Terrorism: Online Feature
The events of September 11, 2001 ushered in a new era of uncertainty in America. Air travel now lacks any pretence to efficiency or nonchalance; newspapers dwell on Al Qaeda and the threat of mass destruction; and we're at war…a war against terrorism that promises to be as arduous and complex as it is ambitious.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
For historical background on terrorism, the Middle East and Afghanistan, choose a speaker from our archive.
Arab League Commissioner of Information
Peace Making in the Middle East [11-05-01]
Transcript | Audio
Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S.
Pakistan in the New Century [02-27-01]
Transcript
Chair, The Feminist Majority's Campaign to Stop Gender Apartheid
Buried Alive: The Women of Afghanistan [04-04-99]
Transcript | Audio
Author, Jihad vs. McWorld
Can Democracy Survive McWorld? [01-30-96]
Audio
Senior Managing Director, Kroll Associates
Trends in Terrorism, Crime and Violence [11-07-96]
Transcript | Audio
Author, The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance
The Coming Plague [02-14-95]
Transcript
Senior Managing Director, Kroll Associates
Crime and Violence after the Cold War [08-20-93]
Transcript | Audio
Director General of Labor for Afghanistan
Afghanistan--Key Country of the Middle East [01-25-52]
Audio
First Prime Minister of Pakistan
Pakistan and the Western World [05-16-50]
Audio
POST-9/11 COMMUNITY FORUMS
Immediately following September 11, The Commonwealth Club hosted a series of community forums to encourage public dialogue during a time of national crisis and anxiety.
Future Security Threats & Capabilities Forum [10-29-01]
Intelligence Gathering Forum [10-15-01]
Community Safety and Security Forum [9-28-01]
Community Terrorism Forum [9-17-01]
RELATED LINKS
Bay Area Public Radio Station KQED Coverage
For continuing programming on the domestic and international consequences of 9/11, including an archive of news programs.
Monterey Institute Center for Nonproliferation Studies
A clearinghouse of "information and analysis to combat the spread of weapons of mass destruction."
Global Security Institute
Another organization interested in protecting global security, this one founded by the late Senator Alan Cranston.
Americans and the World
Offers comprehensive public opinion analysis of issues of international concern.
National Security Archive
For online readers on Terrorism, Intelligence and the Next War.
OnlineNewspapers.com
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