CIAO DATE: 10/2008
August 2006
The publication features an executive summary of the Aspen Strategy Group 2005 workshop participants' recommendations and contains commissioned papers from Middle East and terrorism experts, such as President of the Council on Foreign Relations Richard Haass, former Director of the CIA R. James Woolsey, Daniel Benjamin, author of The Age of Sacred Terror, and several others. These papers cover various aspects of the jihadist threat, including the use of new technologies - such as the Internet - as weapons and recruitment tools for terrorists; a potential Sunni/Shia break in the Middle East as a result of the war in Iraq; the spread of Islamist fundamentalism around the world; and the political and military strategies available to the United States and its allies in this ongoing struggle.
Resource link: Mapping the Jihadist Threat: The War on Terror Since 9/11 [PDF] - 2.8M