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Trump’s laughable southern border scare By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University.” (CNN)The caravan of some 7,500 migrants wending its way north through Mexico is a political gift to President Donald Trump, who […]

Yes, there is such a thing as right-wing terrorism By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 9:49 AM ET, Fri October 26, 2018 “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University.” (CNN)A common trope on the right is that the […]

Homegrown terrorism: A plague we cannot ignore By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 12:20 PM ET, Sun October 28, 2018 “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “United States of Jihad: Investigating America’s […]

Publication Logo CNN.com October 30, 2018 Tuesday 4:42 PM EST Zeros trying to be heroes: what motivates terrorists BYLINE: By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst SECTION: OPINIONS LENGTH: 924 words When I was researching a book about Americans becoming violent jihadists, again and again I was struck by how often they were men who […]

U.S. Edition+ The global fallout from the Khashoggi murder is bad news for the Saudis By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 8:21 AM ET, Thu November 1, 2018 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the […]

Trump’s uncritical embrace of MBS set the stage for Khashoggi crisis Trump’s uncritical embrace of MBS set the stage for Khashoggi crisis By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst Updated 6:30 PM ET, Mon October 15, 2018 Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice […]

The totalitarian prince: Trump’s questionable friend in the Middle East By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst \ Prominent Saudi journalist missing in Turkey 02:25 “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He has been a frequent visitor to Saudi […]

By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst “Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is the author of “The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral History of al-Qaeda’s Leader.” See more opinion at CNN.” (CNN)Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent […]

The 1988 meeting that shaped the world we live in Posted: Sep 10, 2018 7:47 AM EDT Updated: Sep 10, 2018 12:17 PM EDT By Peter Bergen, CNN National Security Analyst and David Sterman Editor’s note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice at […]

It’s Trump’s war … and it’s not going well Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. He is writing a book about the Trump administration’s national security decision-making. (CNN)One year ago, President Donald Trump announced what he said was his […]