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Former Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad spoke about terrorism and efforts to combat terrorist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan. In his remarks he said he wanted the U.S. to remain the pre-eminent power in the world, because he…

Three panels at a day-long forum on terrorism focused on the future of terrorism and U.S. responses to the threat of terrorism. Among the topics addressed were terrorist tactics and goals, counterterrorism…

Robert Pape talked about a sub-project of the University of Chicago’s Project on Security and Terrorism on “suicide terrorism,” which compiles statistics and keeps a database of all the suicide terrorism attacks in the…

Representative Brian Baird (D-WA) spoke about U.S. efforts to combat terrorism, the psychology of terrorism, and ways in which partisan politics and “group think” affect political efforts to develop effective strategies. He…

Participants in a day-long forum on U.S. military policy and terrorism spoke about a number of issues. Admiral Roughead spoke about the role of the Navy in national security and counterterrorism. Following…

A bipartisan group of scholars, business executives, former government officials and journalists known as the Afghanistan Study Group released a report on the war. It recommended changes in…

Panelists talked about the trends in terrorism and counter-terrorism policies. They focused on al Qaeda, the psychology of political violence, the decentralized nature of terrorism, and the clash between civil liberties, human rights,…

Panelists discussed the Obama administration after one year. The panel consisted of essayists from the January-February 2010 issue of American Interest on the first year of the Obama…

The New America Foundation hosted on event with David Shorr, Weston Konishi and Steve Clemons about Japan and the book, Powers and Principles: International Leadership in a Shrinking World.…

Panelists discussed US-Latin American relations, with an emphasis on President Obama’s decision to ease travel restrictions to Cuba. They also talked about the Summit of the Americas. The…

Wadah Khanfar participated in a discussion on the relationship between the U.S. and Al Jazeera and the Arab World. Topics included the knowledge level in journalistic reporting on the…

Juan Cole argues in Engaging the Muslim World (Palgrave Macmillan; March 17, 2009) that Western attitudes towards Muslim countries have been significantly shaped by fearmongering and…

Peter Gosselin, national economics correspondent for the Los Angeles Times, spoke about his book High Wire (Basic Books). In his book, Mr. Gosselin contends that twenty-five years of free…

Walter Russell Mead discussed his new article about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Foreign Affairs, “Change They Can Believe In,” with Daniel Levy. Among the topics addressed were the…

Jane Mayer talked about her book The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals, published that day by Doubleday. In her book she recounts her…

Steve Clemons and Karen Greenberg introduced the conference on the current threat posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates and what steps the next administration should take in combating al Qaeda at home and abroad. Then a panel…

“Al-Qaeda in the Arab World and Europe” was the fourth panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0: The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” Topics include the use of Algeria as a…

“The Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan” was the third panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0/The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.” Topics included the goals…

A conversation was held on Pakistan’s political environment in the wake of President Musharraf’s resignation. Pakistani Ambassador Haqqani Husain talked about the current situation in…

Juan Cole talked about his book, Napoleon’s Egypt: Invading the Middle East, published by Palgrave Macmillan. In his book he recounts Napoleon’s attempt to acquire Egypt as a French colony in…