by editor | Jan 11, 2010 | Analysis, Counterterrorism
by Steven R. Corman In today’s Washington Post, Bruce Hoffman published an op-ed piece entitled “Al-Qaeda has a new strategy. Obama needs one, too.” I have a lot of respect for Hoffman and whatever he says about terrorism bears consideration. But in...
by editor | Jun 21, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Politics
by Steven R. Corman As predicted in an earlier post, Hoffman’s counter-tat to Sageman’s response to Hoffman’s panning of Sageman’s book has appeared at Foreign Affairs (below Sageman’s reply). It contains little in the way of new...
by editor | Jun 9, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Intelligence, Politics
by Steven R. Corman Yesterday’s New York Times reported on a feud between Bruce Hoffman and Marc Sageman about whether al Qaeda represents a continuing threat as an organized force, or whether it has degenerated into a disorganized social movement. At the root...