Counterterrorism

More than 56,000 people, including 30,000 children, are being held with US support and many face systematic torture and grossly inhumane conditions.

Practical steps, based on the Mendez Principles, promote ethical, more effective practices to end torture and reduce crime and violence.

An exploration of armed groups and international law outside of conflict; the criminal liability of armed groups and their members; rebel governance; and the role of armed groups…

After a series of coups in the region following years of counterterrorism cooperation, the US needs a new approach to recover its stride.

After years of detrimental side effects from the Financial Action Task Force's power, a course correction is overdue.

To thwart Hamas’s strategy, Israel must commit to protect civilians. And Biden must defend human rights and international law with action.

The US need to contend with China and Russia may obscure the accumulation of risk from many individual tradeoffs.

Congress must do more to regulate the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

Guantanamo continues to cause profound damage both inside and outside of its walls. The steps to close the facility are there for the taking.

As we mark the 22nd anniversary of Guantanamo, we have an obligation to look to the long-term to support the victims of torture.

The Department of Justice was founded specifically to counter domestic terrorism. A new law to better prosecute today’s domestic terrorists and more effectively deter people…

The "Ghost Budget" has enabled successive administrations to prosecute wars with limited congressional oversight and public debate.