“The war on terrorism has made national security a legitimate concern, and a rising deficit, changes brought on by globalization and even the price of oil have thrown the nation's economic health into question.” MadeWarNationsEconomicSecurityConcernTerrorismOilRisingThrownNational SecurityGlobalizationDeficitWar On TerrorWar On Terrorism Author:Roger Mahony
“So I've gone in and out of the UN, working on counter-terrorism, on UN reform, on peacekeeping, peace and security issues, many things through the years but always with a strong interest in humanitarian issues, and human rights issues as well.” YearsHumansWellsStrongInterestGoneIssuesRightsSecurityHuman RightsTerrorismHumanitarianReformThrough The YearsPeacekeepingPeace And SecurityCounter Terrorism Author:Edward Luck
“If you're Chris Christie, who is governor of New Jersey, a state that obviously was impacted by 9/11, this gives you an opportunity to talk about how, as governor, you had to deal with terrorism and security issues.” IfsGivingStatesOpportunityDealsIssuesSecurityTerrorismGovernorsJerseyNew JerseyChristie Author:Amy Walter
“I have in the past declared that in order to achieve a real, just and durable peace, I would be willing to make painful compromises. But we cannot make any compromise on the security of our citizens and their right to live without the threat of terrorism and violence.” RealWould BePastOrderViolenceAchieveSecurityWillingCitizensThreatPainfulTerrorismCompromise Author:Ariel Sharon
“Just as the Security Council was largely irrelevant to the great struggle of the last half of the twentieth century - freedom against Communism - so too it is largely on the sidelines in our contemporary struggles against international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.” LastsHalfStruggleCenturySecurityWeaponsMassDestructionInternationalTerrorismContemporaryCommunismIrrelevantCouncilTwentieth CenturyWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionProliferationSidelinesSecurity CouncilInternational Terrorism Author:John Bolton
“Simply put, international terrorism made international cooperation mandatory rather than elective. Collective security has become the only real security against the hydra-headed monster of international terror.” MadeRealSecurityInternationalTerrorTerrorismMonstersCollectivesCooperationInternational TerrorismInternational CooperationHydraCollective Security Author:John Ashcroft
“In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.” IfsWantStillsShowsGovernmentNamesSidesCompanyLibertyStruggleDemocracyOur LivesSecurityJudgingBalanceCitizensAngelSafetyDetailsTerrorismIntimatePrivacyMassiveThreatenedTransparencyCounter Terrorism Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“Working together, America's military, Iraqi security forces and the Iraqi people have won a major battle in the war on terrorism.” PeopleWarTogetherAmericaForceSecurityMilitaryBattleMajorsTerrorismWorking TogetherWar On TerrorWar On TerrorismSecurity Forces Author:Paul Ryan
“I opposed the war in Iraq because I did not believe it was in our national security interest, and I still don't. What we [America] did was akin to taking a baseball bat to a beehive. Our primary security threat right now is terrorism - and by doing what we did in Iraq, we've managed to alienate a good part of the world and most of the allies whose intelligence and other help we need to combat and defeat terrorism.” WorldNeedsBelieveStillsWarHelpingAmericaInterestSecurityRight NowBaseballThreatDefeatIraqTerrorismPrimariesCombatAlliesBatsNational SecurityBeehives Author:Jerry Springer
“Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.” PeopleSecurityThreatProsperityTerrorismSignificantPeace And Security Author:Ban Ki-moon
“I believe that work can be done on security; in combating terrorism in Mexico we have done our part in this area. But at the same time, the world must continue working.” WorldBelieveDoneI BelieveSecurityAreasTerrorismMexico Author:Vicente Fox
“We will kill bin Laden. We will crush al Qaeda. That has to be our biggest national security priority.” SecurityTerrorismPrioritiesCrushAlsNational SecurityBin LadenAl Qaeda Author:Barack Obama
“Now, here's a good question: should serious people focus on global political instability - terrorism, failing states, nuclear weapons - or should we focus on global climate instability - droughts, floods, extreme weather? Here's the correct answer: yes, both, because climate disruption will make every other national security problem worse.” PeopleShouldStatesProblemRealityPoliticalPoliticsNatureCommunityLeadershipJusticeAnswersDemocracyFocusFailingSecurityPolicySeriousWeaponsEthicsStrategyClimateHuman RightsExtremesTerrorismNuclearWeatherIdeologyForeign PolicyNuclear WeaponsFloodNational SecurityDiplomacyDisruptionDroughtInstabilityGood QuestionsExtreme WeatherPolitical Instability Author:Van Jones
“Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services. In the United States, every single terrorist incident we have had has been a false flag, or has been an informant pushed on by the FBI. In fact, we now have citizens taking out restraining orders against FBI informants that are trying to incite terrorism. We've become a lunatic asylum.” TryingHas BeensStatesFactsOrderUnitedUnited StatesSecurityCitizensTerrorismTerroristFlagsIncidentsFbiLunaticAsylumsRestrainingLunatic AsylumsInformantsRestraining Orders Author:Robert David Steele
“The choices we make now will shape the future of not just our countries, but the world at large. We should intensify our cooperation in confronting global challenges like Terrorism, Cyber Security and Climate Change.” WorldShouldCountryChoicesChallengesSecurityShapesIndiaClimateClimate ChangeTerrorismOur CountryCooperationGovernanceConfrontingCyberCyber Security Author:Narendra Modi
“The population becomes the internal enemy. Any sign of life, of protest, or even mere doubt, is a dangerous challenge from the standpoint of military doctrine and national security. So complicated mechanisms of prevention adn punishment have been developed ... To operate effectively, the repression must appear arbitrary. Apart from breathing, any human activity can constitute a crime ... State terrorism aims to paralyze the population with fear.” HumansHas BeensStatesChallengesEnemyDoubtSecurityMilitaryDangerousCrimeActivityAimMerePopulationComplicatedTerrorismPunishmentDoctrineBreathingInternalsProtestMechanismNational SecurityArbitraryRepressionStandpointPreventionHuman ActivitySigns Of Life Author:Eduardo Galeano
“Four hundred top-decision makers listed the myriad looming threats to global security, including famine, terrorism, inequality, disease, poverty and climate change. Yet when we tried to address each diverse force, we found them all attached to one universal security risk: fresh water.” FoundForceWaterDecisionPovertyFourRiskSecurityDiseaseHundredUniversalThreatClimateClimate ChangeIncludingTerrorismInequalityAddressesMakersDiverseFamineLoomingDecision MakersFresh Water Author:Margaret Catley-Carlson
“I think that things were getting really very bad a couple of years ago, and there's been a very significant change in response to that on the part of the security forces and the government, but particularly the army. And you see Pakistan actually fighting terrorism and terrorists in a much more wholehearted way than had been occurring previously. It's not anywhere close to over yet, but you've seen a big change in the antiterrorism campaign here.” ThinkingWayYearsBigsGovernmentFightingForceSecurityCoupleYears AgoArmyResponseTerrorismCampaignsTerroristSignificantPakistanBig ChangesSignificant ChangeSecurity ForcesFighting Terrorism Author:Mohsin Hamid
“We've seen a shift where people were often initially reluctant to call things terrorism until they knew for sure. And now they start out assuming it's terrorism and then work backwards and say it may or may not have been terrorism. And it does matter tremendously because of the resources involved. If it's a crime that's seen as a disturbed individual, then local police will handle it. If it's a crime that's seen as someone who might be linked to an international terrorist group, you get the vast federal U.S. national security bureaucracy as well as tremendous political attention.” PeopleIfsWellsMayDoeHas BeensMatterMightPoliticalIndividualAttentionGroupsSecurityCrimeInvolvedResourcesPoliceAssumingInternationalTerrorismTerroristHandleLocalsBackwardsNational SecurityBureaucracyLinkedDisturbedReluctantTerrorist Groups Author:Daniel Byman
“Our strength and our security depends obviously on having a strong military, having a strong economy, and also on our ability to have willing allies and nations join us in common global efforts, the principal one today being terrorism.” TodayStrongNationsAbilityCommonEffortEconomySecurityMilitaryWillingDependsTerrorismAlliesPrincipalStrong Economy Author:Christopher Dodd
“In the area of international security, taking into account that the United States and Russia are the largest nuclear powers: We are ready to jointly work to strengthen the non-proliferation regime for weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery. We are ready to work together, and much closer than before, on the problem of fighting terrorism, international terrorism, and here we certainly have vast opportunities.” MeanStatesProblemTogetherFightingOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesSecurityReadyWeaponsMassAreasDestructionAccountsInternationalTerrorismNuclearRussiaWorking TogetherRegimesNational SecurityWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDeliveryNuclear PowerProliferationFighting TerrorismInternational Terrorism Author:Vladimir Putin
“It wasn't until about a year, year and a half in where I began to realize that the Pentagon and our national-security apparatus and the CIA were all getting too comfortable with the technology as a tool to fight terrorism, and not being mindful enough about how that technology is being used and the dangers of a form of warfare that is so detached from what is actually happening on the ground. And so we initiated this big process to try to get it in a box.” TryingYearsEnoughBigsFormUsedFightingProcessRealizingHalfTechnologySecurityDangerComfortableHappeningsToolsBoxesTerrorismWarfareNational SecurityCiaDetachedPentagon Author:Barack Obama
“[Roots of terrorism] come out of a long dialectic of U.S. involvement in the affairs of the Islamic world, the oil-producing world, the Arab world, the Middle East - those areas that are considered to be essential to U.S. interests and security.” WorldLongInterestMiddleSecurityEssentialsAreasRootsAffairTerrorismOilEastIslamicMiddle EastInvolvementArab WorldDialectics Author:Edward Said
“Enhancing long term national security requires that we have a clear-eyed view of radical Islamic terrorism without ascribing radical Islamic terrorist views to all Muslims.” LongTermViewsClearSecurityTerrorismTerroristRadicalLong TermIslamicNational SecurityIslamic Terrorism Author:Jeff Flake
“There seems to be some coverage these days that somehow terrorism is not a big problem. Or somehow, national security is all taken care of, and that's just not true.” ProblemBigsSeemsCareTakenSecurityTerrorismThese DaysNational SecurityCoverageBig Problems Author:Kellyanne Conway
“European security may now depend on Germany, France, Britain and one or two others, and it's better to start planning now for the possibility of European-only cyber-defense, counter-terrorism, and conventional defense too.” MayTwoSecurityPossibilityDependsTerrorismDefensePlanningFranceGermanyBritainConventionalCyberCounter Terrorism Author:Anne Applebaum