Counterinsurgency

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

Militant groups recruit where predatory governments alienate youth, exclude vulnerable groups, and rule with violent impunity.

The preconditions for insurgency are already present in the United States.

The international community should ensure Chad’s military participation in countering terrorism does not come at the expense of freedoms for its citizens.

With an influx of international security aid has come diplomatic cover for government corruption, impunity, and the consolidation of power.

After enduring years of terrorist brutality, citizens of places like Mosul, Mogadishu and Maiduguri can finally enjoy a semblance of normal life, after recent successes in countering…

Last month, I wrote on the revisions that the Trump Administration reportedly plans to make to President Obama’s drone policy.  The piece set off a robust conversation with…

Africa’s Sahel region has been in the international news a lot since 2012, largely because of its increasing political instability and insecurity. More recently, the region has…

Editor’s note: This post also appears on the European Council on Foreign Relations website. France’s President François Hollande used a powerful and resonant piece of…

For those following the drone debates, this new study published last week by the US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute is definitely worth a read.  Though I haven’t…