Terrorism & Extremism

White House Releases First National Strategy to Combat Domestic Terrorism

Rohini Kurup
Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 10:44 AM

The 32-page government-wide strategy to counter draws on the assessment of the government’s efforts to address domestic terrorism that President Biden ordered on his first day in office in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol. 

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The White House on June 15 released a 32-page government-wide strategy for countering domestic terrorism. The framework draws on the assessment of the government’s efforts to address domestic terrorism that President Biden ordered on his first day in office in the wake of the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.

The strategy is organized around four main pillars: understanding and sharing information related to domestic terrorism, preventing domestic terrorism recruitment and mobilization, deterring and disrupting domestic terrorism activity, and addressing the long-term issues that contribute to domestic terrorism.

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Rohini Kurup is a J.D. candidate at the University of Virginia School of Law. Prior to law school, she worked as an associate editor of Lawfare and a research analyst at the Brookings Institution. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College.

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