Douglas Feith

DOUGLAS FEITH, former Under Secretary of Defense for Policy and current Director of the Center for National Security Strategies at the Hudson Institute:

PART ONE

• Understanding the true reach of the global Jihad
• President Obama’s view of radical Islamist ideology
• George W. Bush’s distinction between Islam as a religion versus Islam as a totalitarian tool of oppression

PART TWO

• Identifying the distinctions between religious Islam and political Islamism
• The challenges in criticizing the radical ideology of Islamism without condemning Islam as a whole
• Common misconceptions about the Muslim Brotherhood

PART THREE 

• Regional security implications of the intense rivalry between Qatar and Saudi Arabia
• Turkish President Erdogan’s radical vision for reorienting Turkey from the West to the East
• The complex relationship between ideology and fundamental security concerns in policy making

PART FOUR

• The successes and failures of the three main elements of the War on Terror
• Taking preventative measures against people converting to radical Islam
• The need for a governmental office focused on radical ideology