Last week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the Center for Research on
Extremism (C-REX) hosted a virtual conference commemorating the 10th ann


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ICYMI: CEP/C-REX Virtual Conference Examines Long-Term Implications And
Effects Of Terror Attacks

 

(New York, N.Y.) — Last week, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) and the
Center for Research on Extremism (C-REX) hosted a virtual conference
commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Oslo/Utøya attacks in Norway and the
20th anniversary of 9/11. The conference, which featured some of the most
eminent global experts and counterterrorism practitioners on the issue, covered
the long-term implications and effects of both attacks.

 

CEP President and former U.S. Homeland Security Advisor Frances F. Townsend
observed that in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the United States built up its
“military and intelligence capabilities. Defense spending grew.
Counterinsurgency initiatives were launched. And new military bases were
constructed in central and southwest Asia. Yet, in tandem, policies stressed
free markets, trade liberalization and economic development. Economic
assistance to foreign countries nearly tripled between 2000 and 2008.”

 

Mitchell Silber, former director of intelligence at the NYPD and a member of
the CEP Advisory Board, subsequently pointed to the U.S. shift in recent years
to a neo-isolationist foreign policy under both political parties. Silber cited
this is one of the most significant impact of the 9/11 attacks on American
society. “You have a majority of voter segments moving away from global
activists or traditional internationalists, which now only represent 18 percent
of the electorate,” said Silber.

 

Watch the CEP-C-REX Virtual Conference below.

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