Counterterrorism

The US and its partners must condition diplomatic recognition on the Taliban meeting human rights and counterterrorism standards.

"While it’s certainly convenient to depict the shock and miscalculation U.S. officials claim over Afghanistan’s tragic, rapid fall to the Taliban as an intelligence failure,…

As the UN Security Council hosts an emergency meeting, world leaders must understand what the abandonment of the Afghan people involves.

It is time to take stock of what the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) has become and acknowledge what are the critical inflection points for its future development.

The seventh review resolution shows both the progress that has been made since 2001 and reveals the many challenges that still lay ahead.

How does the categorization of Muslim threats as presumptively “international" subject them to unaccountable security practices and deprivations of rights?

The company has responded to criticism with clarifications and revisions, but the rules require a fundamental rethink.

The Biden administration's counterterrorism policy review is a crucial moment to evaluate the role of law versus policy and an opportunity to narrow the scope of the “ongoing…

There is clear evidence that the growth of U.N. counterterrorism activity has been accompanied by significant deterioration of human rights protections.

Counterterrorism measures are increasingly restricting humanitarian action, negatively impacting aid delivery, and posing security and legal risks to humanitarian actors and their…

Whether governments should repatriate ISIS suspects and family members is under heated debate at the United Nations as it renews its Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS).

A defining feature of the U.N. counterterrorism eco-system is its lack of openness to outside expertise and civil society voices.