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Europe vs. America: Comparing the Terrorism Threat
It didn’t take the Brussels bombings to convince most experts that the terrorist threat to Europe is greater than that to the U.S. homeland. The November 2015 Paris attacks, the January 2015 Charlie Hebd... -
Totalitarianism 101: The Islamic State’s Offline Propaganda Strategy
Editor's Note: The Islamic State produces potent propaganda, inspiring tens of thousands of Muslims to travel to Syria to fight and encouraging other Muslims to launch attacks in their home countries. Th... -
What the Brussels Attacks Tell Us About the State of ISIS and Europe Today
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The Israeli Supreme Court Debates Counterterrorism Home Demolitions
An interesting debate has developed recently among the justices of the Israeli Supreme Court over the legality of Israel’s use of home demolitions as a counterterrorism measure. This longstanding practic... -
To Preempt Far Right, Europe Should Review Counterterrorism Policies
The Brussels terror attacks, like the Paris attacks last year, were an assault on European values of democracy and human rights. While Brussels has a serious problem with violent extremism—it has contrib... -
HFAC Hearing on the Administration's Plan to Close Guantanamo
The House Foreign Affairs Committee is hearing testimony this morning on the Administration's plan to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. Department of State Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure... -
Something is Going Wrong with International Counterterrorism Efforts: Quick Take After Brussels Attacks
Something is going wrong with international counterterrorism efforts. It is undeniable. The extensive, coordinated, devastating terrorist attacks in Paris in November and the Brussels attack today are i... -
Fixing Tunisia's Terror Problem Should Begin at Home
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Terror and Jauntiness
Le Monde in Paris ran a story a few weeks ago by Luc Leroux reporting on a fifteen-year-old boy in Marseille who attacked a Jew in the street with a machete, and one element of the story cries out for co... -
ISIS Detainee Transferred from U.S. to Iraqi Custody
A quick update on a story we've been tracking this week, involving the second publicly-known instance of U.S.-administered military detention of an ISIS member. As noted here, a raid conducted by the Ex... -
Update on U.S. Detention Ops in Erbil
It appears that Iraqi officials have leaked the identity of the ISIS leader recently captured in a raid conducted in Iraq by the Expeditionary Targeting Force (that's the label the Pentagon has used in d... -
Boots on the Ground in Somalia: Acting "By, With, and Through" a Local Partner to Minimize Friction
These days, when the United States plays the lead role in using lethal force or detaining and interrogating prisoners, the force typically involves only airpower and detention-and-interrogation typically...
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