Latest in counterterrorism
The White House released the National Strategy for Counterterrorism on Oct. 4. It is the first such strategy to be released since the publication of the Obama administration’s strategy in 2011. The full document can be read below.
The numbers show that U.S. operations against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria are reducing the terrorist organization's ability to strike Western countries.
For much more than a decade after the 9/11 attacks, both the threat of terrorism and the ins-and-outs of U.S. counterterrorism policy dominated our national discourse. But not anymore.
Do drone strikes really drive terrorist recruitment? Interviews with militants, tribal leaders, and Pakistani intelligence suggest it might not.
The United States should learn from other countries' proactive approaches to counterterrorism to meet its diverse extremist threats.
The new prime minister is the country’s first from the majority ethnic group, but Ethiopia’s real problems are embedded in its legislative structure.
Belgium's counterterrorism approach was once scorned. Now it should be emulated.
Syria is both a counterterrorism success and failure.
How U.S. counterterrorism policy came to rely on a fleet of armed, remotely-piloted vehicles.
The United States should be more concerned about jihadism in Bangladesh.