Foreign Policy Essay
Combating Terrorism Online: Possible Actors and Their Roles
Zann Isacson Sun, Sep 2, 2018, 10:00 AM
Assessing the costs and benefits of three approaches to fighting the dissemination of terrorist propaganda.
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Foreign Policy Essay
America’s Terrorism Problem Doesn’t End with Prison—It Might Just Begin There
Lorenzo Vidino, Seamus Hughes Sun, Jun 17, 2018, 10:00 AM
The United States needs to take the threat of prison radicalization seriously.
Foreign Policy Essay
Preventing, Not Just Countering, Violent Extremism
Katerina Papatheodorou Sun, Apr 29, 2018, 10:00 AM
The United States should learn from other countries' proactive approaches to counterterrorism to meet its diverse extremist threats.
Countering Violent Extremism
Whose Responsibility is it to Confront Terrorism Online?
Seamus Hughes Fri, Apr 27, 2018, 7:00 AM
Over the past decade, foreign terrorists command and capability in the digital sphere has drastically evolved. But our responses to this have not adapted with the same efficiency.
Foreign Policy Essay
Reassessing Belgium’s ‘Failed’ Counterterrorism Policy
Thomas Renard, Rik Coolsaet Thu, Mar 22, 2018, 10:00 AM
Belgium's counterterrorism approach was once scorned. Now it should be emulated.
Foreign Policy Essay
Is President Trump Enabling the Islamic State’s Power of Persuasion?
Michael S. Smith, II Sun, Feb 4, 2018, 10:00 AM
Despite new policies, American social media companies are still being exploited by terrorists. The Trump administration needs to do more to change that.
Foreign Policy Essay
Marginalizing Violent Extremism Online
Audrey Alexander, William Braniff Sun, Jan 21, 2018, 10:00 AM
Social media companies can't move fast enough to take down terrorist groups' online content. But what else can they do to address the problem?
Foreign Policy Essay
When It Comes to CVE, the United States Stands to Learn a Lot from Others. Will It?
Eric Rosand Sun, Sep 10, 2017, 10:00 AM
Washington should be learning from the example set by its partners in Australia and Canada.
Foreign Policy Essay
Is It All Over for CVE?
Andrew Glazzard, Eric Rosand Sun, Jun 11, 2017, 10:00 AM
International NGOs campaigning against preventative approaches to violent extremism should be careful what they wish for.
Countering Violent Extremism
The Importance of CVE in Light of the Changing Nature of the Threat
Aaron Y. Zelin Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 10:30 AM
Over the past few years the idea of countering violent extremism (CVE) has become part of the lexicon when discussing issues related to terrorism. But contrary to popular misunderstanding, CVE is neither a replacement to counterterrorism (CT) efforts nor a way for the US government to spy on citizens. Rather, CVE is a complement to CT and has become all the more relevant in the aftermath of the Boston bombings and the Islamic State and other jihadi groups’ recruitment of unprecedented numbers of Americans to fight abroad.