Terrorism & Violent Extremism

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Collection: Counterextremism and Counterterrorism Initiative

Introducing Just Security's new Collection on the evolving threats of violent extremism and terrorism.
In a tense-filled scene, six people are gathered on the far side of an oakwood-colored table scattered with papers and pens, a coffee dispenser and disposable cups in the foreground and a suited man standing in shadows at the back left. Rice has an expression of concern as she's looking to her left toward Cheney on the phone. Three of the other people around her, two women including Hughes and a man, stand around her and one man kneels to her right, all focused on the phone conversation Cheney apparently is having the the president.

A Quarter Century After 9/11: Lessons Learned and Lost

A former member of the George W. Bush administration’s National Security Council reflects on what the United States got right and wrong in its response to the 9/11 attacks.
Two hands fanning out a stack of multi-colored Kenyan currency bills.

Civil Society Donors Should Heed the Risks of FATF Grey List-Induced Panic

The Financial Action Task Force's designations of countries to thwart terrorism financing more often result in governments suppressing civil society than in real reform.

Collection: U.S. Lethal Strikes on Suspected Drug Traffickers, Operation Southern Spear, Operation Absolute Resolve

Collection of expert analysis on the legality of the U.S. strike on Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean, the consequences of the strike, and related issues.

The Just Security Podcast: Murder on the High Seas Part VI

Tess Bridgeman and Rachel Goldbrenner are joined by Brian Finucane and Rebecca Ingber to discuss the latest U.S. strikes against suspected drug traffickers.
People wave Syrian flags as they celebrate a year since the ousting of longtime ruler Bashar al-Assad in the Syrian capital Damascus on December 8, 2025. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP via Getty Images)

Syria in Transition Series

Experts asses accountability, reconciliation, institutional reform, constitutionalism, and more in transitional Syria.
A forelorn-looking figure clad fully in a black burqa stands in shadow at the side of a road lined with market stalls, with sun shining on tall mountains in the background. She's holding what appears to be a small shopping bag at her side, and a couple of motorbikes approach along the otherwise mostly quiet road at left.

Experts Declare International Law Principles Supporting Women’s Resistance to Gender Apartheid

A declaration signed by leading international law and human rights experts calls for codifying gender apartheid as a crime against humanity and outlines key principles.

The Just Security Podcast: Uncharted Territory: The Alien Terrorist Removal Court Hears Its First Case

Dani Schulkin is joined by Steve Vladeck and Jess Dawgert to discuss the first-ever case before the Alien Terrorist Removal Court.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (C, back) looks on as (L/R, front row) Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler, and Lebanese Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh sign a framework agreement at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026.

The Israel-Lebanon Framework Agreement: Return to the “Land for Peace”’ Formula

Experts examine the implications of the framework agreement signed by Israel, Lebanon, and the United States in June.
View of an FBI agent from behind wearing a green FBI vest inside the New York Federal Plaza Immigration Court.

How the Alien Terrorist Removal Court Could Be Good for the U.S. Immigration System

DOJ's first-ever use of the Alien Terrorist Removal Court raises due process concerns, but could offer more legitimacy than current immigration proceedings.
The detectives sit in the foreground, the man in a suit jacket, the woman in a blouse, their backs to the camera, across a table from the prisoner, whose hands are folded atop the edge of the table, which is covered with files and photos and a tape recorder. A video recorder on a tripod is to the left.

Effective Interviewing, Not Torture: Lessons from the Méndez Principles Five Years On

The Mendez Principles, drafted to end the use of torture in interrogations, are being implemented variously across regions and institutions.
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After a Failed U.N. Counterterrorism Strategy Review, What Other Paths to Structural Reform?

The U.N.'s periodic review of its counterterrorism strategy again leaves human rights protections weak and its sprawling system unchecked.
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