Published 2003 by RAND
This paper assesses current trends in terrorism and future potentialities. It examines
first the presumed state of al Qaeda today with particular reference to its likely agenda in
a post–Iraq war world. It then more broadly focuses on some key current terrorism trends
in order to understand better both how terrorism is changing and what the implications of
these changes are in terms of possible future attacks and pattes.
This paper assesses current trends in terrorism and future potentialities. It examines
first the presumed state of al Qaeda today with particular reference to its likely agenda in
a post–Iraq war world. It then more broadly focuses on some key current terrorism trends
in order to understand better both how terrorism is changing and what the implications of
these changes are in terms of possible future attacks and pattes.