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The best strategy for defeating jihadism might involve managing a few extremists. Jordan can show us how it's done.
Despite the Islamic State's bitter split with al-Qaeda, it still relies on al-Qaeda's greatest hits to bring in new recruits.
The number of active-duty and veteran troops in Trump's National Security Council isn't the issue, it's whether they can account for their biases and adapt to their new institutional roles.
Foreign law-enforcement officers are on the frontlines of the counterterrorism fight. The United States can help them help themselves.
International NGOs campaigning against preventative approaches to violent extremism should be careful what they wish for.
Editor’s Note: When the United States invaded and occupied Iraq in 2003, it found itself woefully unprepared for the insurgency that followed. It took years—and many lives lost—for the U.S. military to relearn how to fight insurgents, but the results were stunning. By the end of the decade, al-Qaeda in Iraq and other violent groups were on the run, and it looked like Iraq was on the path to stability. Zach Abels at the National Interest, however, warns that much of this valuable knowledge is being lost.
There is an opportunity to resolve some of the rivalry's thorniest issues if the two sides are just willing to sit down and talk.
Canada has managed to keep relations cordial with the Trump administration. Their secret: a whole-of-government, bipartisan strategy.
The Islamic State funded its rise to power through oil smuggling and taxation, but now it's losing control of the resources and populations on which it has relied.
In a country like Libya, it's easy to play six degrees of al-Qaeda. How close is is too close for the United States?