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The U.S. recently laid out a security assistance package to help counter the growing jihadist threat in West Africa. But is the new initiative too little and too late?
It is time to move beyond simplistic and worn-out war on terror strategies and create a nimble new response to today’s ever-changing threats.
The notes, which give details on the administration’s response to the 9/11 attacks, were declassified by the Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel close to a decade after the appeal was initially submitted.
Across ideologies, women and children are playing more prominent roles in terrorist groups.
The success of the operation is a testament to the CIA’s unrelenting focus on terrorism over the past 20 years.
An appreciation of the effects of targeted strikes—as well as legal and ethical assessments of them—should guide decisions about whether, when, and where to conduct strikes.
On Feb. 3, President Biden announced that U.S. forces successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation that killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the leader of the Islamic State.
Israel's labeling of six Palestinian civil society organizations as terrorist groups in October demonstrates the current legal process' lack of due process and transparency.
Foreign fighters remain a powerful jihadist force worth understanding.
Some reflections on de Kerchove’s tenure.