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Know Your Stuff: The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser

27. September 2017

Know Your Stuff: The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser


In this educational video with Swiss historian Dr. Daniele Ganser, who specializes in post-World War ll contemporary history and International Politics, we talk about the meaning of the term “War on Terror” (also known as Global War on Terrorism) and how the military industrial complex benefits from its usage.


VIDEO: Daniele Ganser on the Terrorism Industry


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ABOUT DR. PHIL. DANIELE GANSER

Daniele GanserDr. phil. Daniele Ganser is a Swiss historian who specializes in contemporary history since 1945 and International Politics. His research topics are peace research, geo-strategy, covert warfare, resource wars and economic policy. He teaches at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) courses on the history and future of energy systems. At Basel University, he taught in the postgraduate course on conflict analysis with a focus on the global fight over petroleum. Daniele Ganser is founder and Director of the Swiss Institute for Peace and Energy Research (SIPER) in Basel. SIPER researches the possibility of a transition to 100% renewable energy supplies and how conflicts might be solved peacefully. (www.siper.ch)

From 2001 until 2003, Daniele Ganser was a senior researcher at the think tank Avenir Suisse in Zurich. Avenir Suisse is funded by 14 international Swiss corporations including Swiss Re, ABB, Novartis, Roche, Credit Suisse and Nestlé. From 2003 until 2006, he held the position of a senior researcher for the Center for Security Studies (CSS) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. In cooperation with the Swiss Foreign Ministry (the Federal Department for Foreign Affairs – EDA) he investigated the impact of globalization on war and peace. At the EDA, Daniele Ganser was a member of the expert group on civil peace promotion and the strengthening of human rights.


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Citations – YouTube & Facebook Video Know Your Stuff: The Terrorism Industry | With Swiss Historian Dr. Daniele Ganser“:

  • www.2001-2009.state.gov (25.05.2006) – „Photo: President Bush and British Prime Minister Blair Participate in Joint Press Availability“ – /www.reuters.com/article/us-g2o-germany-protests-idUSKBN19J2NN // Author: White House photo by Shealah Craighead
  • www.commons.wikimedia.org (28.06.2004) – „File:BushBlairIraqSov.jpg” – www.upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/BushBlairIraqSov.jpg // Author: Eric Draper
  • www.theguardian.com (16.09.2004) – „Iraq war was illegal and breached UN charter, says Annan“ –
    www.theguardian.com/world/2004/sep/16/iraq.iraq
  • youtube.com (21.07.2016) – „IRAQ/ SHOCK AND AWE” – www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yr-LaMhvro // Author: CNN
  • www.c-span.org (07.10.2002) – “Bush Iraq link 1 – 10/07/02 ” – www.c-span.org/video/?c4400367/bush-iraq-link-1-100702 // Author: C-SPAN
  • www.commons.wikimedia.org (21.05.2017) – “File:Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Melania Trump, and Donald Trump, May 2017.jpg” – www.commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abdel_Fattah_el-Sisi,_King_Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia,_Melania_Trump,_and_Donald_Trump,_May_2017.jpg // Author:  The White House
  • www.cnbc.com (22.05.2017) – “Defense stocks soar to all-time highs on $110 billion US-Saudi Arabia weapons deal ” – www.cnbc.com/2017/05/22/defense-stocks-rally-on-110-billion-us-saudi-arabia-weapons-deal.html
  • www.dw.com (06.12.2015) – “German vice chancellor warns Saudi Arabia over Islamist funding in Germany ” – www.dw.com/en/german-vice-chancellor-warns-saudi-arabia-over-islamist-funding-in-germany/a-18898295
  • www.youtube.com (22.06.2016) – “Dual Aircraft Carrier Strike Group Operations” – www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9FPIVW3avg// Autor: U.S. Navy
  • www.defense.go (09.02.2016) – “Department of Defense (DoD) Releases Fiscal Year 2017 President’s Budget Proposal ” – www.defense.gov/News/News-Releases/News-Release-View/Article/652687/department-of-defense-dod-releases-fiscal-year-2017-presidents-budget-proposal/


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