fighting terrorism a decade after 9/11: first lessons from a non-frontline-country
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Fighting Terrorism a Decade after 9/11: First Lessons from a Non-Frontline-Country Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud July 30th, 2011. Some demographic facts …. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Fighting Terrorism a Decade after 9/11: First Lessons from
a Non-Frontline-Country
Ambassador Jacques PitteloudJuly 30th, 2011
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Some demographic facts …
- In the next 40 years, the population of Europe will shrink by at least 52 million people - The number of fatalities will exceed the number of births in 2010 - 2050: 3 in-actives versus 4 actives (2009: 1 / 2)- The proportion of the "developed" world melts like the Arctic ice
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- Immigration is an inevitable fact
- The multicultural society is both a chance and a risk
- Cultural relativism is not an effective integration method
Failed immigration policies
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No quick end to the terrorist threat
- CT fights the symptoms, not the illness
- A truly holistic CT strategy should encompass much
more than intelligence, law enforcement and military operations
- To address our own wrongs doesn't mean to give in
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA Political Directorate
Political Affairs Secretariat
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- AQ has a simple and striking message
- "Fast-Food-Islam" and anti-Western rethorics produce an explosive mix
- Actions are more powerful than words
Information dominance
Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA
Political DirectoratePolitical AffairsSecretariat
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- The "Peace Dividend" led us to complacency - Cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement remains a serious problem - Abuses of Human Rights have severely damaged the credibility of intelligence information
Adapt the legal framework of CT
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Modern societies are more resilient than we would assume…
- They can hurt us, but not defeat us…
- … if we do not play into their hands!
- Overreaction means that the terrorists win
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There is no absolute security
- No-risk-societies are an elusive dream
- Security is a very profitable business, but it entails huge losses for the real economy
- We should aim at an acceptable risk-level
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Our mistakes will determine the length of this conflict
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