ABSTRACT
However, for these advantages to a ect the battle elds and back alleys of anti-terrorist operations, they must be well orchestrated. And synchronizing competing bureaucracies, as well as disparate overseas partners, is exceedingly di cult. e president and his National Security Council (NSC, or National Security Sta ), as well as relevant congressional committees such as foreign relations, armed services, and intelligence, have a challenge that no government can envy. Defeating Al Qaeda, its allies, and the broader violent Islamist movement is a challenge these busy public servants have begun-but not completed. Our future depends on a favorable outcome. So this chapter examines the most important tools of American power, with an eye to assessing how well the strategy may be working.
