So it looks like I will be visiting Washington DC in the New Year. At least once and possibly twice before the beginning of March. Why I hear you ask? Well maybe if you speak up (given my advancing years).
The first reason is that I have secured a new contract that will require me to go down there to meet with the funder to determine details of outcomes, formats etc. This is great news, another successful proposal and the first new contract of 2009. Dates of journey TBD but probably very soon.
The second reason, and in many ways the much more exciting reason is to attend a book launch at the Council on Foreign Relations’ facility in DC.
The book in question is “Jihadists and Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Growing Threat.”
What is so exciting about the release of yet another book on the threat of WMD terrorism? Well, it is exciting, for me at least, because I will be one of the attending authors. It has been a while coming and there was a lot of gut-busting earlier this year (2008) to get the chapter out the door but it was done and now the editorial team, who have done a fantastic job getting everything finished, have informed me that it is effectively finished and the book launch will take place in February. So off I will be going to circulate and mix with the other authors and interested parties who choose to come to the launch.