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Waging Trans-epistemological Warfare

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Debating the War of Ideas

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Winning the War of Ideas against al Qaeda requires discrediting the al Qaeda movement by exposing its doctrinal hypocrisy and internal inconsistencies, ideologically inoculating those populations who might be most susceptible to its message using a variety of engagement strategies, ensuring that those populations who are not currently susceptible to al Qaeda’s ideology remain that way by working closely with partner nations, and bolstering support at home for the aforementioned activities through transparent and open communication.1

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  1. For further detail on the ways in which al Qaeda has leveraged the Internet since 2003, see Jarret Brachman, “High-Tech Terror: Al-Qaeda’s Use of New Technology,” Fletcher Forum of International Affairs vol. 30, no. 2 (Summer 2006): pp. 149–164

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  2. Magnus Kanstorp, “The Virtual Sanctuary of Al-Qaeda and Terrorism in an Age of Globalisation,” chapter appearing in Johan Eriksson and Giampiero Giacomello (eds), International Relations and Security in the Digital Age (London: Routledge, 2007), pp. 31–56.

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  3. The definitive account of Abu Musab al-Suri’s life and works is Brynjar Lia’s Architect of Global jihad: The Life of Al Qaeda Strategist Abu Mus’ab Al-Suri (New York: Columbia University Press, January 2008).

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  1. North Dakota State University, USA

    Jarret M. Brachman (Brachman now directs the Center for Transportation Security)

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  1. Georgetown University, USA

    Eric D. Patterson (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government) (Visiting Assistant Professor of Government)

  2. National Security Council, USA

    John Gallagher (U.S. Army officer and a former director in the Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs) (U.S. Army officer and a former director in the Office of Iraq and Afghanistan Affairs)

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Brachman, J.M. (2009). Waging Trans-epistemological Warfare. In: Patterson, E.D., Gallagher, J. (eds) Debating the War of Ideas. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230101982_13

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