International Affairs Forum

Thu. April 25, 2019

Social Media: Security: Terrorism

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Germany and the United States After Iraq: From Alliance to Alignment

Author describes the deeper currents of change in the German-American relationship that go beyond the current leadership dynamics. By Stephen F. Szabo. (International Politics and Society, 1/2004) Read More...

Turning Points

Will the modern era come undone in Iraq? By Robin Wright. (Washington Post, 5/16/2004) Read More...

It Will Help the U.S. to Have a Strong European Partner

The Coordinator for German-American Cooperation argues that despite differences of opinion on some issues, the United States and Europe need each other to meet the new challenges of the 21st century. ... Read More...

Think Again: Al Qaeda

Contends that “Al Qaedaism” will continue to attract supporters in the years to come—whether Osama bin Laden is around to lead them or not. By Jason Burke. (Foreign Policy, 5/1/2004) Read More...

Partnership, Under Construction

In the first public criticism by the Bush administration of Russia, Secretary of State Powell diplomatically criticizes a resurgence of authoritarianism under Putin, including the weakening of the leg... Read More...

Renewing the Atlantic Partnership

Authors argues that in order to revitalize the Atlantic alliance, Europe and America must forge new "rules of the road" governing the use of force, adapt NATO to meet today's threats coming from outsi... Read More...

Mutual Incomprehension:U.S.-German Value Gaps beyond Iraq.

Scholar argues that the recent tension between the Unted States and Germany demonstrates that U.S.-German relations are characterized by a mutual incomprehension of each other’s political culture an... Read More...

Errors in fighting Al Qaeda have worsened the danger

Examines terrorist bombing in Spain and is critical of Bush administration policy to 'defy its allies.' By Jessica Stern. (Boston Globe, 3/24/2004) Read More...

Like it or not, the west just can't leave the Middle East

The dreams of al-Qaida and its allies are destructive - but doomed. (Martin Woollacott, March 19, 2004, The Guardian) Read More...

Al Qaeda’s Death Train?

Discusses Mardrid terrorist bombing and links to Al Qaeda. By Lorenzo Vidino and Evan Kohlmann. (National Review, 3/15/2004) Read More...

Spain: an example for us all

Madrid's decision to pull its troops from Iraq unless the UN takes over doesn't give in to terrorists -- it undercuts them, says former UN staffer Salim Lone. (Globe and Mail, 3/17/2004) Read More...

New Spanish PM promises Iraq withdrawal

In the wake of the Madrid bombings, al-Qaida seems to have emerged a victor: the elections the bombings manipulated have resulted in a Prime Minister who supports pulling out of Iraq. What Madrid mea... Read More...

The Ties That Bind: Americans, Arabs, and Israelis After September 11

The war on terror has bound Israel and the United States closer together. But it has also deepened the rift between them and Arab and Muslim countries that rally behind the Palestinians. By Shibley T... Read More...

The Law of War in the War on Terror

The Bush administration has literalized its "war" on terrorism, dissolving the legal boundaries between what a government can do in peacetime and what's allowed in war. This move may have made it easi... Read More...

Beyond the Abu Sayyaf

Washington has made the fight against radical Muslim separatists in the Philippines a critical front in its war on terrorism. But its one-size-fits-all approach reflects a dangerous misunderstanding o... Read More...

How to Stop Nuclear Terror

President Bush has called nuclear terror the defining threat the United States now faces. He's right, but he has yet to follow up his words with actions. By Graham Allison. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/2004,... Read More...

The Terrorist Threat in Africa

The Bush administration has focused on destroying al Qaeda in East Africa, but it has been slow to address less-visible terrorist threats elsewhere on the continent, such as Islamist extremism in Nige... Read More...

Kenya After Moi

To ensure Nairobi's involvement in the war on terrorism, Washington must be sensitive to its domestic needs, recognizing that fledgling democracies can be more difficult to engage than their authorita... Read More...

A Duty to Prevent

The international community has a duty to prevent security disasters as well as humanitarian ones -- even at the price of violating sovereignty. By Lee Feinstein and Anne-Marie Slaughter. (Foreign Af... Read More...

Should Hezbollah Be Next?

The radical Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah is fomenting violence in post-war Iraq and fanning the flames of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Washington's only option is to confront Hezbolla... Read More...

Global terror threat exaggerated: Blix

(The News International, 3/8/04) Read More...

Al-Qaeda's deadly gamble

Tuesday's attacks show how far al-Qaeda will go to destabilize Iraq, says terror specialist Jonathan Schanzer. (Globe and Mail, 3/4/2004) Read More...

Israel's wall: Divisive issue, dividing neighbors

The fence that Israel says is a necessary evil to stop suicide bombers is likened by the Palestinians to the Berlin Wall as a symbol of aggression and oppression. (MSNBC, Feb 19 2004) Read More...

Blast kills exiled Chechen leader

(February 13, 2004 CNN) Read More...

Bush Budget Plan Proposes $463 Million for Colombia in FY 2005

As part of Plan Colombia, the money will be used to support the ongoing fight against drugs and terrorism. By Eric Green. (U.S. Department of State, Washington File, 02/03/2004) Read More...

Colombia Targeting Rebel Strongholds

Colombian army carries through a more aggressive combat to defeat FARC guerrillas, reports Scott Wilson (The Washington Post, 01/25/2004) Read More...

Jihadists in Iraq

An unwelcome Saudi export: The Saudis have a long history of using foreign jihad campaigns to divert attention from crises at home, and to reinforce the hold of Wahhabism over their subjects. In Iraq,... Read More...

The Qaddafi Precedent - Now that Libya's disarming, who's next?

Without actually meaning to do so, the Bush administration has pulled off one of the most remarkable nonproliferation victories since the advent of the nuclear age: Libya, a hostile, isolated dictator... Read More...

The War Against Terrorism, The EU's Response, and the Future of NATO

Lecture by Bernard Jenkin, M.P., Shadow Secretary of State for Defense in Great Britain. who argues that a strong NATO is vital to the war against terrorism. (Heritage Foundation, 3/7/2002) Read More...

Toward Universal Empire: The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security

Reflects on the direction of U.S. preemptive security policy in the post 9/11 world. (World Policy Journal, 9/1/2002) Read More...

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