Amaury T. Cooper
Class of 1999

Dear Mark,

I hope this email finds you well. Congratulations on your forthcoming award. I am very pleased to see the success of your book. I don't know if I mentioned it earlier, but we are using Terror in the Mind of God for my International Terrorism course here at the institute. My classmates were all very impressed that I had worked with you, which helped feed my ego substantially.

That said, I am enthralled with the subjects I am studying. School is almost over for the semester, and luckily I only have two papers to write. For my International Terrorism course, I am working on a comparative study of 1970s left wing terror organizations and modern left wing groups like the Earth/Animal Liberation Front, focusing on their organizational structure. For the second paper, I am researching the infamous Tri-Border Area in South America focusing on ties between organized crime and Islamist terror groups in the region. An earlier paper this semester entitled "Trafficking Terror" focused on ties between Southeast Asian Terrorism and drug trafficking using case studies from around the world as precedence.

This summer looks to be a great learning experience, as I will be interning with Control Risks Group (www.crg.com) in their Los Angeles office. I will work on projects for their Investigations, Crisis/Security Management and Information Services departments. Then back to school in the fall for my last year of studies. Courses in the fall includ Drug Trafficking & Human Smuggling and Money Laundering & Terrorism Financing. As you can see my specialization has become more focused in the international security sphere to focus on transnational crime and terrorism.

All in all, life is great. I hope to visit SB sometime this summer and will hopefully get to see you then.

Sincerely,

Amaury T. Cooper
Graduate School of International Policy Studies
Monterey Institute of International Studies

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December 2, 2003:

Dear Mark,

Just a quick note to update you on my happenings. All is going really well in Monterey. The faculty and students are a wonderful mix of both international and Americans, with diverse interest, all hoping to change the world. I am continuing to focus on security studies but am focusing on how international security affects development. I must admit that living back in the States is taking some getting used to, but I am very happy non the less. I trust this email finds you well.

Sincerely,

Amaury

Amaury Cooper
amaurycooper@hotmail.com

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