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