Asia Times: How to tackle Tokyo 2020 Olympics security risks
“With large numbers of people due to visit Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic Summer Games, the Japanese authorities are making anti-terrorism preparations ahead of one of the most significant global events. Yes, Japan is now one of the world’s most peaceful nations and isn’t involved in the international fight against terrorism. Does it mean that Japan has gained a sort of immunity to terror attacks? Unlikely. According to a report by The Counter Extremism Project, while al-Qaeda tends to choose targets in countries that are involved in military conflicts, ISIS terrorist assaults are planned irrespective of the policy pursued.”
The Counter Extremism Project Presents
Enduring Music: Compositions from the Holocaust
Marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Counter Extremism Project's ARCHER at House 88 presents a landmark concert of music composed in ghettos and death camps, performed in defiance of resurgent antisemitism. Curated with world renowned composer, conductor, and musicologist Francesco Lotoro, the program restores classical, folk, and popular works, many written on scraps of paper or recalled from memory, to public consciousness. Featuring world and U.S. premieres from Lotoro's archive, this concert honors a repertoire that endured against unimaginable evil.