Counterterrorism

Assessing progress on understanding, preventing, and disrupting threats, and on addressing long-term contributors.

The capture raises a host of issues on detention and prosecution of terrorists in areas where the US does not have a large ground presence.

There are both benefits and risks to maintaining a U.S. military presence in Iraq.

More information is needed to assess the strategic and legal basis for redeploying U.S. troops to Somalia.

The EU's Digital Services Act does not sufficiently address challenges to countering online extremism.

It is time to reconsider U.S. strategic objectives in Syria and the legal basis for the use of force there.

The Biden administration faces tough legal choices following the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The Sahel may be the next battleground in the "war on terror."

Remarks from Jameel Jaffer, Just Security Executive Editor and Executive Director of the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University.

The United States should consider not only the ongoing terrorist threat in Somalia, but also how to stabilize the long-troubled country.

Relying on military force alone in Yemen, a longstanding front in the "forever war," will not promote US interests or regional stability.

As the "war on terror" enters a third decade, it is time to reevaluate the aims and utility of relying on military force around the globe.