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Foreign Policy Essay

The Foreign Policy Essay: Ceci n’est pas une guerre

Jeremy Shapiro   Sun, Jan 18, 2015, 10:00 AM

Editor’s Note: The recent terrorist attacks in France prompted mass rallies and statements of support from around the world. In the United States, President Obama is convening the leaders of concerned states to discuss ways to fight global extremism. Yet a look at the last decade suggests that Europe’s terrorism problem may be more manageable than the rhetoric surrounding the latest attack suggests.

Foreign Policy Essay

The Foreign Policy Essay: Your Enemy Has a Name—How the “Al Qaeda” Label is Leading U.S Policy Astray

Jeremy Shapiro   Sun, Jul 13, 2014, 10:00 AM

Editor's Note: The United States has been at war since 9/11, but the nature of the enemy remains unclear. Some would say the war is against terrorists of all stripes, while others focus more narrowly on Al Qaeda, the group that perpetrated the 9/11 attacks. Yet even this narrow focus masks definitional confusion, for the name “Al Qaeda” is used to describe not only the band of followers who surround Ayman al-Zawahiri, but also a range of like-minded groups and individuals around the world.  Jeremy Shapiro, my colleague at Brookings who previously worked at the U.S.