Nearly 13 years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York City and the Pentagon, which ushered in a new era of extremist violence, terrorist groups continue to operate with somewhat reduced but still considerable capacity to strike at high-profile targets in urban centers around the world. The upcoming G8 summit will present an opportunity for world leaders to recommit to multilateral efforts to combat terrorism, one of a limited number of issues on which there is a real common interest. Despite incentives for cooperation, however, there will likely be more promise than performance as underlying distrust limits the kind of timely information-sharing required to stop terrorist attacks.
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