TERRORISM In Focus:

In Focus Policy Briefs

The Unintended Consequences of Crisis Public Diplomacy: American Public Diplomacy in the Arab World
R.S. Zaharna, American University (June 2003)

Post-9/11 Economic Windfalls for Arms Manufacturers
Michelle Ciarrocca (September 2002)

Security Assistance After September 11
Tamar Gabelnick (May 2002)

No Room for Mistakes: Rethinking Nuclear Technology
Lloyd J. Dumas (October 2001)

International Terrorism
Stephen Zunes (revised September 2001)

Conference

Weapons of Mass Destruction:
Cold War Legacies in the Post-9.11 World

November 26 and 27, 2001

Special Reports

Alienation and Militancy in the Niger Delta: A Response to CSIS on Petroleum, Politics, and Democracy in Nigeria
Oronto Douglas, Von Kemedi, Ike Okonta, and Michael Watts (July 2003)

Afghanistan: Between War and Reconstruction
Where Do We Go From Here?

Mark Sedra (March 2003)

American Public Diplomacy in the Arab and Muslim World: A Strategic Communication Analysis
R.S. Zaharna (November 2001)

The Bush Administration & the Israeli-Palestinian Stalemate
Stephen Zunes (October 2001)

Self-Determination Conflict Watch

Regional Conflict Profile: Uzbekistan
Jim Lobe (October 2001)

Regional Conflict Profile: Afghanistan
Jim Lobe & Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Regional Conflict Profile: Chechnya
Robert Cutler (September 2001)

Regional Conflict Profile: Moros in the Philippines
John Gershman (June 2001)

Global Affairs Commentary

War Effort Impedes Security at Home
Joe Moore (July 16, 2003)

The New Age of Disarmament Wars
Ian Williams (February 20, 2003)

The U.S. and the UN: Risking Relevance
Muqtedar Khan (February 13, 2003)

Osama Bin Laden's Message to the Arab and Muslim World:
"I am not the enemy. America is."

R.S. Zaharna (February 12, 2003)

In Afghanistan, Paying for War is Easier than Paying for Peace
Frida Berrigan (November 25, 2002)

The Troubles Are Back
Conn Hallinan (November 19, 2002)

The World Turns Right
Muqtedar Khan (November 19, 2002)

North Korea is Asking for Too Much in the Nuclear Crisis--Or is It?
Anthony DiFilippo (November 14, 2002)

Losing Focus
Michael Klare (October 2, 2002)

Afghanistan Quagmire
Jim Lobe (September 6, 2002)

Powell's Predicament
John Gershman (July 26, 2002)

View Abroad: Bush's War on Terrorism Is Floundering
Dan Plesch (July 18, 2002)

Too Much is Never Enough: Bush’s Military Spending Spree
Michelle Ciarrocca (May 10, 2002)

Washington Is Ignoring Human Rights Abuses: The Indonesia Case
Frida Berrigan (May 7, 2002)

The War on Dissent Widens
Jim Lobe (March 15, 2002)

Post 9-11: Optimism of the Will
John Gershman (February 7, 2002)

Extending the War on Terrorism to Colombia: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come
Adam Isacson (February 4, 2002)

Challenges for Peace Movement in Time of War
Stephen Zunes (February 4, 2002)

Somalia At Crossroads of American Foreign Policy
Ken Menkhaus (January 28, 2002)

U.S. Takes Antiterrorism War to the Philippines
John Gershman (January 15, 2002)

Somalia as a Military Target
Stephen Zunes (January 11, 2002)

A New Marshall Plan for 2002:
Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism

Dick Bell & Michael Renner (January 7, 2002)

"Warlordism" and the War on Terrorism
Ken Menkhaus (December 26, 2001)

Yemen, the United States, and Al-Qaida
By Stephen Zunes (December 19, 2001)

Israel's True Intentions in Removing Arafat
R.S. Zaharna (December 4, 2001)

The UN and the United States in Afghanistan
Ian Williams (November 30, 2001)

Hawks Take Aim at Iraq
Jim Lobe (November 30, 2001)

Frankenstein's Lament in Kuwait
Mary Ann Tétreault (November 29, 2001)

America's "Talibanization"?
Mushahid Hussain (November 29, 2001)

No One is Asking Ordinary Afghans What They Want
Sayed Aqa and Deonna Kelli Sayed (November 21, 2001)

U.S. Intervention in Afghanistan: Implications for Central Asia
Robert M. Cutler (November 21, 2001)

Treaties in the Time of Anthrax: The United States Should Strengthen the Ban on Bio-Weapons
Barbara Hatch Rosenberg (November 20, 2001)

The War in Afghanistan is Far From Over
Stephen Zunes (November 16, 2001)

The Natural Ally and the Tactical Ally
Ninan Koshy (November 16, 2001)

Closer Military Ties May Mean Deepening War in the Philippines
John Gershman (November 16, 2001)

Don't Short-Change Nuclear Safety: Tightening Security Around Nuclear Storage Facilities Should Be an Urgent National Priority
Robert Alvarez (November 6, 2001)

Operation Enduring Freedom?
Ritu Sharma and Robert Gustafson (November 1, 2001)

Walk Softly and Look Ahead in Nuclear South Asia
Zia Mian (October 31, 2001)

Islamic Militancy in Central Asia: What Is To Be Done?
Robert M. Cutler (October 19, 2001)

Two Faces of the West: Can Western Muslims Advance a Balanced View of the West?
Muqtedar Khan (October 15, 2001)

The Anti-Terrorist Coalition: A "New World Order" Redux?
Robert M. Cutler (October 15, 2001)

Open-Ended War
Michael Klare (October 9, 2001)

Bombing Will Not Make U.S. More Secure
Stephen Zunes (October 8, 2001)

Cozying up to Karimov?
Robert M. Cutler (October 4, 2001)

How the War Against Terrorism Could Escalate
Michael T. Klare (September 27, 2001)

What Bin Laden and Global Warming Have in Common
Robert M. Cutler (September 27, 2001)

Bin Laden and Mandela: Yesterday's Freedom Fighters, Today's Terrorist?
William G. Martin (September 27, 2001)

Thought Not Vengeance
Stephen Zunes (September 12, 2001)

International Crime, Not War
Tom Barry and Martha Honey (September 12, 2001)

U.S. Under Attack: Implications for Muslims Everywhere
Muqtedar Khan (September 2001)

Asking "Why"
Michael Klare (September 2001)

Shelve Plan for Missile Defense
Michael Klare (September 2001)

Don't Bomb Afghanistan
Stephen Zunes (September 2001)

Fighting Terrorism, Undermining Democracy in Indonesia
John Gershman (September 2001)

Humanitarian Crisis in Afghanistan
Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Central Asia: On the Periphery of New Global War
Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Foreign Policy Shift: The Terrible Trade-Offs
Jim Lobe and Abid Aslam (September 2001)

Pakistan's Day of Reckoning
Najum Mushtaq (September 2001)

Bush Administration Divided, Risks Blowback Again
John Gershman (September 2001)

Outside the U.S. Commentary

Close Call in Kenya
Gamal Nkrumah (December 6, 2002)

Lessons from Mombasa: Al Qaeda's Long-term Strategy
Paul Rogers (December 6, 2002)

Afghanistan: Donor Inaction and Ineffectiveness
Mark Sedra (October 14, 2002)

Random Realism
Axel Gelfert (July 15, 2002)

Dirty Bomb Investigation Targets Central Asia and The Caucasus
Mark Berniker (July 1, 2002)

Fighting Terrorism, Undermining Democracy in Pakistan
Najum Mushtaq (January 13, 2002)

Another One Bites the Dust
Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan (December 15, 2001)

Are Palestinians Human?
Sam and Leila Bahour (Dec. 2001)

It's the Occupation
Sam Bahour and Michael Dahan (Dec. 2001)

America's "Talibanization"?
Mushahid Hussain (November 29, 2001)

No One is Asking Ordinary Afghans What They Want
Sayed Aqa and Deonna Kelli Sayed (November 21, 2001)

The Natural Ally and the Tactical Ally
Ninan Koshy (November 16, 2001)

Latinoamérica y el huracán de la venganza
Leo Gabriel (Oct. 2001)

Geopolítica de la venganza
César Benjamín (Oct. 2001)