Thursday, December 13, 2012

There has never been an religiously motivated suicide bombiing

At least there is no record of one and the record is excellent.  Check out the Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism.  http://cpost.uchicago.edu

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Soft-Power Power - Interview by Susan Glasser | Foreign Policy

"In the present-day world, military power will be less and less usable in a way that these other abilities -- the capacity to negotiate based on sound economic policies, based on a society that is more just than it used to be and will be more just tomorrow than it is today -- all these are things that help. I don't think there are many countries that can boast that they have 10 neighbors and haven't had a war in the last 140 years."Celso Amorim, Foreign Minister of Brazil.

The Soft-Power Power - Interview by Susan Glasser | Foreign Policy

Foreign Occupation Leads to More Terror

Foreign Occupation Leads to More Terror

Study: U.S. at 'Low' Risk of Terror Attack - US News and World Report


"North America is the least-likely region to be involved in a terrorist attack, though this is not the general impression among many of its residents," says Steve Killelea with the Institute for Economics and Peace, which published the study using statistics and analysis from the University of Maryland's National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism .
"The fatality rate in the U.S. is 19 times lower than Western Europe," he tells the Times. "Still, the level of terrorism elsewhere is too high. We're hoping the index can prompt a practical debate about the future of terrorism and some appropriate policy responses."


Study: U.S. at 'Low' Risk of Terror Attack - US News and World Report