Maghreb Roundtable: The Maghreb - Preventing the War on Terror's Next Front

Major General Jonathan S. Gration, the Director of Strategy, Policy and Assessments at the U.S. European Command (EUCOM)  addressed the fourth session of CSIS’s Maghreb Roundtable on February 16, 2006, where he outlined new and complex threats confronting the region from expanding terrorist networks. He said that both the U.S. military and regional armies need to adapt to confront these networks effectively. Because the United States faces a different kind of enemy in North Africa and elsewhere on the continent, he argued for a more proactive and flexible decision making process that considers the region’s complexities.