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1 online resource (8 pages) |
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The struggle against Islamist extremism has been dubbed the "Long War" by America's military leadership, but there is no agreed-upon model to forecast the development of this conflict. The challenge of assessing the Long War is exacerbated by the differences between the adversaries: the United States and its allies form the core of the international system, while the Salafist jihadists at the extreme of radical Islam comprise an irregular transnational movement that has adaptively spread throughout the world from its Middle East base. Comparing the structure, goals, strategy, and tactics of these fundamentally asymmetric forces is a chore to which our analytic tools developed during the Cold War do not lend themselves. This National Security Outlook examines whether the "net assessment" concept might serve as an appropriate framework for understanding the Long War and predicting its likely development |
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"July/August 2007." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 6-8) |
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Title from title screen (viewed October 3, 2007) |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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Terrorism -- Horn of Africa
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War on Terrorism, 2001-2009.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Islamic fundamentalism.
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Terrorism.
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Africa -- Horn of Africa.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Griffin, Christopher
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American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
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