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Newly released documents provide additional insights about Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's successor as leader of the Islamic State.
Tools developed to combat terrorist financing over the past two decades can be adapted to the growing transnational threat.
There are concrete steps the Biden administration can take to check Russia and China's actions and arrest democratic backsliding.
The arrangement can be tense and transactional, but has provided benefits for both sides.
The clear threat of right-wing extremism demonstrates the need for a broad-based approach to CVE.
Best practices drawn from three decades of research on disarmament, demobilization and reintegration.
When U.S. partners "do their fair share," they're also more likely to pursue independent foreign policies.
U.S. policy has focused narrowly on countering Hezbollah. The Biden administration should turn to the systemic problems of the country’s politics.
Putin's influence in three former Soviet republics has been shaken by a series of political crises.
The Biden administration has already promised to act on one of the treaty's key provisions.