Special Editor: Richard A. Clarke

A Volume of The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science
Volume 618, July, 2008

Section One: Al Qaeda’s Incarnations

Al Qaeda, the Organization: A Five-Year Forecast
Peter Bergen

Pakistan and Terror: The Eye of the Storm
Bruce Riedel

Using the Mistakes of al Qaeda’s Franchises to Undermine Its Strategies
Brian Fishman

Iraq’s Long-Term Impact on Jihadist Terrorism
Daniel L. Byman and Kenneth M. Pollack

Briefing for the New President: The Terrorist Threat in Indonesia and Southeast Asia
Sidney Jones

Section Two: Motivations

From Profiles to Pathways and Roots to Routes: Perspectives from Psychology on Radicalization into Terrorism
John Horgan

" Homegrown" Terrorists: Theory and Cases in the War on Terror’s Newest Front
Evan F. Kohlmann

Section Three: Specific U.S. Policies and Programs

Countering Terrorist Finance: A Work, Mostly in Progress
Jonathan M. Winer

The Incisive Fight: Recommendations for Improving Counterterrorism Intelligence
Eric Rosenbach

Restoring Moral Authority: Ending Torture, Secret Detention, and the Prison at Guantanamo Bay
Tom Malinowski

Mutually Assured Support: A Security Doctrine for Terrorist Nuclear Weapon Threats
Baruch Fischhoff, Scott Atran, and Marc Sageman

The Conundrum of Iran: Strengthening Moderates without Acquiescing to Belligerence
John Brennan

Section Four: Overall U.S. Strategy

A Counterradicalization Strategy for a New U.S. Administration
Karin von Hippel

The Resurgent and Persistent Threat of al Qaeda
Reid Sawyer and Michael Foster

To Win the " War on Terror," We Must First Win the " War of Ideas" : Here’s How
Hady Amr and P. W. Singer

A Strategy for Fighting International Islamist Terrorists
Marc Sageman

Defeating the Attempted Global Jihadist Insurgency: Forty Steps for the Next President to Pursue against al Qaeda, Like-Minded Groups, Unhelpful State Actors, and Radicalized Sympathizers
Peter Bergen and Laurence Footer

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