TOPIC
Terrorism is a tactic used to create fear and chaos. Terrorist attacks are often directed at civilians and their surroundings such as places where people work, shop and worship. Governments around the world are working to find ways to safeguard...
VIDEO
January 08, 2010
Diplomat Richard C. Holbrooke tells a Brookings audience that the fight against terrorism must be focused on Afghanistan and Pakistan, this week @ Brookings.
EVENT
December 02, 2009
On December 2, the Saban Center for Middle East Policy hosted a policy discussion with author and journalist Yaroslav Trofimov, from the Wall Street Journal. The discussion centered on Trofimov’s book, The Siege of Mecca: The Forgotten Uprising...
ARTICLE:
Ömer Taşpınar
Summer/Fall 2009
In the years since the September 11th attacks, Western policymakers, analysts and academics have debated the best approaches to confronting and ending terrorism. Brookings Fellow Omer Taspinar argues that the global fight against extremist...
PAPER
May 08, 2009
More than seven years after 9/11, the government’s legal, practical and moral authority to detain suspected terrorists without trial remains a subject of fierce debate. Robert Litt and Wells Bennett say Congress could significantly ameliorate the...
PAPER
December 29, 2008
There are significant and little appreciated differences in the trajectory of Sunni extremist terrorism and that of Shi’a extremism. 2007-2008 Federal Executive Fellow Thomas F. Lynch explores the differences that exist across six key areas that...
ARTICLE:
Daniel L Byman
July/August 2008
Think that state sponsors of terror are pulling all the strings? Think again. Daniel Byman details how countries like Iran and Syria may play a big role in the terrorism underworld, but they’re quickly losing control over rogues that bite the...
EVENT
May 28, 2008
The Saban Center for Middle East Policy hosted a policy luncheon on May 28, 2008, launching a Saban Center analysis paper of the same name. The paper’s author, Daniel Byman, presented a summary of the paper’s findings. Bruce Hoffman, Senior...
TESTIMONY:
Jeremy Shapiro
July 15, 2008
Testifying before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Jeremy Shapiro explored the system of detaining terrorism suspects in France and the United Kingdom. He noted that the threats and domestic situations in every country are...
PAPER:
Daniel L Byman
May 2008
The current United States approach to state sponsorship of terrorism is flawed, writes Daniel Byman. He suggests that instead of simply managing a list of state sponsors, Washington needs to recognize the complexity of sponsorship, monitor states...
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