Egypt's civil aviation minister has listed terrorism as a possible explanation for the  crash of EgyptAir Flight 804 on Thursday (May 19). U.S. government officials are operating on an initial theory that the plane was taken down by a bomb, according to CNN.

Two University of North Texas faculty members are available by phone and Skype to discuss possible terrorism as a cause of the crash:

J. Michael Greig is a University Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Political Science, and also a faculty member in UNT's Peace Studies program. He researches conflict management and international conflict. He is the co-author of International Mediation and has published many articles in Conflict Management & Peace Science, International Interactions, Journal of Peace Research and other professional journals.

Cell phone: 940-372-0964
E-mail: michael.greig@unt.edu

James Meernik, professor of political science, directs UNT's Castleberry Peace Institute. He researches post-conflict security, transitional justice, U.S. foreign policy and international criminal tribunals. He is the author of The Political Use of Military Force in U.S. Foreign Policy and U.S. Foreign Policy and Regime Instability, and co-editor of Conflict Prevention and Peace Building in Post-War Societies: Sustaining the Peace. Meernik is a former associate editor of International Studies Quarterly and has published extensively in that journal and in Foreign Policy Analysis, Journal of Conflict Resolution and other professional journals.

Cell phone: 940-367-3727
E-mail: james.meernik@unt.edu