In an interview on Fox News, EWI Senior Fellow Hekmat Karzai says that despite technical problems, Afghanistan’s elections were “a success for the Afghan people.”
Karzai further suggests that military means alone cannot bring peace to Afghanistan, and that the political process must also engage the Taliban.
EWI vice president Pal Sidhu appeared on Iran’s Press TV discussing security challenges the U.S. faces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Among other topics, Sidhu discusses the eradication of poppy fields in Afghanistan, instability in Pakistan, and the prospects for regional approaches to ensure the stability of Southwest Asia.
Greg Austin suggested on Euronews, Europe’s leading international news channel, that NATO must invest in a “civilian surge” in Afghanistan, similar to the strategy under consideration in the U.S.
EWI's David Kilcullen, an influential military adviser to Western governments, on the possibility of negotiating with the Taliban.
An Australian counter-insurgency specialist who was a technical adviser to Washington on Iraq in 2005-08, Kilcullen was speaking on Wednesday on the sidelines of a conference hosted by the EastWest Institute security thinktank.
Raphael Perl, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's terrorism unit, said Wednesday that diplomatic efforts are key to countering extremism.
OSCE Action against Terrorism Unit chief, addressed the East-West Institute's Worldwide Security Conference Wednesday and said that diplomacy and strengthening international cooperation are critical to countering global terrorism, the OSCE reported.
EWI's discussion on the Israeli conflict in Gaza with Mahmoud Labadi and Dror Ze'evi was translated by the Chinese magazine Caijing.
EWI's 5th Worldwide Security Conference recieved wide coverage in American and International press. Here is a list of that coverage:
About.com
http://terrorism.about.com/od/issuestrends/a/GlobalSecurity.htm
Global Consensus on Security is a Challenging Problem. Amy Zalman. February 22, 2008
Blairwatch
http://www.blairwatch.co.uk/node/1984
Day 1- 5th Worldwide Security Conference. Andrew Carling. February 20th, 2008
Blairwatch
http://www.blairwatch.co.uk/node/1985
Day 2 Preview- 5th Worldwide Security Conference. Andrew Carling. February 20th, 2008
Demos
http://www.demos.co.uk/blog/5thworldwisesecurityconference#11290
5th Worldwide Security Conference. Demos blog. Jamie Bartlett. February 20th, 2008
Financial Times, Asia Edition
no weblink
Global Security Conference. World Diary. Asia Edition. February 18th, 2008
COUNTER-TERRORISM
Asiawind.com
http://www.asiawind.com/forums/read.php?f=11&i=58255&t=57915&v=f
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
(The) Boston Globe, U.S.
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
CCTV Sports, China
http://sports.cctv.com/special/C20344/20080223/101489.shtml
China will seriously guard against Eastern Turkestan terrorists sabotaging Olympics, Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary was top assassination target. February 23, 2008
China.com.cn, China
http://news.china.com.cn/chinanet/07news/china.cgi?docid=12027013165845562139,14445815615365376123,0&server=192.168.3.137&port=5757China will seriously guard against Eastern Turkestan terrorists sabotaging Olympics, (Xinjiang Communist Party Secretary) Wang Quanyu was top assassination target. February 23, 2008
Chinese Police website, China
http://www.police.com.cn/Article/xinwen/jczx/200802/12372.html
China's Olympics Security will seriously guard against sabotage by Eastern Turkestan terrorists. February 26, 2008
Fox Sports, U.S.
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,23244959-23210,00.html?from=public_rss
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
(The) Guardian, UK
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/breakingnews/feedstory/0,,-7321157,00.html
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
Hong Kong Commercial Daily, HK
http://www.hkcd.com.hk/20080221/ca2887941.htm
Beijing: Striving to eradicate terrorist power before August. February 21, 2008
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=52701
Jihad Debated. Islam Online. February 21, 2008
Journal of Turkish Weekly, Turkey
http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=52578
Turkish Deputy PM: 'Europe is not Sincere in Combating Terrorism'. Sevgi Gulsam. February 19, 2008
Ming Pao, North American Edition
no weblink
Beijing: Striving to eradicate terrorist power before August. February 21, 2008
Netscape News
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
(The) New Anatolian, Turkey
http://www.thenewanatolian.com/tna-31319.html
Turkey's Cicek tells security conference: No one is immune to terrorism. February 20, 2008
Qingdao News, China
http://news.qingdaonews.com/content/2008-02/23/content_7814916.htm
Chinese official: Xinjiang separatists planning attacks on Beijing Olympics. February 23, 2008
Radio Free Asia
http://www.rfa.org/cantonese/xinwen/2008/02/22/china_xinjiang/
Chinese official points out that Xinjiang separatist organizations are planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics. February 22, 2008
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL1990225020080219?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Mark Trevelyan and Ingrid Melander. February 19, 2008
Reuters, China
http://cn.reuters.com/article/cnOlyPrep/idCNChina-637520080219
Chinese official: Xinjiang separatists planning attacks on Beijing Olympics. February 20, 2008
Sina.com
http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4cd80b7201008o8m.html
China stresses that Xinjiang separatists are planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics. Februray 23, 2008
(The) Standard, Hong Kong
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=10&art_id=61887&sid=17689002&con_type=1
Separatists plotting terrorist attacks on Olympic Games, claim officials. Reuters. February 21, 2008
TNN, Turkey
Http://haber.tnn.net/haber_detay.asp?ID=1958954&cat=ENG
Cicek makes opening remarks of 5th worldwide security conference. A.A. February 19, 2008
Today’s Zaman, Turkey
http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=134460
PKK mouthpiece Roj TV in panic after heavy tax fine from Belgium. February 20, 2008
(The) U.S. Daily
http://www.theusdaily.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=310475&type=World
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
(The) West Australian Newspaper
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=18&ContentID=59403
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. 20th February, 2008.
World Uyghur Congress
http://www.uyghurcongress.org/cn/news.asp?ItemID=-597781657
Chinese official points out that Xinjiang separatists are planning attacks on the Beijing Olympics. February 20, 2008
Yahoo Canada News
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/reuters/080219/world/international_olympics_beijing_security_dc_1
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080219/wl_nm/olympics_beijing_security_dc
Separatists plot Olympic attacks: Chinese official. Reuters. February 19, 2008
VIOLENT EXTREMISM
Breibart.com
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=upiUPI-20080218-161213-3086&show_article=1
Analysis: Terrorist use of the Internet. By Shaun Waterman (UPI). February 20, 2008.
Javno.com, Croatia
http://www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=125281
What Is Jihad? Language Still Hinders Terror Fight. Reuters. February 20, 2008
Jawa Report
http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/191324.php
Conceding Cyberspace to the Terrorists. WaTimes. February 19th, 2008
Middle East Online
http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24491
What is Jihad? Language still hinders terror fight
Middle East Times
http://www.metimes.com/Security/2008/02/18/analysis_terrorist_use_of_the_internet/c760/
Analysis: Terrorist use of the Internet. By Shaun Waterman (UPI Homeland and National Security Editor). Published: February 18, 2008
Mirror. co.uk, UK
What Is Jihad? Language Still Hinders Terror Fight. Reuters. February 20, 2008
News 24.com, South Africa
http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2274170,00.html
Jihad term sparks debate. Reuters. February 20, 2008
Reuters
http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2008/02/21/is-it-time-to-scrap-the-term-jihadist/
Is it time to scrap the term “jihadist”? Tom Heneghan. February 21st, 2008
Reuters, India
http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-32056520080220
What Is Jihad? Language Still Hinders Terror Fight. Mark Trevelyan. February 20, 2008
Reuters, UK
http://uk.reuters.com/article/reutersEdge/idUKADD04245020080220?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0
What Is Jihad? Language Still Hinders Terror Fight. Mark Trevelyan. February 20, 2008
UPI
Analysis: Terrorist use of the Internet. Shaun Waterman. February 18, 2008
Washington Times, U.S.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080219/NATION/812216385/1002
Censoring Islamists on the Web called ‘mistake’. By Shaun Waterman (UPI). February 19, 2008.
ENERGY SECURITY
Budapest Business Journal, Hungary
Shell CEO says cheap renewable energy still far off. Reuters. February 22, 2008
EasyBourse.com
Shell CEO: Expects New Iraq Oil Law Before End Of 2008. Dow Jones Newswires. Alessandro Torello and Adam Cohen. February 21st, 2008
Globe and Mail, Canada
Cheap, renewable energy years away: Shell. Reuters. February 21, 2008
Planet Ark
http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/47092/story.htm
Shell says cheap renewable energy still far off. Reuters. February 22, 2008
Resource Investor
http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40667
Shell paints dire picture of energy market - peak oil is near. Jon Jones. February 21, 2008
Reuters
Shell says Cheap renewable energy still far off. Mark Trevelyan. February 21, 2008
Reuters
Update 1- Shell says Iraq Oil law proceeding slowly. Reuters. February 21, 2008
Stuff.co.nz, New Zealand
http://www.stuff.co.nz/AAMB6/aamsz=275x15_TEXTLINK/4411049a6026.html
Cheap renewable energy still far off- Shell. Reuters. February 21, 2008
Yahoo News
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080221/wl_canada_nm/canada_shell_demands_col
Shell says cheap renewable energy still far off. Reuters. February 21, 2008
Al-Qaeda has "regenerated key elements of its Homeland attack capability" using a new haven in the lawless frontier area of northwest Pakistan known as Waziristan, according to the National Intelligence Estimate released July 17
The question is: What is the United States going to do about it?
For those who might have forgotten in the six years since Sept. 11, 2001, what a reconstituted al-Qaeda could do, the intelligence analysts explained that the terrorist group has "the goal of producing mass casualties, visually dramatic destruction, significant economic aftershocks and/or fear among the U.S. population." The analysts noted that al-Qaeda continues to seek biological, radiological and nuclear weapons "and would not hesitate to use them."
