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Save to My PortfolioA Response to Ken Lieberthal's Report on the Intelligence Community

Matthew Frankel, October 19, 2009, The Brookings Institution

A Response to Ken Lieberthal's Report on the Intelligence CommunityBrookings Federal Executive Fellow Matthew Frankel explores Ken Lieberthal's recent report, "The U.S. Intelligence Community and Foreign Policy: Getting Analysis Right." While Frankel argues the paper makes excellent points throughout, he examines several which he feels deserve rebuttal. Read More

Intelligence, National Security, Central Intelligence Agency

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Save to My PortfolioExamining the Procedures Used by the U.S. Intelligence Community

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, September 16, 2009

Ken Lieberthal reveals that many of the procedures and processes used by the U.S. Intelligence Community are flawed and often counterproductive. He identifies weaknesses in the intelligence services and recommends actions for strengthening this important tool of U.S. foreign policy.

Intelligence, National Security, Central Intelligence Agency

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Save to My PortfolioThe U.S. Intelligence Community and Foreign Policy

Kenneth G. Lieberthal, September 15, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The U.S. Intelligence Community and Foreign PolicyAnalytical products of the U.S. intelligence community (IC) are intended to provide information for policy makers to understand issues and make decisions. Kenneth Lieberthal assesses recent reforms in the IC and looks to where IC analysis still falls short, why those shortcomings exist, what reforms could help and how the IC can better serve policy makers. Read More

Intelligence, China, National Security, Central Intelligence Agency

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Save to My PortfolioSunni and Shi ’a Terrorism: Differences that Matter

Thomas F. Lynch III, December 29, 2008, Combatting Terrorism Center at West Point

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 impact American policy considerations, especially in light of steadily escalating tensions with Iran. Read More

Terrorism, Intelligence, Diplomacy, Transnational Security Threats, Defense Strategy

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Save to My PortfolioThe Search for Al Qaeda: Its Leadership, Ideology, and Future

Bruce Riedel, September 30, 2008

This important book provides a comprehensive analysis of al Qaeda—the origins, leadership, ideology, and strategy of the terrorist network that brought down the Twin Towers and continues to threaten us today. Read More

Terrorism, Middle East, Homeland Security, Central Intelligence Agency

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Save to My PortfolioHow 9/11 is Connected to December 13

Bruce Riedel, September 11, 2008, Hindustan Times

Bruce Riedel writes that the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament is connected to the September 11 attacks on the United States. As tensions between India and Pakistan mounted following the December attack, Riedel notes that large numbers of Pakistani forces were sent to the Indian border, which then allowed al-Qaeda members to move more freely in the western border regions while seeking safe haven. Read More

Terrorism, Pakistan, India , Afghanistan, South Asia

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Save to My PortfolioTerrorist Safe Havens in Pakistan

Bruce Riedel, September 10, 2008, The American Academy of Political and Social Science

Bruce Riedel joined the Philadephia Inquirer's Trudy Rubin to discuss terrorism related to Pakistan and what the United States should do in the region. Read More

Terrorism, Pakistan, Transnational Security Threats, Afghanistan, South Asia

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Save to My PortfolioJohn Yoo Interrogation Memo

Benjamin Wittes, April 05, 2008, The New Republic

John Yoo Interrogation MemoThe Justice Department recently released John Yoo's 2003 "torture" memo to Congress.  Questions remain on what to do with the people the military and the CIA interrogated brutally in 2002 and 2003, writes Ben Wittes, and how the CIA should handle such people in the future. Read More

Intelligence, Terrorism, Courts, Human Rights, Defense

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Save to My PortfolioSix Years Later: Innovative Approaches to Defeating Al Qaeda

Daniel L. Byman, February 14, 2008, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Six Years Later: Innovative Approaches to Defeating Al QaedaIn testimony before the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Dan Byman states that "to succeed in the long-term, counterterrorism policies must be politically viable for decades." He offers ideas for policy implementations now that can bring consensus and harbor well-informed debate on the issues at hand.  Read More

Terrorism, Transnational Security Threats, Defense, Homeland Security, Intelligence

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Save to My PortfolioThe Iranian Nuclear Program after the National Intelligence Estimate

Philip H. Gordon, January 14, 2008, Foresight (Japan)

Philip Gordon offers possible outcomes following a recent U.S. National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that downplays the risk of the Iranian nuclear weapon ambitions.  He concludes that the findings will make it harder for the U.S. to gain support for sanctions against the program and that the NIE "will facilitate Iran’s potential development of a nuclear weapon in several ways."  Read More

Iran, Intelligence, Nuclear Weapons, Nonproliferation, Arms Control

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Save to My PortfolioWinning the Right War

Philip H. Gordon, December 01, 2007, Survival

Philip Gordon states that six years after the start of the U.S. led war on terror, America and its allies are less safe.  He discusses how and where the U.S. has failed in its objectives and offers ideas to help move the war in the right direction.    Read More

Terrorism, Transnational Security Threats, Middle East, Intelligence, Iraq

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Save to My PortfolioCan the War on Terror be Won?

Philip H. Gordon, November 01, 2007, Foreign Affairs

Phil Gordon discusses U.S. strategies for combating the War on Terrorism.  Ultimately, Gordon believes the War on Terror can only be won through a dramatic change in idealogy that embraces mulilaterialism, and promotes political, economic, and educational changes in the Middle East. Read More

Terrorism, Intelligence, Diplomacy, U.S. Military, Islamic World

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Save to My PortfolioExtraordinary Rendition, Extraterritorial Detention, and Treatment of Detainees: Restoring Our Moral Credibility and Strengthening Our Diplomatic Standing

Daniel L. Byman, July 26, 2007, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Testimony by Daniel L. Byman before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations (7/26/07) Read More

Terrorism, Homeland Security, Human Rights, Middle East, Defense

BOOK

Save to My PortfolioDefending America: The Case for Limited National Missile Defense

James M. Lindsay and Michael E. O'Hanlon, May 15, 2001

With clear and lively prose free of partisan rhetoric, Defending America provides reliable, factual analysis of the missile defense debate. Written for a general audience, it assesses the current and likely future missile threat to the United States, Read More

Defense, Intelligence, Missile Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, Executive Branch

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Bruce Riedel

Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

A former CIA officer, Bruce Riedel focuses on political transition, terrorism and conflict resolution. He was a senior advisor to three U.S. presidents on Middle East and South Asian issues. At the request of President Obama he chaired an interagency review of policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan for the White House that was completed in March 2009.
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Kenneth M. Pollack

Kenneth M. Pollack

Director, Saban Center for Middle East Policy

Ken Pollack is an expert on national security, military affairs and the Persian Gulf. He was Director for Persian Gulf affairs at the National Security Council. He also spent seven years in the CIA as a Persian Gulf military analyst. He is the author of A Path Out of the Desert: A Grand Strategy for America in the Middle East.
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John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy

A former Deputy Director for Intelligence at the Central Intelligence Agency, John McLaughlin is an expert in counterterrorism, intelligence policy and proliferation issues.
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