The ability of the United States to kill its enemies in areas that are not under occupation shows that the U.S. does not need large ground forces overseas constantly to defend itself from terrorism. Continue reading →
Posted in Afghanistan, Editorials, Grand Strategy, National Security, News, Terrorism
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Tagged Al Qaeda in the Arabian Penninsula, Anwar al Awlaqi, AQAP, CIA, drone, Most Wanted, Off-Shore Balancing
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COLUMBUS – The stridently militaristic response to 9/11 by the United States should probably be seen as an aberration in American foreign policy. Andrew Bacevich and many others, in contrast, espy in the experience since World War II the rise … Continue reading →
COLLEGE PARK – In 1982 I published an article that began, “Sometime in the 1980’s an organization that is not a national government may acquire a few nuclear weapons. If not in the 1980’s, then in the 1990’s.” I hedged … Continue reading →
SANTA BARBARA – On the 10th anniversary of 9/11 I will be in Cairo, on Tahrir Square, interviewing activists about the role of religion in the new movement for political change in that country. It strikes me that this is … Continue reading →
NEW YORK – It was a decade ago that 19 terrorists took control of four planes, flew two into the twin towers of the World Trade Center, hit the Pentagon with a third, and crashed the fourth in a field … Continue reading →
BEIRUT – It is impossible to make a single, broad assessment of the condition of the Middle East ten years after the 9/11 events and their aftermath, because the region is so fragmented into disparate and often contradictory groups of … Continue reading →
Here, Admiral Gary Roughead discusses the use of Offshore Balancing techniques at the Cutting the Fuse Conference on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2010. Admiral Gary Roughead – Cutting the Fuse Conference, Oct. 12, 2010 on Vimeo. Admiral Roughead is the … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The July 2011 massacre in Norway was a tragic signal of a metastasizing social cancer — Islamophobia. The Norwegian assassin, Anders Behring Breivik’s, 1500-page manifesto confirmed the dangerous consequences of hate speech that has been spread by … Continue reading →
From the Cutting the Fuse Conference held on Capitol Hill, October 12, 2010. Here, Jordan reviews her data regarding the strategic effectiveness of removing the leadership in a given terrorist organization. Jenna Jordan – Cutting the Fuse Conference, Oct. 12, … Continue reading →
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As we approach the 10th anniversary of 9/11, it is natural that we survey the range of actions taken, and government policies implemented, that were all aimed at preventing a similar attack — or something worse — … Continue reading →
