Technology and U.S. Foreign Policy
Jared CohenPolicy Planning Staff
Office of the Secretary of State
1989 2009
What Has Changed?
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Mexican drug cartels use graphic videos as a scare
tactic
Hezbollah has developed video games for Lebanese youth to win points for killing
Jews
Al-Qaeda recruits in chat rooms
Al-Qaeda put out a YouTube video of an
AQ Kids Camp designed to spark recruitment
Iran created a Palestinian Holocaust museum in Second
Life during the Gaza Crisis
Iran arranged for associations of extremist bloggers to Google Bomb links to sign up for Jihad
in Gaza
The Dangers of Technology
But …
The 21st century is a bad time to be a control freak
21st Century Statecraft