Hostility, the nature of the enemy in the 21st century: a European vision
I would like to begin by thanking you for this invitation. When two countries, two continents, each possess part of the means for resolving a problem – in this case to diminish as much as possible the prevailing chaos, find solutions to the disorders of our...The menace: who? where? why? how? (2004)
The objective menace: that which stems from world chaosUntil yesterday the enemy was known, stable and familiar. Today the enemy is evasive, strange and incomprehensible – but just as dangerous, if not more so. During the Cold War, all threats at a strategic...“al Qaeda” : a different diagnosis
In “Studies in Conflict & Terrorism”, Volume 6, N°6, November-December 2003 When doubt and confusion reign, when things are – or look – complicated, one should revert to fundamental questions. What is “al Qaeda” ? is the...Anatomy of the mind of the islamic militant, and western perceptions (2003)
Since sept. 2001, no preeminent leader in what the US press names “al-Qaeda” has been caught. To the best knowledge of the most senior official terrorism experts in Washington, Osama Ben Laden himself is alive, and free. Why this failure? This is the...What is “al Qaeda” ? A friendly criticism of the “American approach” (2003)
When SARS erupted in China, spread in Hong Kong then elsewhere in the world, the first move of the concerned authorities (WHO, etc.) was to define this new and atypic disease, that is, find the exact virus causing it. In less than an month, this virus had been...Autres sites
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