Terrorism & Violent Extremism

Tracking two federal crimes and one Georgia state crime, with evidence presented by the House Select Committee investigating January 6th.

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

With the threat of terrorism receding, the Biden administration should seize the moment and illuminate a path back to peace.

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…

Responding to anti-trans and anti-LGBTQ violence requires support the leaders and organizations building safe communities and networks of safety.

The new policy guidance on direct action is welcome, but more work is needed to fulfill the promise of restrained counterterrorism.

The administration risks leaving the US overcommitted and overextended during a period of substantial shifts in the global balance of power.

"No nation ever has and no nation ever will . . . torture their way to security."

Biden's classified policy memorandum on counterterrorism drone strikes is just one more stepping stone in the long path of the forever war.

Biden's new counterterrorism framework is consistent with policy efforts to dial back the war on terror.

The path to peace in Somalia cannot rest on counterterrorism operations alone.

A better approach would be for Congress to impose additional targeted sanctions on Russia, but not through the one-size-fits-all state sponsor of terrorism designation.