Foreign Fighters
Counterterrorism Successes Against Foreign Fighters
Daniel Byman Wed, Nov 10, 2021, 10:14 AM
Foreign fighters remain a powerful jihadist force worth understanding.
Daniel Byman is foreign policy editor of Lawfare. He is a senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, where he focuses on counterterrorism and Middle East security. He is also a professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service.
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War on Terror
Remembering the Gains of the Afghanistan War
Daniel Byman, Benjamin Wittes Thu, Sep 9, 2021, 12:44 PM
It’s hard to imagine a successful counterterrorism campaign in the years that followed Sept. 11 without the invasion of Afghanistan, which played a decisive role in dismantling what had become a major and persistent threat to American lives.
Foreign Policy Essay
The Failure of Counterterrorism After the Civil War
Daniel Byman Sun, Aug 22, 2021, 10:01 AM
The political violence perpetrated by white supremacists in response to Reconstruction and its long-term effects hold lessons for modern counterterrorism policy.
The January 6 Project
Nine Questions for the Capitol Insurrection Commission
Daniel Byman, Benjamin Wittes Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 11:14 AM
Besides offering a definitive account of the events leading up to the storming of the Capitol and the attack itself, what should an investigative commission devoted to Jan. 6 look at?
Countering Violent Extremism
Social Media Companies Need Better Emergency Protocols
Daniel Byman, Aditi Joshi Thu, Jan 14, 2021, 9:01 AM
Social media companies should develop emergency protocols to counter the exploitation by malign agents and states that seek to foment violence.
White Supremacy
Reflections on the Christchurch Commission Report
Daniel Byman Thu, Dec 10, 2020, 11:49 AM
Twenty-one months after the bloodiest terrorist attack in New Zealand’s history, a government commission has released a lengthy postmortem of what went wrong.
Counterterrorism
The Death of Ayman Al-Zawahri and the Future of Al-Qaida
Daniel Byman Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 11:18 AM
If Al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is in fact dead, where will al-Qaida go next and what kind of movement will Zawahri’s successor inherit?