and Assistant Professor of English; and Kevin Ducey, a graduate student in Creative Writing.

Related Articles

"What We Should Do," Jim Sterba, Observer (February 28, 2003).

"Just Doubts?," by Daniel Philpott, Observer (February 24, 2003).

"Questioning Reasons for War," by Kristin Shrader-Frechette, Observer (February 22, 2003).

"Considering the Costs of Human Suffering," by Scott Appleby, Observer (February 10, 2003).

Has the Case for War Been Made? by Scott Appleby, Observer (February 4, 2003).

"I spy ... Russia," by Martha Merritt, Observer (February 11, 2003).

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