ForeignPolicyAfter911

Where. oh where, is Osama?

Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid, one of the most knowledgeable observers of the Taliban and the politics of the Afghan/Pakistan region, has some important clues about the whereabouts of Osama in today's Washington Post.  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/24/AR2006022401639.html For Ahmed Rashid's qualifications for clarifying whether Osama is, in the words of Secretary Rice, "on the run," see my interview with Ahmed Rashid.  http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people2/Rashid/rashid-con0.html

Big Bang Project

Here is the url for the Cal Monthly article mentioned by Harold Smith in last night's presentation http://www.alumni.berkeley.edu/Alumni/Cal_Monthly/September_2005/COVER_STORY-_Berkeleys_Big_Bang_Project_.asp

Foreign Policy Narrative

Daniel Benjamin who is speaking to our class on February 6th has an op ed piece in today's New York Times.  Here is the link http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/25/opinion/25benjamin.html?_r=1 Remember that Neil Smelser concluded that terrorism will be a long term issue.  He used the metaphor of chipping away at a rock.  Benjamin is suggesting that another key element in our climb up this difficult mountain is to have a narrative, one that resonates not only with American audiences but also with audiences in the Muslim world.