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Global War on Terror
May 24, 2003
The Calculus Of Terror

The online edition of the Atlantic Monthly offers an interview with Bruce Hoffman, world-renowned terrorism expert, about the strategy behind suicide bombings. You can read it here.

How would you judge our responses to recent terrorist attacks? What should we learn for next time?

I think, firstly, that the most important metric is the prevention of another 9/11-type attack, not only in the United States, but anywhere. Obviously we've been doing well in that sense, because there hasn't been one, and that's a towering achievement. I think, though, that the sniper case in Washington was a very important warning bell, because of the way that society was so easily unsettled.

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