Counterterrorism
It’s Not Only Iraq and Syria
Seamus Hughes, Jon Lewis Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 8:45 AM
Americans suspected of terrorism are being held in multiple countries.
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Terrorism
The Attacks in Sri Lanka and the Threat of Foreign Fighters
Daniel Byman Tue, Apr 23, 2019, 3:03 PM
The attacks suggest both the danger posed by foreign fighters and the importance of government efforts in stopping them.
Canada
Canada’s Foreign Fighter Problem is No Surprise
Leah West Wed, Oct 24, 2018, 10:11 AM
Over the past week, Global News Canada has released a series of reports from Syria detailing the detention of Muhammed Ali (aka Abu Turaab Al-Kanadi), a high-profile Canadian Islamic State (ISIS) member, by Kurdish forces inside the country. Journalist Stewart Bell and researcher Amarnath Amarasingam travelled to Syria where they interviewed Ali and several other Canadians held in a makeshift detention center in the northeastern part of the state.
ISIS
Prosecuting the Islamic State Fighters Left Behind
Jenna Consigli Wed, Aug 1, 2018, 11:34 AM
The U.S. and the international community more broadly lack a strategy to bring to justice citizens who go abroad to fight with ISIS.
Foreign Policy Essay
Foreign Fighter ‘Hot Potato’
Kim Cragin Sun, Nov 26, 2017, 10:00 AM
The Islamic State's foreign fighters are leaving Iraq and Syria, but they're not always going home. Some states are deporting them, and then they disappear.
Foreign Policy Essay
Round-Trip Tickets: How Will Authorities Know When Foreign Fighters Have Returned?
Colin P. Clarke Sun, Sep 24, 2017, 10:00 AM
Returning foreign fighters will return to the criminal networks they knew before going to Iraq and Syria. That's where European authorities should be looking for them.
Domestic Terrorism
Frustrated Foreign Fighters
Daniel Byman Wed, Jul 12, 2017, 5:00 PM
We should prepare for an increase in violence from individuals who might have traveled abroad to fight on behalf of the Islamic State but who ultimately remain in their home countries.
Omphalos
Thinking Beyond the Defeat of the Islamic State
Daniel Byman Mon, Sep 26, 2016, 12:31 PM
The good news is that the Islamic State is on the ropes. But too often, U.S. tactical success in the Middle East precedes strategic failures. The United States and its partners must prepare now to exploit the very real gains they are making.
Foreign Policy Essay
When a Disunited Europe Meets Transnational Terrorism
Marc Hecker Sun, Feb 7, 2016, 10:39 AM
Marc Hecker explains the need for a unified European response to the terrorism threat facing the continent.
Foreign Policy Essay
Canada's Policy to Confront the Islamic State
Thomas Juneau Sun, Jan 31, 2016, 10:45 AM
Thomas Juneau examines the threat the Islamic State poses to Canada and argues that Canadian participation in coalition airstrikes is critical to the campaign's ultimate success.