TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM
AP Photo
November 17, 2008
"Real Conflicts and Imaginary Ideologies"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
"We must sort out the real causes of conflict from the manufactured stresses and imagined threats of the many ideological warriors on both sides who still plague and hamper us all."
November 2008
Partnership for Progress
Report
By Xenia Dormandy, Senior Associate, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Hassan Abbas, Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program
The Belfer Center's Xenia Dormandy and Hassan Abbas participated in a working group on the state of Pakistan convened by the Center for American Progress. The resulting report proposes strategies for enhanced security, democratization, and economic growth.
Martha Stewart
October 30, 2008
Brent Scowcroft Addresses International Issues Facing the Next President
News
Former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft called on the next president to engage in civilized dialogue on foreign policy during a Forum address Wednesday evening (Oct. 29) at Harvard Kennedy School.
AP Photo
October 27, 2008
Reducing Terrorism over the Long Term
Policy Memo
By Azeem Ibrahim, Research Fellow, International Security Program
The UK will be at the center of an increase in extremism caused by geostrategic and population trends over the next few decades, Azeem Ibrahim said during a powerful keynote speech to the Leaders' Summit on Security and Cohesion at Portcullis House, Westminster, London, on October 7, 2008. He added that radicals should be re-educated by reformed jihadi fighters and that the key to preventing violent extremism is minimizing the motivation to radicalize.
This policy memo is based on Mr. Ibrahim's speech.
Aviva Krauthammer
Winter 2008-09
"Assaf Moghadam Explores Global Jihad Movement and Increase in Suicide Attacks"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Assaf Moghadam, research fellow with the Belfer Center’s International Security Program/Initiative on Religion in International Affairs and an assistant professor and senior associate at the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, has for nearly a decade examined the rise and spread of suicide attacks. He recently published The Globalization of Martyrdom: Al Qaeda, Salafi Jihad, and the Diffusion of Suicide Attacks.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"Spotlight: Richard Clarke"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
Richard Clarke, a Belfer Center faculty affiliate, grew up in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood in a home where the family read newspapers together, watched the news, and often discussed world events and the military. His father spent four years in the Pacific, and talking with his dad about his experiences and national news was part of Clarke’s life from his earliest days. His increasing interest in government intensified the day in 1960 when John F. Kennedy was elected president of the United States. Clarke was 10 years old.
Winter 2008-09
Belfer Center Newsletter Winter 2008-09
Newsletter
By Sharon Wilke, Associate Director of Communications
The Winter 2008-09 issue of the Belfer Center newsletter features recent and upcoming research, activities, and analysis by Center faculty, fellows, and staff on critical global issues. "What should the next president do first?" is a question raised in this issue. Belfer Center experts respond to the question with advice on what they consider priority issues of national security, climate/energy policy, and the economic crisis.
The Winter 2008-09 issue also features take-aways from the Center’s recent “Acting in Time on Energy Policy” conference hosted by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group. In addition, it spotlights Belfer Center Faculty Affiliate Richard Clarke and new Kennedy School Professor Nicholas Burns.
Belfer Center
Winter 2008-09
"For the Next President: Center Scholars Suggest Priority Actions on Security, Climate/Energy and the Financial Crisis"
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
With a new president of the United States soon to be elected, Belfer Center scholars offer their suggestions to the next president on issues of national security, climate/energy policy, and the financial crisis.
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October 15, 2008
"Beware an October Surprise from bin Laden"
Op-Ed, Financial Times
By Joseph S. Nye, Sultan of Oman Professor of International Relations
"...Mr bin Laden is involved in a civil war within Islam. He wants the US to pursue policies that create the appearance of a clash of civilisations. Anything that polarises the mainstream of Muslim opinion helps his recruiting. As the deputy director for analysis at the CIA commented at the time: 'Certainly, he would want Bush to keep doing what he’s doing for a few more years.'..."
October 13, 2008
"The Simplistic Allure of Militarism"
Op-Ed, Agence Global
By Rami Khouri, Senior Fellow, The Dubai Initiative
Among the problems the senior American military and intelligence leaders acknowledge these days in Afghanistan are a robust and expanding heroin trade, the limited impact of the central government in Kabul, a steady stream of militants from next door Pakistan where they enjoy safe havens and popular support, and a weak economy.
