War in Iraq

The implications of The Terrorism Index

According to a recent survey, more than half of top U.S. foreign policy experts oppose a troop increase in Iraq. Midmorning takes a closer look at the August 2007 Terrorism Index and the assessment of the U.S. war on terror.

Guests

• Mike Boyer: Senior editor at Foreign Policy Magazine and lead editor in producing the Terrorism Index.
• Steve Simon: Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a former White House counterterrorism official, and is author of "The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right."
• Clifford May: President of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. He was appointed to the Iraq Study Group in 2006.

Resources

• The Terrorism Index
• About Steve Simon
• About Clifford May