THE QUESTION
How can we reduce our vulnerability to risks posed by global interconnectedness - from swine flu to financial contagion to terrorist threats? What risks do you see on the horizon?
Posted by David Ignatius and Lauren Keane | Your Thoughts
FROM THE PANEL
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Originally from Pakistan, Anwer Sher is based in Dubai and writes for Gulf News, Khaleej Times and Emirates Today. His varied career experience includes banking, consulting, and real estate development. He has a Masters degree in International Relations.
Beware the Coming Intolerance Epidemic
The risks that we face are actually more societal in nature today than political.
Anwer Sher , Dubai, UAE |![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508215744im_/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/images/comment_icon.gif)
May 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM
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Saul Singer is Editorial Page Editor and author of the weekly column “Interesting Times” for the Jerusalem Post. He is the author of Confronting Jihad: Israel's Struggle and the World After 9/11. Before moving to Israel from the Washington area in 1994, Mr. Singer served for ten years as an advisor on the personal and committee staffs of the United States Congress, including the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Senate Banking Committee, and Senator Connie Mack.
Islamofascism Is Next Big Threat
Saul Singer , Jerusalem, Israel |![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508215744im_/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/images/comment_icon.gif)
May 1, 2009 at 11:30 AM
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Endy M. Bayuni took up the job of chief editor of The Jakarta Post, Indonesia’s independent and leading English language newspaper, in August 2004 shortly after he returned from a one-year Nieman Fellowship at the Harvard University.
Endy has been with the newspaper since 1991, working his way up from Production Manager (Night Editor), to National Editor, Managing Editor, and Deputy Chief Editor through all those years. He previously worked as the Indonesian correspondent for Reuters and Agence France-Presse between 1984 and 1991, and began his journalistic career with The Jakarta Post in 1983. Endy completed his Bachelors of Arts degree in economics from Kingston University in Surrey, England, in 1981.
Finding the Highest Common Denominator
Endy Bayuni , Jakarta, Indonesia |![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508215744im_/http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/images/comment_icon.gif)
May 1, 2009 at 11:13 AM
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