International Security & Defense

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Video - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Mike Rogers on Office Hours

| June 01, 2017

Former Chair of the House Intelligence Committee Mike Rogers (@RepMikeRogers), the U.S. Representative for the 8th district in Michigan from 2001 – 2015, and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Belfer Center, talks with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) about tensions between the FBI and the White House, meeting Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, and who’s his favorite spy.

Video - Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

Juliette Kayyem on Office Hours

| Dec. 10, 2015

Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem), Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, and former Assistant Secretary for Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, sits down with Aroop Mukharji (@aroopmukharji) to talk about everything from safeguarding mega events to safeguarding your home and family.

Farah Pandith at the 2015 PeaceGame in Washington, DC, an event that focused on countering violent extremism.

Dakota Fine/Foreign Policy

Testimony

The Rise of Radicalization: Is the U.S. Government Failing to Counter International and Domestic Terrorism?

| July 15, 2015

Thank you for inviting me to share my perspective and experience. My name is Farah Pandith, and for eleven years I served as a political appointee for Presidents George W. Bush and Barack H. Obama, most recently as our government’s former first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities. I felt deeply honored to serve our nation at the highest levels in a post 9/11 environment and to work on an issue that is, in my opinion, one of this century’s most serious and misunderstood.

Book

The Great War of Our Time

| May 2015

A superb intelligence analyst and briefer, Morell now presents THE GREAT WAR OF OUR TIME, where he uses his talents to offer an unblinking and insightful assessment of CIA's counterterrorism successes and failures of the past twenty years and, perhaps most important, shows readers that the threat of terrorism did not die with Bin Ladin in Abbottabad. Morell illuminates new, growing threats from terrorist groups that, if unaddressed, could leave the country vulnerable to attacks that would dwarf 9/11 in magnitude.

Analysis & Opinions - The Boston Globe

Russia, US may face a shared threat

| April 20, 2013

As evidence emerges, more is becoming known about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the brothers suspected of carrying out the Boston Marathon attacks, writes Simon Saradzhyan. "They were reportedly devout Muslims who were born into a family of ethnic Chechens, lived in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, and studied in Russia’s North Caucasus, before coming to the United States as children. Over time, the older brother, Tamerlan, became a more radical figure. Whatever his motivation, he was following a similar path to that of some insurgents in the North Caucasus, who once focused on achieving secular independence for their homeland, but went on to become intertwined in international jihadist networks that share a belief that their number one enemy is America."

Analysis & Opinions - The Boston Globe

Russia, U.S. May Face a Shared Threat

| April 20, 2013

"The terrorists who wreaked deadly havoc by bombing the Boston Marathon and then going on a shooting spree in nearby towns did not disclose the reasons behind their actions or claim responsibility for the attack.

But as evidence emerges, more is becoming known about Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the brothers suspected of carrying out the attacks. They were reportedly devout Muslims who were born into a family of ethnic Chechens, lived in the Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, and studied in Russia’s North Caucasus, before coming to the United States as children. Over time, the older brother, Tamerlan, became a more radical figure. Whatever his motivation, he was following a similar path to that of some insurgents in the North Caucasus, who once focused on achieving secular independence for their homeland, but went on to become intertwined in international jihadist networks that share a belief that their number one enemy is America," writes Simon Saradzhyan for the Boston Globe.

Magazine Article - GovInfoSecurity.com

Dim Prospects for Cybersecurity Law in 2011

| September 28, 2011

"If Congress focuses its efforts on the areas where members appear to agree reform is needed, then it is possible that a cybersecurity bill will finally become a law. The proposals, if adopted, will make incremental change and a small difference in our cybersecurity posture. Bolder steps are needed but are unlikely to be taken given the combination of this fiscally constrained environment, politically divided Congress and the upcoming presidential election cycle."

News

Not a hearts and minds campaign: US policies toward Muslim communities are about “connecting people”

| Dec. 13, 2010

“We are at a turning point of how we think about our relationships across the world” according to US Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith. A Boston-native Pandith is currently traveling the world to deliver on the Obama administration’s goal to build trust with Muslim communities around the globe.