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Today’s terrorism didn’t start with 9/11 — it started with the ’90s Peter Bergen By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 1:35 PM ET, Wed August 2, 2017 Bergen: Most Americans see the era of jihadist terrorism as beginning with 9/11 But many features of terrorism as we know it today actually have roots […]

The general now in command at the White House faces ultimate test Peter Bergen By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 11:09 AM ET, Sun July 30, 2017 Peter Bergen: White House chief of staff was a no-nonsense leader at Homeland Security Gen. John Kelly now faces the bigger challenge of taming White House […]

Is the fall of Mosul the fall of ISIS? Peter Bergen By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 12:33 PM ET, Tue July 11, 2017 Story highlights Peter Bergen: The conditions that gave rise to ISIS in the Mideast are still very much present They will produce other sources of terrorism, even if ISIS […]

Peter Bergen By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 8:08 PM ET, Mon July 3, 2017 Story highlights Peter Bergen: On July 4, it’s worth reflecting on the importance of studying our history History allows us to understand our own fallibility, and if we heed its lessons, prevents us from repeating the same mistakes […]

Terrorism in the age of polarization Peter Bergen By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 11:46 AM ET, Mon June 19, 2017 Story highlights Bergen: Recent attacks demonstrate that our westernized perception of terrorism is far too narrow in scope We must recognize that terrorism comes in many shapes and forms, he says Peter […]

Peter Bergen says the Trump administration’s approach will stress an open-ended, long-term commitment of troops This already is America’s longest war “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown […]

Bergen: Domestic abuse can portend terror violence By Peter Bergen and David Sterman, CNN “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists.” David Sterman is a policy analyst […]

The return of leftist terrorism? By Peter Bergen and David Sterman, CNN Bergen and Sterman: Wednesday’s shootings are possible act of leftist terrorism In the 1960s and 1970s, left-wing terrorism was a common occurrence in the United States “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of […]

Trump’s travel ban is useless. Terrorists mostly come from our own back yard. Banning visitors from foreign countries wouldn’t have stopped the majority of jihadist terror attacks since 9/11. By Peter Bergen June 5 at 6:00 AM Peter Bergen is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s Homegrown Terrorists”, a CNN National Security […]

7 questions about the London terror attacks Peter Bergen Peter Bergen says it’s urgent to find out who was responsible and to think intelligently about how to prevent further attacks “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the […]