JEREMY HUREWITZ
Three months ago, I was lucky enough to have a conversation on terrorism with Georgetown Professor Bruce Hoffman, who has studied “terrorism and insurgency for almost half a century.“
I asked the person who literally wrote the book on the subject whether we should consider the war on terror over. Hoffman cautioned against “declaring victory too soon” and quoted General James Mattis, noting that “the enemy gets a vote too.”
The question about the end of the war on terror was popular then. But just a few months later, few in national security circles are discussing it.
These days, an uneasy calm is hanging over national security circles. The feeling of a looming terrorist attack feels stronger than at any time in the recent past. The threat vectors proliferate, and current insecurity might be the most heightened in a decade or more.
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