Global Terrorism After the Iraq War
Current Issues Briefing
President Bush meets with Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge in the Oval Office. White House Photo
Date and Time
Thursday, June 26, 2003
9:30 AM–11:30 AM
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
Since 9/11 the consensus priority of American national security
policy has been to forestall further terrorist attacks on the United States and to
disable terrorists with global reach. In fact, one of the purposes stated
by the Bush administration for the Iraq war was to reduce the terrorist
threat. To examine the challenges facing the United States in combating
global terrorism in the wake of the Iraq war, the Institute hosted a
Current Issues Briefing on June 26 featuring a panel of experts on U.S.
national security and global terrorism. One of an ongoing series of meetings
on changes in the world scene since the Iraq war, the briefing explored
such issues as:
- The development of terrorism directed against the U.S. since the 1960s.
- Shifts in the terrorist threat in the wake of the Iraq war.
- Implications of the Iraq war for the overall war on terrorism.
Moderated by Paul Stares, director of the Institute's Research and Studies Program, the presentations were followed by questions from the audience.
Speakers
- Daniel Benjamin
Center for Strategic and International Studies and former Institute Senior Fellow (1999-2000)
- Daniel Byman
Georgetown University
- Martha Crenshaw
Wesleyan University and former Institute Grantee (1995)
- Paul Stares, Moderator
Director, Research and Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
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