Foreign Policy Essay
The Gender Pay Gap Is a National Security Threat
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, Aug 21, 2022, 10:01 AM
Russia’s imprisonment of Brittney Griner is affecting U.S. policy in Ukraine, and other adversaries are watching.
Jason M. Blazakis is a professor of practice at Middlebury Institute of International Studies, director of its Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, and a senior research fellow at the Soufan Center. From 2008 to August 2018, he was director of the State Department’s Office of Counterterrorism Finance and Designations. He also worked at State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research and was a domestic intelligence analyst with the Congressional Research Service.
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Foreign Policy Essay
The International Far-Right Terrorist Threat Requires a Multilateral Response
Jason M. Blazakis, Naureen Chowdhury Fink Sun, Apr 4, 2021, 10:01 AM
Tools developed to combat terrorist financing over the past two decades can be adapted to the growing transnational threat.
Foreign Policy Essay
Using a Terrorism List to Squeeze Cuba and Venezuela
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, May 31, 2020, 10:00 AM
The State Department's decision to add Cuba to the Not Fully Cooperating Country list could signal a more aggressive policy.
Foreign Policy Essay
Sudan at a Crossroads: Rethinking U.S. Policy
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, Jun 9, 2019, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: Sudan is in the throes of revolution, raising hopes that a government with a brutal history may be at an end. Sudan, however, could also follow the path of Libya, Yemen and other countries where hopeful revolution devolved into civil war and slaughter. Jason Blazakis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies argues that a U.S. role in Sudan's transition is critical.
Anti-Terrorism Legislation
A Road Map for Congress to Address Domestic Terrorism
Mary B. McCord, Jason M. Blazakis Wed, Feb 27, 2019, 8:00 AM
On Feb. 15, federal law enforcement arrested U.S.
Foreign Policy Essay
Pakistan’s Proxies: The Kashmir Attack and U.S. Policy Response
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 10:00 AM
At least 40 Indian soldiers and local officials were killed in a suicide attack on Feb. 14 that targeted a large military convoy traversing Indian-controlled Kashmir. Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), claimed responsibility for the attack, but there are reasons to doubt its credibility.
Foreign Policy Essay
American Terrorists: Why Current Laws Are Inadequate for Violent Extremists at Home
Jason M. Blazakis Sun, Dec 2, 2018, 10:00 AM
Editor’s Note: For the U.S. government, terrorism is a foreign-linked danger, not a domestic one. Groups that foment violence at home are criminal and investigated as such, but a terrorism label is not used. Jason Blazakis, a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey who for many years ran the office at the State Department in charge of terrorist designations, argues that we need to change. He proposes a structure for designating domestic terrorist groups and otherwise putting them on par with their foreign counterparts.