Press Release
Washington, D.C. 5 December 2008
Report
4 December 2008
A new report from the bi-partisan Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism finds that not enough has been done, and without strong US action, a terrorist attack using WMD is “more likely than not” to occur within the next five years. The report points to Pakistan, with its possession of nuclear weapons, political instability, and the presence of Al Qaeda and other international terrorist groups, as a possible “unwitting source of a terrorist attack in the United States.”
Report
2 December 2008
The tragic terrorist attacks in Mumbai India – the cosmopolitan hub of an ethnically diverse liberal democracy – are a challenge to us all. The terrorists who carried out the attack exploited the openness made available by a democratic society to kill and injury hundreds of innocent people.
Report
21 November 2008
Today the National Intelligence Council (NIC) released a new report outlining the global strategic trends of the next twenty years. The report describes a number of disturbing trends, which could greatly increase the complexity of the international system. However, none of these outcomes are foregone conclusions.
Report
1 August 2008
In troubling news, U.S. intelligence officials have presented evidence
to the Pakistani government linking their intelligence service, the
Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), to the July bombing of the Indian
embassy in Kabul Afghanistan.
Report
28 July 2008
This weekend saw a spate of violence, with terrorist attacks in Iraq, Turkey and India. These attacks remind us of the terrible appeal of nationalism and extremism.
