Policy Forum

Al Qaeda's Grand Strategy

Dr. Bruce Hoffman Addressed the JINSA Policy Forum on March 2, 2010. He discussed the changing nature of the terror threat with particular emphasis on Al Qaeda and its offshoots. The JINSA Policy Forum features policy experts to provide information about the importance of an effective U.S. defense capability and a robust national security policy in safeguarding vital American interests.

May 2008 - Ukraine Ambassador Discusses Regional Issues at Europe Project Forum

The Ambassador to the United States from Ukraine, H.E. Dr. Oleh Shamshur, addressed JINSA members and guest as part of the organization's Europe Project, May 22, 2008.

August 2008 - Russian Assault on Georgia Tests the West and NATO

Amb. David Smith Briefs JINSA

The Russian assault on the Republic of Georgia, which had been weeks if not months in planning, surprised no one but Western leaders. Ambassador David Smith of the Tbilisi office of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies briefed members of JINSA’s Boards of Directors and Advisors as well as a select group of lay leaders via conference call on August 15.

June 2008 - T.X. Hammes on 4th Dimension Warfare

U.S. Marine Colonel TX Hammes Addresses JINSA at Europe Project Forum

Col. TX Hammes, USMC (ret.), author of The Sling and the Stone: On War in the 21st Century and an expert on insurgent warfare spoke to a group of JINSA members and supporters in Washington, DC on June 16, 2008.

March 2008 - Jihadi Islam's Anti-Semitism Product of Nazi Influence

Dr. Matthias Kuentzel discussed latest book at JINSA Europe Project Forum

Dr. Matthias Kuentzel, author of Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11 (Telos Press Publishing, 2007), traces the origins of the virulent anti-Semitism that permeates Jihadi Islam not to the Koran but to Nazism. Kuentzel, a member of Germany's Green Party and a Research Associate at the Sassoon Center for the Study of Anti-Semitism at Hebrew University, addressed a group of 60 JINSA members and supporters at a Europe Project Forum on March 19 in Washington, DC.