Technology and U.S. Foreign Policy

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Technology and U.S. Foreign Policy Jared Cohen Policy Planning Staff Office of the Secretary of State

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Technology and U.S. Foreign Policy

Jared CohenPolicy Planning Staff

Office of the Secretary of State

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1989 2009

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What Has Changed?

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Mexican drug cartels use graphic videos as a scare

tactic

Hezbollah has developed video games for Lebanese youth to win points for killing

Jews

Al-Qaeda recruits in chat rooms

Al-Qaeda put out a YouTube video of an

AQ Kids Camp designed to spark recruitment

Iran created a Palestinian Holocaust museum in Second

Life during the Gaza Crisis

Iran arranged for associations of extremist bloggers to Google Bomb links to sign up for Jihad

in Gaza

The Dangers of Technology

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But …

The 21st century is a bad time to be a control freak

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21st Century Statecraft