Chris Meserole researches religion, technology, and violent extremism. He is a fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.
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Opportunities to glimpse misinformation in action are fairly rare. But after the recent attack in Toronto, a journalist on Twitter unwittingly carried out a natural experiment that shows how quickly “fake news” can spread.
Can a one-off military strike deter Syria’s Assad from using chemical weapons again? The data suggests no.
Announcing a new working group on technology and terrorism.
If the Trump administration wants to address the threat of far-right violence, there are three concrete steps it can take right now.
How can Iraq prevent another relapse into terrorist and sectarian violence? This is what the research says.
Three suggestions for how advocates of ideology- and civic engagement-based approaches can make progress despite more militarized counterterrorism policies.
Chris Meserole discusses the benefits - and the limits - of data-driven decision-making in national security policy.