Harvey Sicherman

President, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Photo of Harvey Sicherman FPRI is sad to report that Dr. Harvey Sicherman, President of FPRI, has passed away. The funeral was held at 10:00 A.M. on Sunday, December 26 in Philadelphia.

Dr. Sicherman served as Special Assistant to Secretary of State Alexander M. Haig, Jr. (1981–82) and was a member of the Policy Planning Staff of Secretary of State James A. Baker, III (1991–1992).

Dr. Sicherman was also a consultant to Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman, Jr. (1982–1987) and to Secretary of State George Shultz (1988).

A graduate of the University of Scranton (BS-History 1966), Dr. Sicherman earned his Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania (Political Science, 1971) where he received a Salvatori Fellowship. He served as Associate Director for Research at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1978–1980).

He was author or editor of numerous books, chapters, and articles, including America the Vulnerable: Our Military Problems and How To Fix Them, co-edited with John Lehman (2002), Is There Still A West? The Future of the Atlantic Alliance, co-edited with William Anthony Hay (2007) and The War on Terror: Collected Essays, 2001-2006, co-edited with Stephen Gale and Michael Radu (2007). He was editor of Templeton Lectures on Religion and World Affairs, 1996-2007 (FPRI, 2008).

His books also include Palestinian Autonomy, Self-Government and Peace (Westview Press, 1993), and The Three Percent Solution and the Future of NATO (1982). Dr. Sicherman’s special areas of interest were Western Europe, the Middle East, and International Economics.

Remembrances

FPRI Wishes to Thank its 2011 Partners
Who help make all our programs possible.

On November 15th at the FPRI annual dinner Fouad Ajami was presented with the Seventh Annual Benjamin Franklin Public Service Award. The event was attended by over 360 people.
Dr. John M. Templeton, Jr. was dinner chairman.

FPRI 2011 Annual Dinner

Video of keynote address
Reflections on the Arab Spring
Fouad Ajami

Special Partner Event
Al Qaeda and Jihadi Movements After Bin Laden
Christopher Swift

Special Partner Event
The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al Qaeda
Peter Bergen

FPRI Dinner Booklet and Annual report