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Marc Sageman

Response
Jul/Aug
2008
Does Osama Still Call the Shots?
Marc Sageman and Bruce Hoffman

Debating whether the real terrorist threat is top-down or bottom-up.
Review Essay
May/June
2008
The Myth of Grass-Roots Terrorism
Bruce Hoffman

Marc Sageman claims that al Qaeda's leadership is finished and today's terrorist threat comes primarily from below. But the terrorist elites are alive and well, and ignoring the threat they pose will have disastrous consequences.
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In the Magazine

November/December 2009 / 6, 88
Essay
In the Quicksands of Somalia
Bronwyn Bruton

Washington's repeated attempts to bring peace to Somalia with state-building initiatives have failed, even backfired. It should renounce political intervention and encourage local development without trying to improve governance.
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