Al Qaeda: Current Capabilities and Threat Trajectories

About this episode

The episode discusses Al-Qaeda's current capabilities and potential threats in 2025 with expert insights from Edmund Fitton-Brown.

Founded by Osama bin Laden in the late 1980s, Al-Qaeda is best known for orchestrating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States, which killed nearly 3,000 people. But what kind of threat does the violent Islamist organisation pose in 2025? In this episode, host Lucas Webber is joined by Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British diplomat and former Coordinator of the United Nations’ Monitoring Team, and an expert on Al-Qaeda. Edmund shares unique insights into Al-Qaeda’s curre...

People in this episode

Host: Lucas Webber

Guest: Edmund Fitton-Brown

Topics covered

• terrorism
• Al-Qaeda
• threat analysis
• diplomacy
• security

Keywords

• Al-Qaeda
• terrorism
• threat trajectories
• Edmund Fitton-Brown
• September 11

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Al-Qaeda

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