Terrorism Financing
The Challenges of Understanding Taliban Finance
Jessica Davis Mon, Aug 23, 2021, 11:14 AM
Getting a clearer sense of the Taliban’s finances will help develop a more nuanced and balanced picture of the group.
Jessica Davis is a former senior strategic intelligence analyst with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. She now works as an international consultant on counterterrorism, terrorist financing and women in terrorism, and is the president of Insight Threat Intelligence. Her forthcoming book is “Illicit Money: Financing Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century” (Lynne Rienner, 2021).
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Foreign Policy Essay
International Security Implications of Central Bank Digital Currencies
Jessica Davis Sun, Aug 8, 2021, 10:01 AM
Governments need to set norms and establish best practices early as countries begin to launch their own, official digital currencies.
Foreign Policy Essay
Four Things to Consider on the Future of AI-enabled Deterrence
Alex Wilner, Casey Babb, Jessica Davis Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 10:01 AM
Artificial intelligence is already reshaping the ways that policymakers approach deterrence, and how adversaries respond.
Foreign Policy Essay
Rethinking Global Counterterrorist Financing
Jessica Davis Sun, Dec 6, 2020, 10:01 AM
Financial intelligence analysts need to go beyond "following the money" to tackle contemporary terrorist theats.