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Iranian Women’s Demands for Freedom Must Be Heard

Iranians continue to protest discriminatory rules in a bid to achieve gender equality.
A US army battle tank drives with other infantry-fighting vehicles across dunes.

How Support to Partner Forces Enables Secret War

With security cooperation as a means of pursuing U.S. military objectives becoming more frequent, Department of Defense-led security cooperation, particularly under §§ 333, 127e,…
A sign hanging on a pole on Queen Street in the city center of Cardiff, United Kingdom, on August 25, 2022, warns that South Wales Police are using facial recognition. To the left of the sign, blurred in the distance, are people walking by. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)

Emerging Tech Has a Front-Row Seat at India-Hosted UN Counterterrorism Meeting. What About Human Rights?

Hype and untested promises have accelerated deployment of artificial intelligence, biometrics, and more, in the dubious name of security.
Indian Dalit rights activists, intellectuals, and journalists shout slogans against the police raid and illegal arrest of human right activists under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) during a protest in New Delhi on August 29, 2018. A yellow banner reads, "Citizens protest against the police raids and illegal arrest of human rights activists." Indian police had arrested prominent lawyers and left-wing activists on August 28 for alleged links to Maoist rebels, drawing a rebuke from rights watchdogs who labelled the raids a "massive crackdown" on government critics. (Photo credit should read PRAKASH SINGH/AFP via Getty Images)

India’s Abuses at Home Raise Concerns About Its Global Counterterrorism Role

It is hosting a special meeting of the UN Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee, which it chairs, even amid internal repression.

Ending Perpetual War

With the threat of terrorism receding, the Biden administration should seize the moment and illuminate a path back to peace.
Somali soldiers enter Sanguuni military base, where an American special operations soldier was killed by a mortar attack on June 8, about 450 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 13, 2018

What the White House Use of Force Policy Means for the War in Somalia

In principle, the new policy tightens safeguards for airstrikes and special operation raids. But it contains loopholes that will likely allow business as usual for USAFRICOM in…
A military drone replica is displayed in front of the White House during a protest against drone strikes on January 12, 2019 in Washington, DC.

The Biden Drone Playbook: The Elusive Promise of Restrained Counterterrorism

The new policy guidance on direct action is welcome, but more work is needed to fulfill the promise of restrained counterterrorism.
People in black hoods and orange jumpsuits walk in front of US Capitol Building

Russian Torture and American (Selective) Memory

"No nation ever has and no nation ever will . . . torture their way to security."
A US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile stands on the tarmac of Kandahar military airport on June 13, 2010.

Biden’s New Counterterrorism Policy Guidance Further Entrenches the Forever War

Biden's classified policy memorandum on counterterrorism drone strikes is just one more stepping stone in the long path of the forever war.
Graffiti showing a US drone is depicted on a wall to protest against US drone strikes on September 19, 2018 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Assessing Biden’s New Policy Framework for Counterterrorism Direct Action

Biden's new counterterrorism framework is consistent with policy efforts to dial back the war on terror.
A pair of hands behind metal bars.

How Biden Can Bring Detained Americans in Iran Home

This week, the Biden administration agreed to swap Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai for the freedom of U.S. citizen Mark Frerichs, who the Taliban held in captivity for the last…
A youth looks out through a metal fence as she stands in the rain in front of a campground.

European Court Tackles the Thorny Issue of Family Repatriation From Northeast Syria

Despite its shortcomings, the ECHR decision on repatriation of alleged IS family members from Syria marks an important turning point.
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