CUTTING THE FUSE
Moving Beyond the War on Terror
October 12, 2010 on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
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Presumption: The root cause of terrorism is Islamic Fundamentalism — religiously motivated hatred of American and Western values among a fringe of Muslims. Reality: Based on research by CPOST (Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism), suicide terrorist attacks like 9/11 are driven not by religion alone, but triggered by foreign or military policies of the United States, its allies, and other democracies. Military occupation accounts for nearly all suicide terrorism around the world since 1980. Conference: Moving beyond the war on terror, what are America's best policy choices in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and at home and for other core national security issues, such as nuclear proliferation and the growing economic constraints on US foreign policy? The conference engages many of the brightest minds in the country on this critical question.
PartnersNew America FoundationThe University of ChicagoCPOSTWith Important Support From:Cato InstituteForeign Policy MagazineInstitute for Social Policy and Understanding |
CUTTING THE FUSEin the Congressional AuditoriumVIDEOSWelcome and Introduction
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FEATURED RESOURCES CPOST Primer on Vimeo. CPOST PRIMER
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FEATURED RESEARCHER
JENNA JORDAN |
9/11 PERSPECTIVES ROBERT PAPE THOMAS SCHELLING What Ever Happened to Nuclear Terrorism? JOHN ESPOSITO The Consequences of Islamophobia RAMI KHOURI The Middle East Ten Years After 9/11
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BLOG December 2, 2011 Lt. Col. JOHN NAGL: A Shift in the Afghanistan Strategy-Put the National Army in Front Now October 5, 2011 Jenna Jordan in the New York Times September 30, 2011 Awlaqi's Death Shows the Practicality of Off-Shore Balancing |
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