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January 15, 2008
| Author: | Yassin Musharbash |
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Osama bin Laden's top deputy, former Egyptian doctor Ayman al-Zawahiri, is taking questions from his friends and enemies alike on four al-Qaida-sanctioned jihadist Web sites. Providing a one-off advice column is just one way in which the international terrorist organization has adopted Web 2.0.
See more in Middle East, Terrorist Organizations
December 19, 2007
| Author: | Charles D. Ferguson, Fellow for Science and Technology |
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Article
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
See more in Weapons of Mass Destruction, Weapons of Terrorism
October 15, 2007
| Author: | Michael Moss |
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Must Read
A report on how blogging jihadists are using the Internet to spread extremism.
See more in Americas, United States, Terrorism
June 1, 2007
Podcast
Counterterrorism expert John Robb explains how a software development theory can describe modern insurgencies.
See more in Iraq, Defense Strategy
March 27, 2007
Podcast
Jarret Brachman, who tracks terrorist ideologies at West Point's Combating Terrorism Center, says al-Qaeda's figureheads are not among the most influential jihadi thinkers.
See more in Intelligence, Terrorist Leaders
September/October 2006
| Author: | Evan F. Kohlmann |
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Foreign Affairs Article — Summary
June 30, 2006
Daily Analysis
With its Afghan base disrupted and top leaders dead and on the run, al-Qaeda has taken a new tack, seeking to incite others to wage its battles.
See more in Media and Foreign Policy
June 2006
Must Read
The Internet and its communications infrastructure serve as the critical backbone of information exchange that is vital to U.S. security, says the U.S. Business Roundtable in this report. Yet the United States is not sufficiently prepared for a major attack, software incident or natural disaster that would lead to disruption of large parts of the Internet.
See more in United States
May 12, 2006
Daily Analysis
The internet has provided terrorist groups a far-reaching portal to publicize their activities. Yet U.S. officials intent on winning over "hearts and minds" are struggling to provide a competing message.
See more in Media and Foreign Policy, Public Diplomacy
May 4, 2006
| Author: | Bruce Hoffman |
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Must Read
RAND Corporation's Bruce Hoffman testifies before Congress about Islamist extremists' use of the Internet to facilitate their activities.
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Iraq (5/8): Mohamad Bazzi urges the U.S. and Iraqi governments not to exclude Muqtada al-Sadr from the political process, in The National.
Campaign 2008 (5/5): It would be a travesty if Obama’s campaign gets knocked off course because of his former preacher, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post.
Iraq War (5/3): Max Boot argues that the increase in casualties could be a sign that tough combat is under way that will lead to the enemy’s defeat, in the Wall Street Journal.
U.S. Economy (5/2): Amity Shlaes criticizes Hillary Clinton’s plan to implement a windfall oil tax, on Bloomberg.com.
Food Crisis (5/1): Gene Sperling warns that one of the casualties of the food crisis will be the schooling of the world’s poorest children, on Bloomberg.com.
Three-Front War (4/30): Michael Gerson argues that a decent outcome in Iraq would be considerably devalued if counterinsurgency efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan stall, in the Washington Post.
Climate change poses threats to national security in a number of ways. In this report, sponsored by the Center for Geoeconomic Studies, Joshua W. Busby offers specific recommendations for confronting this important issue, including a list of "no-regrets" policies.
This report, by International Affairs Fellow Michelle D. Gavin and sponsored by the Center for Preventive Action, surveys the current situation in Zimbabwe and proposes steps that can increase the likelihood that regime change, when it comes, will bring constructive reform instead of conflict and state collapse.
Complete list of Council Special Reports.
In The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State, Noah Feldman tells the story behind the increasingly popular call for the establishment of the sharia—the law of the traditional Islamic state—in the modern Muslim world.
In Regional Monetary Integration, Peter B. Kenen poses an important question: Should various country groups follow the lead of the European Monetary Union and form similar full-fledged monetary unions?
Walter Russell Mead recounts the story of the centuries-long rivalry between the English- speaking peoples and their enemies in God and Gold.
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