Category Archives: Conference

Panel Summary: Strategy in the Middle East

The following represents a summary of a panel discussion on future directions of U.S. grand strategy which took place on October 13, 2010 as part of the day-long conference Cutting the Fuse: Moving Beyond the War on Terror co-sponsored by … Continue reading

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Panel Summary: The Impact of Austerity on U.S. Grand Strategy

The following represents a summary of a panel discussion on future directions of U.S. grand strategy which took place on October 13, 2010 as part of the day-long conference Cutting the Fuse: Moving Beyond the War on Terror co-sponsored by … Continue reading

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Conference Video 4

This panel features the Hon. John B. Bellinger III, Peter Bergen, and Sahar Aziz.

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Conference Video 2

This panel features Flynt Leverett, Seth Jones and Kori Schake.

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Conference Video 1

We finally have the videos for our conference, and we will be posting them one a day until we have posted them all.

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Costs and Constraints of Suicide Attacks

It should come as no surprise that Kori Schake would dissent from Prof. Pape’s policy recommendations of Off-Shore Balancing. Prof. Pape has already posted a response, which was cross-posted at Real Clear World, as has Chad Levinson a contributor to … Continue reading

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The Benefits of Off-Shore Balancing

Kori Schake, a valuable participant in our Capitol Hill conference on “Cutting the Fuse,” raises a a number of important issues with the policy of off-shore balancing.  I am delighted to respond and believe our exchange is an example of … Continue reading

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Response to Schake

Kori Schake of the Hoover Institute spoke at our “Cutting the Fuse” conference on Capitol Hill, and made (at least) two important criticisms of the argument we make in the book. First, she critiques our causal argument that suicide terrorism … Continue reading

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Another Cross Posting Roundup

I am trying to keep up with all of the people who are talking about our work. The Cutting the Fuse Conference has generated a lot of notice. Unfortunately, this means I will not be able to respond or quote … Continue reading

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CNN at the Conference

When Al Qaeda released their new Inspire magazine on the day of our conference in D.C., CNN came and visited our conference for comments. Gov. Kean had just finished speaking to the conference. I was actually interviewed then, and said … Continue reading

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