Steve Clemons and Karen Greenberg introduced the conference on the current threat posed by al-Qaeda and its affiliates and what steps the next administration should take in combating al Qaeda at home and abroad. Then a panel of experts discussed the future of Al Qaeda. Topics included the tendency of Al Qaeda to strike during the first year of a new Administration, the vulnerability of the U.S. in the current economic crisis, and the ability of Al Qaeda to become a political movement such as Hezbellah or Hamas. 

“The Future of Al Qaeda” was the first panel of the day-long event “Al Qaeda 3.0/The ‘War on Terror’ After the Bush Administration.”