Fighting Terrorism a Decade after 9/11: First Lessons from a Non-Frontline-Country Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud July 30th, 2011.

Fighting Terrorism a Decade after 9/11: First Lessons from

a Non-Frontline-Country

Ambassador Jacques PitteloudJuly 30th, 2011

Some demographic facts …

- In the next 40 years, the population of Europe will shrink by at least 52 million people - The number of fatalities will exceed the number of births in 2010 - 2050: 3 in-actives versus 4 actives (2009: 1 / 2)- The proportion of the "developed" world melts like the Arctic ice

- Immigration is an inevitable fact

- The multicultural society is both a chance and a risk

- Cultural relativism is not an effective integration method

Failed immigration policies

No quick end to the terrorist threat

- CT fights the symptoms, not the illness

- A truly holistic CT strategy should encompass much

more than intelligence, law enforcement and military operations

- To address our own wrongs doesn't mean to give in

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- AQ has a simple and striking message

- "Fast-Food-Islam" and anti-Western rethorics produce an explosive mix

- Actions are more powerful than words

Information dominance

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- The "Peace Dividend" led us to complacency - Cooperation between intelligence and law enforcement remains a serious problem - Abuses of Human Rights have severely damaged the credibility of intelligence information

Adapt the legal framework of CT

Modern societies are more resilient than we would assume…

- They can hurt us, but not defeat us…

- … if we do not play into their hands!

- Overreaction means that the terrorists win

There is no absolute security

- No-risk-societies are an elusive dream

- Security is a very profitable business, but it entails huge losses for the real economy

- We should aim at an acceptable risk-level

Our mistakes will determine the length of this conflict

Thank you for your attention