The Confrontation: Winning the War against Future Jihad

306 Pages·2008·1.82 MB·English

by  Walid Phares

THE CONFRON TATION
ALSO BY WALID PHARES AND AVAILABLE
FROM PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
The War of Ideas: Jihadism against Democracy
Future Jihad: Terrorist Strategies against the West
THE CONFRON TATION
WINNING THE WAR AGAINST FUTURE JIHAD
WALID PHARES
THECONFRONTATION
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments vii
Prologue: Why This Book? 1
Introduction 11
Chapter 1. Redefining the War 19
Chapter 2. Western Rethinking 29
Chapter 3. Cultural Revolution in the West 43
Chapter 4. Economic Revolution 53
Chapter 5. Diplomatic Revolution 75
Chapter 6. Revolution in the Arab Muslim World 99
Chapter 7. War of Ideas Intensified 123
Chapter 8. Isolating Jihadism 133
Chapter 9. U.S. Homeland Survival 143
Chapter 10. A Greater Europe to Confront Jihadism 155
Chapter 11. Russia’s War on Jihadism 181
Chapter 12. Confrontations in the Greater Middle East 195
Chapter 13. The Southern Battlefields 213
Chapter 14. The State of the Confrontation 237
Conclusion: Past Choices and New Directions 255
Notes 273
Index 288
To my mother, Hind, who left this world on December 17,
2007, seventeen years after we were separated by the
frontier between freedom and oppression. She was the
spiritual force that propelled my learning and teaching.
Her sacrifices have allowed me to work for a better future
for all parents and children. This book is dedicated to her
memory.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN THOSE PERSONS IN MY LIFE WHO
deserve my full attention but have given me the time I owe them to write these
pages. In particular I thank the “scholar” and the “commander” for their support. I
thank them above all for understanding the important reasons behind this work, and
for sacrificing our time together to all those who would eventually read this book.
I wish to acknowledge my literary agent, Lynne Rabinoff, for her faithful ded-
ication to my work and her presence at all stages of the making of this book. Also I
thank my publisher, Airíe Stuart at Palgrave Macmillan, who encouraged me to
write this book and patiently oversaw the complex process of its production. Her
patience, advice, and suggestions have impacted its final shape. I also thank the en-
tire team at Palgrave Macmillan with whom I worked diligently for many months
to ensure the book’s quality. In particular, Alan Bradshaw’s input was essential.
I am grateful for the work of my host institution, the Foundation for the De-
fense of Democracies in Washington, which is now influencing many minds and
hearts both in America and on other continents. I’d like to thank FDD’s President
Cliff May for making my fellowship possible, as well as Mark Dubowitz, my col-
leagues, and the staff for their support. In addition, I thank the European Founda-
tion for Democracy and its President Roberta Bonazzi for assisting me in my
research in Europe. A particular recognition goes to Adela Zacharides, the tireless
manager of our Future Terrorism Project.
Acknowledgment is due also to the legislators and current and former officials
in the United States, Europe, and worldwide who have understood the importance
of my previous books Future Jihadand The War of Ideas,and have acted upon the
recommendations in their own fields. Also, I thank the various foundations,
NGOs, government entities, and military and defense institutions who have inter-
acted favorably with my work and who have expressed their anticipation for this
book, The Confrontation.
My gratitude goes also to my colleagues in the media, past and present, who
have been my route companions in discussing and sharing these ideas and writings
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with the public. Particularly I thank the leadership and producers at Fox News
who entrusted me to become their expert beginning in 2007. I also thank my
friends and colleagues at other national and international networks, on radio shows
and Web sites, and in printed media worldwide with whom I have and I am still
working to broaden the debate and better inform and educate the public.
I wish to acknowledge and thank my readers, those faithful ones who have fol-
lowed my work for years and those new readers who are now turning this page.
The measure of success of this book may be measured in the number of its readers,
but more important are their satisfaction and their actions after finishing the book.
Messages I have received from readers of my previous publications have impacted
The Confrontation.
My last acknowledgment goes to my family. To my brother, Sami, whose early
ideas impacted me; to my loving sister, Liliane; and to my father, Halim, who
taught me justice, and mother, Hind, who taught me faith, now united in the other
world. Thank you for what I became and for what I gave and will give to others.
Walid Phares
Washington D.C., January 12, 2008