We need to look afresh at issues of preventive diplomacy. They can play a wider role. I think the United States is dangerously isolated. I see that in particular inside the United Nations, and I do believe that there is something that Congress could do immediately, by dealing with the tremendous debt it owes the United Nations. Click on photo for biography.
Terrorism is a psychological warfare.
Terrorists are not in the business of killing people. They are in the business of killing a small number of people to instill in everyone the fear that they may be next in line. I talk about the war against terrorism, but the goal remains a world without terrorism, a world without violence and this is the goal that the U.S. Institute of Peace is very much committed to. Terrorism is a wave-like phenomenon. Policy makers have to be aware of this wave-like nature.