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In this first of a four part series, Brad talks about the perpetrators of the historic day 9/11/ 01
This attack took a lot of planning, and it started with key people that included Osama bin Laden, who led the Al-Qaeda. He was not the only person, though. This took a group of people who were willing to train to become pilots and then sacrifice their lives for what they believed.
Brad goes over the building and structure of this group and who Bin Laden was. Do we fully believe this was all Bin Laden, or was it more sinister than that? Listen and find out.

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Ali Velshi is joined by Catherine Christian, Former Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, Carol Lam, Former Superior Court Judge in San Diego County, April Ryan, White House Correspondent & Bureau Chief at The Grio, Jennifer Rubin, Opinion Writer at the Washington Post, Cynthia Alksne, Former Federal Prosecutor, John O. Brennan, Former Director, Central Intelligence Agency, and Julia Alvarez, Author of ‘How The Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents’.

A former student details being ambushed in Afghanistan.

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Pulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire country to a violent, extremist group. Throughout history, leaders—including those from the US—have vowed never to negotiate with terrorists, but then reverse course. In this two-part episode, three scholars of history, international relations, and foreign policy discuss historic examples and the complexities of negotiating with violent—even murderous—groups.

While part 1 explores the caveats of labeling a group “terrorist,” part 2 addresses how to negotiate with terrorists without legitimizing their methods or ideology, and address what happens to a nation’s reputation when they give in, give up, or back down in the face of extremist groups. If the US is willing to negotiate with the Taliban, should it also be open to negotiating with Hamas or ISIS or Al-Qaeda? Jytte Klausen points out that if the demands of the adversaries are reasonable and pragmatic, there is usually an opportunity to work together, the operative word being “if.” Annette Idler describes the successful negotiations with the FARC in Colombia as an example of careful planning and evaluation before the actual talks, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the attitudes, opinions and experiences of local citizens in a conflict zone.

The concern that negotiating with groups that use terror and violence will somehow encourage or legitimize their methods does not bear out, according to Fredrik Logevall. He compares the US retreat from Vietnam to that of Afghanistan and finds fascinating similarities, but also key differences, such as lack of public engagement on the latter.

Non-state armed groups are part of the new global security picture, Klausen believes, and she highlights regions that are volatile today, such as India/Pakistan/Kashmir. We should not underestimate the importance of Afghanistan in regional stability, she warns. Since extremists groups are likely here to stay, Idler describes a multilevel approach to incorporating non-state actors into foregin policy strategies.

Host:

Erin Goodman, Director, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Guests:

Annette Idler, Weatherhead Center Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Director, Global Security Programme, Pembroke College, Oxford University. 

Jytte Klausen, Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation, Brandeis University.  

Fredrik Logevall, Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate. Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. 

Producer/Director:

Michelle Nicholasen, Editor and Content Producer, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Related Links:

• Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions edited by Annette Idler and Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara (Hurst, 2021)
• The Changing Character of Conflict Platform
• CONPEACE
• Jytte Klausen's Western Jihadism Project
• Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History by Jytte Klausen (Oxford University Press, 2021)
• JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 by Fredrik Logevall (Penguin Random House, 2021)
• “How to Talk to Terrorists” by Jonathan Powell (The Guardian, October 2014)

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Episode Credits:

• Hosted by Erin Goodman, Executive Director of the Weatherhead Center
• Produced, edited, and mixed by Michelle Nicholasen, Editor and Content Producer at the Weatherhead Center

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Pulling out of Afghanistan was the top foreign policy event of 2021. Perhaps overlooked in the collective relief to be done with this twenty-year war is the fact that the US had to negotiate with terrorists to get there. In fact, it ceded an entire country to a violent, extremist group. Throughout history, leaders—including those from the US—have vowed never to negotiate with terrorists, but then reverse course. In this two-part episode, three scholars of history, international relations, and foreign policy discuss historic examples and the complexities of negotiating with violent—even murderous—groups.

Part 1 explores the caveats of labeling a group “terrorist.” Jytte Klausen explains the importance of having an internationally recognized designation, while Annette Idler notes that labels can be used for political reasons such as to garner aid or rally public support. Using Indochina and the Viet Cong as examples, Fred Logevall sheds light on early terrorist tactics. Sometimes violent groups evolve into conventional political actors, as did Sinn Fein, the political faction of the IRA, or the FARC in Colombia. (A few days after this recording the Biden Administration took FARC off the State Department’s list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations because it no longer engages in violence.) 

From Nixon, Reagan, and Thatcher to leaders in Spain, Turkey, and China: many heads of state have taken an absolutist position against working with violent groups, only to renege on that promise later. Our scholars discuss why leaders change their minds, and how timing can be a critical factor in determining when conditions are ripe for productive talks.

Part 2 takes up the questions of how to negotiate with terrorists without legitimizing their methods or ideology, and what happens to a nation’s reputation when they give in, give up, or back down in the face of extremist groups.

Host:

Erin Goodman, Director, Weatherhead Scholars Program.

Guests:

Annette Idler, Weatherhead Center Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Scholars Program. Director, Global Security Programme, Pembroke College, Oxford University. 

Jytte Klausen, Lawrence A. Wien Professor of International Cooperation, Brandeis University.  

Fredrik Logevall, Weatherhead Center Faculty Associate. Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School; Professor of History, Department of History, Harvard University. 

Producer/Director:

Michelle Nicholasen, Editor and Content Producer, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.

Related Links:

• Transforming the War on Drugs: Warriors, Victims and Vulnerable Regions edited by Annette Idler and Juan Carlos Garzón Vergara (Hurst, 2021)
• The Changing Character of Conflict Platform
• CONPEACE
• Jytte Klausen's Western Jihadism Project
• Western Jihadism: A Thirty Year History by Jytte Klausen (Oxford University Press, 2021)
• JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917–1956 by Fredrik Logevall (Penguin Random House, 2021)
• “How to Talk to Terrorists” by Jonathan Powell (The Guardian, October 2014)

Follow the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs:

• WCFIA Website
• Epicenter Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Simplecast
• Soundcloud
• Vimeo

Episode Credits:

• Hosted by Erin Goodman, Executive Director of the Weatherhead Center
• Produced, edited, and mixed by Michelle Nicholasen, Editor and Content Producer at the Weatherhead Center

Follow the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs:

• Weatherhead Center Website
• Epicenter Website
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Simplecast
• YouTube
• Vimeo

No podcast ‘Notícia No Seu Tempo’, confira em áudio as principais notícias da edição impressa do jornal ‘O Estado de S. Paulo’ desta quinta-feira (23/12/21):

De maneira inédita e mesmo após aval da Anvisa, o Ministério da Saúde decidiu abrir consulta pública sobre a vacinação de crianças contra covid. As contribuições podem ser feitas até 2 de janeiro. Para especialistas, a medida serve para atrasar a imunização da faixa entre 5 e 11 anos, uma vez que não foi adotada em nenhum outro momento da pandemia. Dados da Câmara Técnica de Assessoramento em Imunização mostram que 301 crianças morreram desde o início da pandemia no Brasil. Estudos apontam que a vacinação é segura para elas.

E mais:

Política: Com R$ 1 bilhão, União Brasil foca em Estados e bancadas

Economia: Receita tem debandada em protesto a reajuste para policiais

Metrópole: Estudos indicam que Ômicron oferece menos risco de internação

Internacional: EUA aplicam sanções a três suspeitos de apoiar Al-Qaeda no Brasil

Caderno 2: As novas questões de ‘Matrix’ 

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In the fourth season finale Jacob and Evan explore a spicy list of topics:

• Who was Timur, and what was his unexecuted conquest? 
• What world was Muhammed born into, and what empires caused it? 
• How does Christianity merge with local traditions on the Indonesian islands? 
• What is the history of the Taliban, and how does it bode for the future of Afghanistan?
• What is the Dogger Bank incident, and what does it say of Imperial Russian naval competence?

Almost three thousand people died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States. All planes were grounded and rumours and conspiracy theories swept the internet as a shocked nation tried to make sense of what happened.

Ouça os destaques internacionais desta segunda-feira (17/08/20) no Estadão

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Four days after September 11, 2001, David wrote an epic article for the Sunday Washington Post. The 12,000-word story, pulling from his own reporting and memos from a superb team of Post reporters, took the reader from the ordinary promise of a crisp September morning into the chaotic and heart-wrenching  details of an unfolding tragedy—with precise accounts from inside the planes, the twin towers, the pentagon and air traffic control towers, along with eye-witnesses in lower Manhattan and the living rooms of anxious relatives across the country. Nearly twenty years later, the story is an enduring memorial to the human consequences of that unforgettable day’s historic and tragic events. Sarah asks David about how he reported and organized the sweeping narrative just days after it occurred. They discuss the challenge today’s journalists encounter reporting on a relentless and dangerous pandemic, and how today’s work is “exponentially harder.” 

In the late 1940s, a middle-aged Egyptian writer & civil servant named Sayyid Qutb went to study in the United States. He had recently established himself as a critic of the Egyptian government, & was traveling abroad in part to escape a potential crackdown on political dissidents by Egypt's monarchy. However, Qutb soon found that he loathed American society even more than he disliked the Egyptian status quo. He found New York, Washington DC, & California to be dens of iniquity. He even regarded a conservative small town in Colorado that he lived in for several months to be a hotbed of materialism, racism, sexual permissiveness, & spiritual emptiness. He also condemned US foreign policy as having a pro-Israel, anti-Muslim bias. Qutb returned to Egypt in 1950 with more radical views than ever, & he soon published a written account filled with his negative observations about American society. He then joined the Muslim Brotherhood movement that sought a revolution in Egypt. A revolution arrived, but it was led by the military leader Gamal Abdul Nasser, who soon established a regime that prioritized Arab-nationalist ideology & socialist economics over Qutb's preference for reviving a more fundamentalistic version of Islam. The Muslim Brothers tried to assassinate Nasser, but failed. As a result, Qutb became one of many Islamist radicals who were tortured & eventually executed by Nasser's regime. However, Qutb's writings from prison would live on after his death. They inspired Al-Qaeda leaders Osama Bin Laden & Ayman Al-Zawahiri to wage "holy war" against secular Middle Eastern governments, & would eventually help to inspire the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States.

Les États-Unis se sont empêtrés dans des guerres sans fin au Moyen-Orient sous George W. Bush. Les grands médias ont failli à leur mission en claironnant sa propagande de guerre de crainte d’être perçus comme des traîtres par une opinion publique toujours pugnace. Malgré sa bonne volonté, Barack Obama n’a pu éviter de poursuivre les politiques délétères de son prédécesseur, embrassées maintenant par Donald Trump. Dans leurs aventures guerrières, les Américains emploient les mêmes méthodes honteuses qu’ils dénoncent lorsque ce sont leurs adversaires qui les utilisent comme la torture et les exécutions extrajudiciaires.

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La CIA a échoué lamentablement à détecter certains des événements les plus critiques pour les États-Unis de l’histoire contemporaine, dont les attentats du 11 septembre 2001. Après avoir détaillé la collaboration secrète de la CIA avec Saddam Hussein, Normand Lester explique comment les États-Unis ont financé, armé, et entraîné les partisans d’Oussama Ben Laden alors même qu’ils préparaient des attentats contre le World Trade Center. Il raconte l’incroyable histoire du djihadiste Ali Mohamed, infiltré dans les forces spéciales américaines, qui était aussi l’instructeur-chef d’Al-Qaeda et proche collaborateur de Ben Laden.

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*   Learn four ways to have a civil political discussion with someone with whom you disagree.

*   Learn how to talk politics when you and your family member are on opposites side of the political spectrum.

*   Learn what researchers have discovered about how terrorists think and how can this help us with our own heated discussions.

*   How does hate affect the brain?

*   Are love and hate opposite sides of the same coin?

*   Can the stress caused by disagreeing over politics get passed on to future generations ?

*   How can listening to understand (rather than to persuade) foster more civil discussions?

Guest Neill Clark shares his experiences about trying to have political discussions with family, friends and neighbors that foster understanding.   Neill explains how the skills he has learned as an attorney have sometimes hurt his efforts to have meaningful conversations.  Dr. Alexandra and Neill together suggest ways we can connect with and engage those with whom we disagree.

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Theo Padnos is an American journalist held captive by al-Qaeda for nearly two years. He was physically and psychologically tortured, but emerged with grace, forgiveness, and generosity. David Bradley, owner of Atlantic Media, was instrumental in freeing Padnos. He says Padnos is an example of someone who handles life’s greatest lows well. Though we likely won’t end up imprisoned by extremists, many of us will face lows such as the death of a loved one, a career stumble, or bankruptcy. Bradley says how well you handle difficulty may determine how happy and healthy you are later in life. He delves into his own life struggles, and talks to Padnos and NBC Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent Andrea Mitchell about the situation in the Middle East.

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