2009 | Watching America

Ireland: Obama to Receive Terror Plot Report

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in The Belfast Telegraph

The report is just the first step in what is shaping up to be an Obama-led effort to change and challenge U.S. intelligence practices after an attack that failed not because of anti-terrorism policies, but rather despite them.

Ireland: Somali Bomb Attempt Chillingly Similar to U.S. Plot

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Irish Examiner

Ireland: Obama Queries Security Failings

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Irish Examiner

Malta: A Decade to Learn From

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in The Times of Malta

Germany: The Battle of Detroit’s Dinosaurs

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Financial Times Deutschland

France: Terrorism

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Le Monde

Have we buried al-Qaida too quickly?

Edited by Stefanie Carignan

France: Traveling

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Liberation

We must not allow ourselves to be terrorized by the terrorists.

Edited by Jessica Anderson

Mexico: Obama: Too Early to Judge

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in La Crónica de Hoy

It is too early to judge [Obama] now. Let us hope that both the left and the right can agree on that.

Jordan: From Yemen to Detroit: a Grim Year Ends

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in The Jordan Times

Japan: Failed Terrorist Attack

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in Asahi Shimbun

Obama's ire is perfectly understandable, and we can certainly sympathize with the indescribable fear of American citizens who have been singled out as terrorist targets. However, to overreact to the terrorists is to play right into their hands.

Netherlands: The Illusion of Total Security

Robin Koerner - December 31, 2009. Published in NRC Handelsblad

Risks can be reduced, not eliminated.

Japan: Futenma Relocation