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THE US "WAR ON TERROR": PLANS, COSTS, EFFECTS

Terrorism, its nature and sources
Terrorist groups, incidents, targets
Financial Aspects
Bin Laden and Al Qaeda
Counter-terror strategy & programs
US War on Terror:
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Legal Issues & Human Rights
Terrorism & WMDs
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Critical infrastructure
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First responders &
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Health system preparedness
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The Five Front War: The Better Way to Fight Global Jihad
Event sponsored by Brookings Institution, 26 January 2008.

How We Talk About the 'War on Terrorsm'
G. Matthew Bonham et al. Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, 15 January 2008 (.pdf file).

Questionable Reward: Arms Sales and the War on Terrorism
Rachel Stohl. Arms Control Today, January/February 2008.

Is This Really World War IV?
Peter Beinart. Los Angeles Times, 09 December 2007. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website.

Pakistan - Conflicted Ally in the War on Terror
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 2007 (.pdf file).

Executive Power in The War on Terror
John O. McGinnis. Policy Review, December 2007/January 2008.

Winning the Right War
Philip H. Gordon. Survival, Winter 2007-08. Posted on The Brookings Institution website (.pdf file).

The Global War on Terrorism: A Religious War?
Lt. Col. Laurence A. Dobrot. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 29 November 2007 (.pdf file).

Air Force Use of Global War on Terrorism Supplemental Funding Provided by Procurement and Research, Development, Test and Evaluation
Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense, 21 November 2007 (.pdf file).

AFRICOM's Dilemma: The 'Global War on Terrorism' 'Capacity Building,' Humanitarianism, and the Future of U.S. Security Policy in Africa
Robert G. Berschinski. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, 21 November 2007.

The U.S. Response to Terrorism: A Fundamentally Flawed Strategy
Haviland Smith. American Diplomacy.org, 13 November 2007.

Picking Up After Failed War on Terror
Andrew J. Bacevich. Los Angeles Times, 06 November 2007.

Debunking the Myth of Islamist Intransigence
Mohammed Herzallah and Amr Hamzawy. The Daily Star, 02 November 2007. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace website.

National Strategy for Combating Terrorism: Background and Issues for Congress
Raphael F. Perl. Congressional Research Service, 01 November 2007 (.pdf file).

The Global War on Terrorism: A Religious War?
Laurence Andrew Dobrot. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. War College, November 2007 (.pdf file).

DoD Needs to Take Action to Encourage Fiscal Discipline and Optimize the Use of Tools Intended to Improve GWOT Cost Reporting
Government Accountability Office, November 2007 (.pdf file).

Can the War on Terror Be Won?
Philip H. Gordon. Foreign Affairs, November/December 2007.

Transforming U.S. Efforts to Fight Transnational Terrorist Networks
Michael Jacobson. The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 24 October 2007.

War of Error: How Osama bin Laden Beat George W. Bush
Peter Bergen. The New Republic, 22 October 2007.

The Years of Magical Thinking
Madeleine Elfenbein. The American Prospect, 19 October 2007 (.pdf file).

The GWOT Effect of Arms for Dictators
Rachel Stohl. Foreign Policy In Focus, 03 October 2007.

His Toughness Problem - and Ours
Ian Buruma. The New York Review of Books, 27 September 2007.

Operation Iraqi Freedom and the Global War on Terror: Selected Legislation from the 110th Congress
Kim Walker Klaman, Lisa Mages and Pat Towell. Congressional Research Service, 17 September 2007 (.pdf file).

Are We Winning? Measuring Progress in the Struggle Against Violent Jihadism
Bernard I. Finel and Holly Crystal Gall. American Security Project, September 2007 (.pdf file).

Deployment of Members of the National Guard and Reserve in the Global War on Terrorism
Defense Science Board Task Force, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, September 2007 (.pdf file).

The Terrorism Index
Foreign Policy, September/October 2007.

America and the War on Terrorism
American Enterprise Institute, updated 07 August 2007 (.pdf file).

The Uncertain Cost of the Global War on Terror
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, August 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

A War the Pentagon Can't Win
Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon. New York Times, 24 July 2007. Posted on the Council on Foreign Relations website.

The Core Misconceptions in the 'War on Terror'
John Feffer. Asia Times, 13 July 2007.

The Terrorist Threat to the U.S. Homeland
National Intelligence Estimate, July 2007 (.pdf file).

What Went Wrong? The Impact of Western Policies Towards Hamas and Hizbollah
Nathalie Tocci. Centre for European Policy Studies, July 2007 (NOTE: Will open as a .pdf file).

Renewing the U.S.-U.N. Partnership Against Terrorism
Eric Rosand. United Nations Foundation, 20 May 2007 (.pdf file).

Widening the War in the Southern Philippines
Shawn W. Crispin. Asia Times, 18 May 2007.

A Resurgent al-Qaeda and U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy
Michael Jacobson. Policy Watch #1233. Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 17 May 2007.

Somalia: A Failing Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Tom Porteous. Open Democracy, 14 May 2007. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Course Corrections in America's War on Terror
Peter Brookes and Julianne Smith. The Stanley Foundation, May 2007 (.pdf file).

Countering the Terrorist Mentality
Foreign Policy Agenda. U.S. Department of State, May 2007 (.pdf file).

The Counterinsurgency Fight: Think Globally, Lose Locally
James R. Quinlivan and Bruce R. Nardulli. Washington Post, 27 April 2007. Posted on the RAND website.

Muslim Public Opinion on U.S. Policy, Attacks on Civilians and al Qaeda
Steven Kull. WorldPublicOpinion.org, 24 April 2007 (.pdf file).

Extraordinary Rendition in U.S. Counterterrorism Policy: The Impact on Transatlantic Relations
Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Europe, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, 17 April 2007 (.pdf file).

Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) - Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 16 April 2007 (.pdf file).

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of the U.S. War on Terror
David Gold. The New School, April 2007 (.pdf file).

A Catalogue of Errors in Afghanistan
Michael Scheuer. Asia Times, 09 March 2007.

Viewpoint: Whither Victory in the War on Terror?
Barry Zellen. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, March 2007.

The Long War: The United States as a Self-Inflicted Wound
Anthony H. Cordesman. Center for Strategic and International Studies, March 2007. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Rethinking the War on Terror: Developing a Strategy to Counter Extremist Ideologies
Workshop report. Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and the U.S. Centra Command, March 2007 (.pdf file).

Embassies as Command Posts in the War on Terror
Foreign Service Journal, March 2007 (.pdf file).

What War on Terror?
Michael F. Scheuer. The Journal of International Security Affairs, Spring 2007.

Fear Not: Notes from a Naysayer
John Mueller. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, March/April 2007 (.pdf file).

Ongoing Engagement of the U.S. Airforce in the Global War on Terror
Gen. T. Michael Mosely. New York Foreign Press Center Briefing, 21 February 2007.

Just Don't Mention the War on Terrorism
Joseph S. Nye, Jr. International Herald Tribune, 08 February 2007.

The Global War on Terror: Costs, Cost Growth and Estimating Funding Requirements
Steven M. Kosiak. Testimony before the United States Senate Budget Committee, 06 February 2007. Posted on the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments website (.pdf file).

Fractured Fairy Tale: the War on Terror and the Emperor's New Clothes
Ian S. Lustick. Homeland Security Affairs, February 2007 (.pdf file).

Cost of the Global War on Terror
Steven M. Kosiak. Testimony before the House Committee on the Budget, 18 January 2007. Posted on the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments website (.pdf file).

Developmental Realism
Anatol Lieven. Harvard Law & Policy Review, 17 January 2007. Posted on the New America Foundation website.

Radical Islamist Ideologies and the Long War: Implications for U.S. Strategic Planning and U.S. Central Command Operations
Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, January 2007 (.pdf file).

Terrorism and U.S. Counter-Terrorism Programs in Africa: An Overview
Jessica R. Piombo. Strategic Insights, Center for Contemporary Conflict, January 2007.

The Role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror
National Research Council, 2007.

The Role of Naval Forces in the Global War on Terror
National Academies Press, 2007.

On the Edge of the Big Muddy: The Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan
Thomas H. Johnson. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, 2007 (.pdf file).

Special Operations Forces (SOF) and CIA Paramilitary Operations: Issues for Congress
Richard A. Best, Jr. and Andrew Feickert. Congressional Research Service, updated 06 December 2006 (.pdf file).

America, Islam, and the 9-11 War
Peter W. Singer. Current History, December 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website.

Perceptions of the United States and Support for Violence Against America
Stephen Weber. National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and the Responses to Terrorism, 20 November 2006 (.pdf file).

Are We Trapped in the War on Terror?
Panel with Ian Lustick, Ivan Eland, Rand Beers and Edward Luttwak. 46th Capitol Hill Conference Series on U.S. Middle East Policy, Middle East Policy Council, 03 November 2006.

The 'War on Terror' after Five Years
Philip H. Gordon. E! Sharp, November 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website.

The War on Terrorism: Is the U.S. Winning?
Martha Crenshaw. Real Instituto Elcano, 02 October 2006 (.pdf file).

Remaking Alliances for the War on Terrorism
Daniel L. Byman. The Journal of Strategic Studies, October 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website.

Response to Mueller Roundtable - Round 2
James Fallows, Fawaz Gerges, Paul R. Pillar and Jessica Stern. Foreign Affairs, 11 September 2006.

Response to Mueller Roundtable - Round 1
James Fallows, Fawaz Gerges, Paul R. Pillar and Jessica Stern. Foreign Affairs, 07 September 2006.

Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism
Timonthy Lynch. CATO Institute, 06 September 2006 (.pdf file).

Is There Still A Terrorist Threat? The Myth of the Omnipresent Enemy
John Mueller. Foreign Affairs, September/October 2006.

Friends Like These: Counterinsurgency and the War on Terrorism
Daniel L. Byman. International Security, Fall 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website (.pdf file).

Islamic Blowback Part Two?
Najum Mushtaq. Foreign Policy in Focus, 07 August 2006 (.pdf file).

Jihad Against Hezbollah
Stephen Zunes. Foreign Policy in Focus, 04 August 2006 (.pdf file).

Doctrinal Errors
Benjamin Weyl. The American Prospect, 12 July 2006.

Al-Qaeda, Still in Business
Peter Bergen. Washington Post, 02 July 2006.

More than Counter-Terrorism: Rethinking U.S. Policy Toward Somalia
John Prendergast. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International Operations, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives, 29 June 2006.

U.S. Opens New War Front in North Africa
Jason Motlagh. Asia Times, 14 June 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

What is the 'War on Terror?'
John Judis. The New Republic Online, 05 June 2006.

Losing the Long War
Tom Porteous. Agence Global, 27 May 2006. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Challenges in Fighting a Global Insurgency
David W. Barno. Parameters, Summer 2006 (.pdf file).

Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
Raphael F. Perl. Congressional Research Service, 21 April 2006 (.pdf file).

The War on Terror and the Cold War: They're Not the Same
John Tirman. MIT Center for International Studies, April 2006 (.pdf file).

Geopolitical Jihad
Ximena Ortiz. The National Interest, 17 March 2006. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website.

Implementating GWOT Strategies: Overcoming Interagency Problems
Michael Vickers. Testimony before the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives, 15 March 2006 (.pdf file).

The Army in Transition: Confronting the Global Challenges of the War on Terror
Mike Milano. National Defense Industrial Association, 15 March 2006 (.pdf file).

Are We Safer?
David Cole. The New York Review of Books, 09 March 2006.

The War of Unintended Consequences
Daniel Benjamin, Steven Simon and Richard A. Falkenrath. Foreign Affairs, March/April 2006.

Extremism, Terror, and the Future of Conflict
Michael J. Mazarr. Policy Review, March 2006. Posted on the Real Clear Politics website.

Military Plots a 'Long War' on Terror
Rowan Scarborough. The Washington Times, 20 February 2006.(See report below).

Navy Role in Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) - Background and Issues for Congress
Ronald O'Rourke. Congressional Research Service, 06 February 2006 (.pdf file).

National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Department of Defense, 01 February 2006 (.pdf file).

National Military Strategic Plan for the War on Terrorism
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 01 February 2006 (.pdf file).

Fighting the Long War - Military Strategy for the War on Terrorism
Joint Chiefs of Staff, February 2006 (.pdf file).

Are We Winning the War on Terrorism? A Report from Afghanistan
Foreign Policy Studies Briefing. Brookings Institution, 19 January 2006 (.pdf file).

Unconventional Warfare: Are U.S. Special Forces Engaged in an 'Offensive War' in the Philippines?
Focus on the Philippines Special Report No. 1, 12 January 2006 (.pdf file).

The Clash of Civilizations vs. The War on Terror: Some Hard Facts
Noordin Sopiee. Pacific Forum, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 05 January 2006 (.pdf file).

Afghanistan and the Globalisation of Terrorist Tactics
Hekmat Karzai. Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Singapore, 04 January 2006. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

World War IV As Fourth-Generation Warfare
Tony Corn. Policy Review, 01 January 2006. Posted on the Hoover Institution website.

Combating Terrorism: Determining and Reporting Federal Funding Data
Government Accountability Office, January 2006 (.pdf file).

Grading the War on Terrorism
Richard A. Falkenrath. Foreign Affairs, January 2006. Posted on the Brookings Institution website.

Combating Terrorism: Determing and Reporting Federal Funding Data
Government Accountability Office, January 2006 (.pdf file).

Divide et Impera
Thomas H. Henriksen. Hoover Digest, Hoover Institution, 2006.

Waging the 'War of Ideas'
William Rosenau. Ch 72 of the McGraw-Hill Homeland Security Handbook, 2006. . Posted on the RAND website (.pdf file).

Strategic Doctrine, Public Debate and the Terror War
G. Thomas Goodnight. Ridgway Center for International Security Studies, University of Pittsburgh, 2006 (.pdf file).

Islamists March Into The Breach
Jon B. Alterman. International Herald Tribune, 15 December 2005. Posted on the CSIS website (.pdf file).

Do These Two Have Anything in Common?
Zbigniew Brzezinski. Washington Post, 04 December 2005. Posted on the CSIS website (.pdf file).

A Hundred Osamas: Islamist Threats and the Future of Counterinsurgency
Sherifa Zuhur. Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, December 2005 (.pdf file).

Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
Raphael Perl. CRS Report for Congress, 23 November 2005 (.pdf file).

Misjudging The Jihad: Briefing Osama on All the War's Wins and Losses
Brian Michael Jenkins and Gregory F. Treverton. San Francisco Chronicle, 13 November 2005. Posted on the RAND website.

Washington's Long War and its Strategy in the Horn of Africa
Michael A. Weinstein. Power and Interest News Report, 09 November 2005.

Planting the Seeds of Al-Qaida's Second Generation
Fawaz A. Gerges. Foreign Policy In Focus, 27 October 2005 (.pdf file).

U.S. Counterterrorism Strategy Update
Henry A. Crumpton. Testimony before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 27 October 2005.

Strategic Redeployment: A Progressive Plan for Iraq and the Struggle Against Violent Extremists
Lawrence J. Korb and Brian Katulis. Center for American Progress, 03 October 2005.

Imperial Grunts
Robert D. Kaplan. The Atlantic Monthly, October 2005.

Global Islamic Extremist Threat - U.S. Central Command slide show
Gen. J. Abizaid, CENTCOM. Presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee, 29 September 2005. Posted on the Commonwealth Institute website (.pdf file).

Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat?
Bruce Hoffman. Testimony presented before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 29 September 2005.

America and the War on Terrorism
Karlyn H. Bowman. American Enterprise Institute, 09 September 2005.

Winning the Long War: A Study Guide for Understanding the Public Policy Challenges of the War on Terrorism
James Jay Carafano, Paul Rosenzweig, and Rebekah Robblee. Heritage Foundation, 08 September 2005.

War and Antiwar
Hendrik Hertzberg. New Yorker, 05 September 2005.

Global War on Terrorism: DoD Should Consider All Funds Requested for the War When Determining Needs and Covering Expenses
Government Accountability Office, September 2005.

Global War on Terrorism: DoD Needs to Improve the Reliability of Cost Data and Provide Additional Guidance to Control Costs
Government Accountability Office, September 2005.

Rethinking the War on Terror
Mona Yacoubian and Paul Stares. U.S. Institute of Peace, September 2005 (.pdf file).

Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication
Defense Science Board, August 2005 (.pdf file).

Divide and Conquer
John B. Judis. New Republic, 13 July 2005. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Terrorism War is the Main Terrorism Generator
Terrell E. Arnold. American Diplomacy, 09 July 2005.

America and the War On Terrorism
American Enterprise Institute, 08 July 2005 (.pdf file).

Terrorism and National Security: Issues and Trends
Raphael Perl. CRS Report for Congress, 08 June 2005 (.pdf file).

US Weapons at War 2005: Promoting Freedom or Fueling Conflict? U.S. Military Aid and Arms Transfers Since September 11
Frida Berrigan and William D. Hartung, with Leslie Heffel. World Policy Institute, June 2005.

The Alienated Frontier: Why the United States Can't Get Osama bin Laden
Vanni Cappelli. Foreign Policy Rresearch Institute, Fall 2005 (.pdf file).

The Bottom Line: No Strategy Can Defeat an Enemy You Refuse to Understand
Michael Scheuer. Presentation at "America's Irregular Enemies: Securing Interests in an Era of Persistent Conflict," Army War College, 12-14 April 2005.

US and German Counterterrorism Cooperation and the Iraq Insurgency: Old Friends with New Needs
Thomas M. Sanderson. CSIS, April 2005 (.pdf file).

Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Part II
House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee. UK Parliament, 22 March 2005 (.pdf file).

Foreign Policy Aspects of the War against Terrorism, Part I
House of Commons, Foreign Affairs Committee. UK Parliament, 22 March 2005 (.pdf file).

What Kind of War?: Strategic Perspectives on the War on Terrorism
Col. John D. Jogerst. Air & Space Power Journal, 01 March 2005.

US Anti-Terror Strategy and the 9/11 Commission Report
Raphael Perl. CRS Report for Congress, 04 February 2005 (.pdf file).

US Military Operations in the Global War on Terrorism: Afghanistan, Africa, the Philippines, and Colombia
Andrew Feickert. CRS Report for Congress, 04 February 2005. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website (.pdf file).

Iraq: Not Terrorist Central
Brian Michael Jenkins. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 30 January 2005. Posted on the RAND website.

Iraq, Afghanistan and the War on 'Terror'
Daniel Byman, Michael Scheuer, Anatol Lieven and W. Patrick Lang. Middle East Policy Council, 11 January 2005 (.pdf file).

Data: American Attitudes Toward National Security, Foreign Policy & the War on Terror
Century Foundation, January 2005 (.pdf file).

Global Opinion: The Spread of Anti-Americanism
Pew Research Center, 2005 (.pdf file).

Combating a Modern Hydra Al Qaeda and the Global War on Terrorism
Sean N. Kalic. Combat Studies Institute Press, 2005 (.pdf file).

American Attitudes toward National Security, Foreign Policy, and the War on Terror
Century Foundation, 2005 (.pdf file).

Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror
David Aaron, editor. RAND, 2005 (.pdf file).

An Alternate Military Strategy for the War on Terrorism
Peter J. Canonico Naval Postgraduate School, December 2004 (.pdf file).

Assessing America's War on Terror: Confronting Insurgency, Cementing Primacy
Ashley J. Tellis. Carnegie Endowment, December 2004 (.pdf file).

Countering Global Insurgency: A Strategy for the War on Terrorism
Lt. Col. David Kilcullen. Small Wars Center of Excellence, November 2004 (.pdf file).

The New Terrorism: The Nature of the War on Terrorism
Michael W. Kometer. School of Advanced Airpower Studies, July 2004 (.pdf file).

Counter-Terrorism Research Focused on Military Needs in Iraq, Afghanistan
John Stanton. National Defense Magazine, July 2004.

Fiscal Year 2004 Costs for the Global War on Terrorism Will Exceed Supplemental, Requiring DOD to Shift Funds from Other Uses
GAO, July 2004 (.pdf file).

Asking Anonymous
Ray McGovern. Tom Paine, 28 June 2004.

The War on Terrorism: A Crusade?
Umej Bhatia. IDSS Commentaries, 16 June 2004 (.pdf file).

Bush Policies Make Terrorism a Growth Industry
R. Bruce St. John. Foreign Policy in Focus, 24 May 2004 (.pdf file).

Al Qaeda After the Iraq Conflict
Audrey Kurth Cronin. Congressional Research Service, 23 May 2004. Posted on the FAS website (.pdf file).

A Debacle in the Battle for Hearts and Minds
Pascale Combelles Siegel. Foreign Policy in Focus, 13 May 2004 (.pdf file).

A Matter of Truth
Brian Urquhart. New York Review of Books, 13 May 2004.

Could We Lose the War on Terror?
Michael Ignatieff. New York Time Magazine, 02 May 2004. Posted on the KSG, Harvard University website.

DOD's Fiscal Year 2003 Funding and Reported Obligations in Support of the Global War on Terrorism
GAO, May 2004 (.pdf file)

Our Enemy is Not Terrorism
John Lehman. The U.S. Naval Institute 130th Annual Meeting and Annapolis Naval History Symposium, 31 March 2004 (requires free registration).

Federal Funding for Homeland Security
Congressional Budget Office, 30 April 2004 (pdf file).

A Battle Plan Against Radical Islam
Daniel Pipes. FrontPage Magazine, 07 April 2004.

Errors in Fighting Al Qaeda Have Worsened the Danger
Jessica Stern. Boston Globe, 25 March 2004. Posted on the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs website at Harvard University.

A Year After Iraq War: Mistrust of America in Europe Even Higher, Muslim Anger Persists
Pew Research Center for People and the Press, 16 March 2004 (.pdf file).

The Worldwide Threat 2004: Challenges in a Changing Global Context
George Tenent. Testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, 09 March 2004. Posted on the CIA website.

Coordinating the War on Terrorism
Lynn E. Davis, et. al. Rand Corporation, March 2004 (.pdf file).

The Effect of Terrorist Attacks in Spain on Transatlantic Cooperation in the War on Terror
James Dobbins. Rand Corporation, March 2004 (.pdf file).

2004 Coordinating the War on Terrorism
Lynn E. Davis, et. al. RAND, March 2004.

Relating to the Muslim World: Maybe Less is More?
Ellen Laipson. Contribution to a book by Adam Garfinke, A Pratical Guide to Winning the War on Terrorism, 2004. Posted on the Stimson Center website (.pdf file).

Report on a Seminar Regarding Arab/Islamic Perceptions of the Information Campaign
Center for Emerging Threats and Opportunities, 2004. Posted on the Small Wars Journal website (.pdf file).

US National Security Policy Post-9/11:  Perils and Prospects
Susan E. Rice. Fletcher Forum, Winter 2004. Posted on the Brookings Institution web site.

Are We Fighting a Real War on Terror at All?
Ivan Eland. Independent Institute, 4 February 2004.

Bounding the Global War on Terrorism
Jeffrey Record. Strategic Studies Institute, December 2003 (.pdf file).

Bounding the Global War on Terrorism
Jeffrey Record. Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College, December 2003.

TEXT:  Rumsfeld's war-on-terror memo
SA Today, 22 October 2003.

Terrorism and National Security:  Issues and Trends
Raphael Perl. Congressional Research Service, 2 October 2003.

2003 Report to Congress on Combating Terrorism
Office of Management and Budget, September 2003. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website, (.pdf file).

Hostages, Terrorism, and the West
Michael Radu, Foreign Policy Research Institute, 27 August 2003.

From Victory to Success:  Terror's Undiminished Threat
Vincent Cannistraro. Foreign Policy, July/August 2003.

The Counterterror Coalitions:  Cooperation with Europe, NATO, and the European Union
Nora Bensahel. Rand, 2003.

War Termination and the Global War on Terrorism
Lt. Col. Richard W. Baxter. Naval War College, 16 May 2003. Hosted by STINET database (.pdf file).

Terrorism, the Future, and US Foreign Policy
Raphael Perl. Congressional Research Service, 11 April 2003.

The Global War on Terrorism:  An Early Look at Implications for the Army
Bruce Nardulli. Rand, 2003.

CIA Concerned US War on Terror is Missing Root Causes
Agence France Presse, 29 October 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

We Need A Political Strategy
Fareed Zakaria. Washington Post, 22 October 2002.

Terrorism, the Future and U.S. Foreign Policy
Rensselaer Lee and Raphael Perl. CRS Issue Brief for Congress, 18 October 2002. Posted on the Foreign Press Centers, US State Department website.

Counterterrorism Research and Development: Funding, Priority-setting, and Coordination
Genevieve Knezo. CRS Report for Congress, 1 October 2002. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

Democrats and the War on Terrorism
Sen. John Kerry. Blueprint Magazine, 25 September 2002.

Al Qaeda's Troops Have Adapted. Have Ours?
Robert Andrews. Washington Post, 22 September 2002.

US Moves Commandos to East Africa to Pursue Qaeda in Yemen
Shanker and Eric Schmitt. New York Times, 19 September 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

The EU and the OSCE in the War on Terrorism
David Norris. BASIC, 5 September 2002.

The 'War on Terrorism': 12 Month Audit and Future Strategy Options
Scilla Elworthy and Paul Rogers. Oxford Research Group, 11 September 2002.

Real Battles and Empty Metaphors
Susan Sontag. New York Times, 10 September 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Scattershot Spending in Terror Fight
Spenser S. Hsu and Lyndsey Layton. Washington Post, 10 September 2002.

The War on What?
Nicholas Lemann. The New Yorker, 9 September 2002. Posted on the Mt. Holyoke website.

Feeling Secure, U.S. Failed to Grasp bin Laden Threat
Patrick Tyler. New York Times, 8 September 2002. Posted on Mount Holyoke's Department of International Relations website.

Afghanistan Quagmire
Jim Lobe. Foreign Policy in Focus, 6 September 2002.

The EU and the OSCE in the War on Terrorism
David Norris. BASIC Notes, British American Security Information Council, 5 September 2002.

There Is No Need to Reinvent the Law
Georges Abi-Saab. Crimes of War Project Magazine, September 2002.

The U.S. Military, the Strategic Quartet, and the Global War on Terrorism
Michael P. Noonan. Foreign Policy Research Institute, 20 September 2002.

Rolling Back Radical Islam
Ralph Peters. Parameters, Autumn 2002.

Post-9/11 Economic Windfalls for Arms Manufacturers
Michelle Ciarrocca. Foreign Policy in Focus, September 2002.

An Army of One?
Gen. Wesley Clark. The Washington Monthly, September 2002.

Its Own Worst Enemy
Tony Judt. New York Review of Books, 15 August 2002.

Stretching the "War on Terror"
Philip Bowring. International Herald Tribune, 14 August 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

US Considers Assassination Squads
Oliver Burkeman. The Guardian, 13 August 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

They Had A Plan
Michael Elliott. Time Magazine, 12 August 2002. Posted on the International Relations Program, Mount Holyoke College website.

Terrorism, the Future, and U.S. Foreign Policy
Rensselaer Lee and Raphael Perl. Issue Brief for Congress, Congressional Research Service, 6 August, 2002. Posted on the Federation for American Scientists website.

A New War Strategy?
Stephen Cohen. Intervention Magazine, August 2002.

The Wrong War
Grenville Byford. Foreign Affairs, July/August 2002.

International Contributions to the War Against Terrorism: Fact Sheet
Department of Defense, 7 June 2002.

War Profiteering--Cashing in on the Post-9/11 Defense Build-Up
Julian E. Barnes. U.S. News and World Report, 13 May 2002. Posted on the Defense and the National Interest website.

Phase II of the War on Terror: Is Bush Up to the Job?
Will Marshall. Blueprint Magazine, 29 July 2002. New Democrats Online.

Are We Safe Enough?
Blueprint Magazine, 29 July 2002. New Democrats Online.

Making the World More Dangerous
Marrack Goulding. The Observer, 28 July 2002. Posted on the Global Policy Forum website.

Werther Report: Is Preemption a Nuclear Schlieffen Plan?
Comment #453. Defense and the National Interest, 20 July 2002.

View Abroad: Bush's War on Terrorism is Floundering
David Plesch. Global Affairs Commentary, Foreign Policy in Focus, 18 July 2002.

A New Resource in the War Against Terrorism
Nikolas K. Gvosdev and Anthony A. Cipriano. History News Service, 9 July 2002. Posted on the Nixon Center website.

NATO and the War on Terrorism: A Changing Alliance
Philip H. Gordon. The Brookings Review, Summer 2002.

Security Assistance After September 11
Tamar Gabelnick. Foreign Policy in Focus, May 2002.

Possible Impacts of Major Counter Terrorism Security Actions on Research, Development, and Higher Education
Genevieve J. Knezo. CRS Report for Congress, 8 April 2002. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists website.

The War's Missing Front
Yasemin Congar. Foreign Service Journal, April 2002.

Defining and Achieving Decisive Victory
Colin S. Gray. Strategic Studies Institute, April 2002.

The Role of Propaganda in the "War Against Terrorism"
Philip M. Taylor. Institute of Communication Studies, Leeds University, 21 March 2002.

The War on Terrorism Phase II: Home and Abroad
Congressional Resource Package. RAND, March 2002.

Barbarism in the Shadows: the Forced Embrace of Unconventional Warfare by the US
Paul G. Buchanan. Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland, New Zealand, March 13, 2002.

The New Crusade: America's War on Terrorism
Rahul Mahajan. The Monthly Review, February 2002. Posted on the Find Articles website.

The War On Terrorism: Phase Two or Phase Ridiculous?
Phillip Hartman. Intervention, 12 February 2002.

US Funding for Homeland Defense and Combating Terrorism
Steven M. Kosiak. Center for Strategic & Budgetary Assessments, 24 January 2002.

Proposed: A More-Effective and Just Response to Terrorism
David Cortright. USA Today, January 2002. Posted on Findarticles website.

Leaders without Enemies
Giandomenico Picco. The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Winter 2002.

Bombing bin Laden: Assessing the Effectiveness of Air Strikes as a Counter-Terrorism Strategy
Michele L. Malvesti. Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, Winter 2002.

Intelligence and Law Enforcement: Countering Transnational Threats to the US
Richard A. Best Jr. Congressional Research Service, 3 December 2001.

Aiding America
Christopher Bennett. NATO Review, Winter 2001.

The Unending War
Robert B. Reich. The American Prospect, 17 December 2001.

Can the US War on Terrorism be Justified?
W. Pal S. Sidhu. Special Forum #41. Nautilus Institute, 21 November 2001.

Terrorism: Threat Assessment, Countermeasures, and Policy
U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, U.S. State Department, November 2001.

Is The U.S. Military Ready To Take On A Non-Conventional Terror Threat?
Elaine M. Grossman. Inside The Pentagon, 18 October 2001. Posted on Defense and the National Interest website.

The Counterterrorism Bureaucracy
Government Executive Magazine, 24 September 2001.

Terrorism and U.S. Policy
Jeffrey Richelson and Michael L. Evans, eds. National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 55, Vol. 1, 21 September 2001.

US Must Reappraise Weaponry
Joseph Cirincione. The Boston Globe, 18 September 2001. Posted on the Carnegie Endowment website.

A Counterterrorism Policy for Yesterday's Threat
Bruce Hoffman. Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2001. Posted on RAND website.

In the Name of National Security: U.S. Counterterrorist Measures, 1960-2000
Laura K. Donohue. Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, August 2001. BCSIA, JFK School of Government, Harvard.

Terrorism & Counterrorism: Archived Annual Reports
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, US Department of State. August 2001.

Combating Terrorism: In Search of a National Strategy
Bruce Hoffman. Testimony before House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations; House Committee on Government Reform, March 2001. Posted on the RAND Corp. Website.

Not With Impunity: Assessing US Policy for Retaliating to a Chemical or Biological Attack
Harry W. Conley. USAF Air University, February 2001.

A Regressive Crystallisation of Global State Power: Theorising a Response to the 'War Against Terrorism'
Martin Shaw. The Global Site, University of Sussex, 2001.

Toward a National Strategy for Combating Terrorism -- "Gilmore Panel"
Second Annual Report of the Advisory Panel to Investigate Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction. Santa Monica: RAND Corporation, December 2000.

US Government Spending to Combat Terrorism: Chart and Analysis
John Parachini. Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, July 2000.

Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response
Atlanta, GA: Center for Disease Control, 21 April 2000.

Beating International Terrorism: An Action Strategy for Preemption and Punishment
Stephen Sloan. Air University Press, April 2000.

Afghanistan site
Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) Homepage. March 2000.

Combating Terrorism:  Presidential Decision Directive 62
White House, 22 May 1998. Posted on the Air University website.

U.S. Policy on Counterterrorism -- Presidential Decision Directive 39
Washington, DC: The White House, 21 June 1995. Posted on the Federation of American Scientists Website.

Terrorism and U.S. Foreign Policy
Brookings Institution

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