via Obama’s Plans For Pulling Out Of Afghanistan vs. What Really Happened | FiveThirtyEight.
Obama’s Plans For Pulling Out Of Afghanistan vs. What Really Happened
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: Afghanistan, war against terror
There Is No Global Jihadist ‘Movement’ — Atlantic Mobile
13 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Some nice charts about how ISIS is more a rabble that happens to survive because of the lack of unity among its many enemies which include the Iraqi government government and its army that runaway.
Widespread concerns about extremism in Muslim nations, and little support for it | Pew Research Center
08 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
the number of terrorist incidents driven by religion has increased dramatically since 2000
07 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: war against terror
HT: wonkblog
Foreign fighters in Syria and Iraq
03 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
Be Afraid. Be A Little Afraid: The Threat of Terrorism from Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq | Brookings Institution
14 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, managerial economics, occupational regulation, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: Jihadists, war against terror
Complex Model of Foreign Fighter Radicalization
via The Threat of Terrorism from Western Foreign Fighters in Syria and Iraq | Brookings Institution.
Thomas C. Schelling on why international terrorism is so rare
09 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, defence economics, economics of crime, industrial organisation, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA, Thomas Schelling, war and peace Tags: terrorism, Thomas Schelling, war against terror
Judge Richard Posner on judging civil liberties challenges to national security laws
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Ex-CIA Directors: Interrogations Saved Lives – WSJ
11 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, war and peace Tags: interrogation techniques, war against terror
The program was invaluable in three critical ways:
• It led to the capture of senior al Qaeda operatives, thereby removing them from the battlefield.
• It led to the disruption of terrorist plots and prevented mass casualty attacks, saving American and Allied lives.
• It added enormously to what we knew about al Qaeda as an organization and therefore informed our approaches on how best to attack, thwart and degrade it.
Former Head Of CIA ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Program Defends Its Use | Business Insider
10 Dec 2014 1 Comment
in laws of war, war and peace Tags: terrorism, war against terror
Writing in The Washington Post, Rodriguez justified the enhanced interrogation techniques used by the CIA through three points:
1) The program was built against the backdrop of the September 11 terrorist attacks and other security threats;
2) The program effectively produced actionable intelligence that saved American lives;
3) The program was judged legal by the Justice Department.
via Former Head Of CIA ‘Enhanced Interrogation’ Program Defends Its Use | Business Insider.
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