UN Peacekeeping and Counter-terrorism
This article was originally published by Sustainable Security on 14 March 2017. There are strong calls to give UN peacekeeping operations more robust mandates to engage in counter-terrorism tasks. But...
View Article“Diaspora as Partners”: The Canadian Model of Countering Violent Extremism
This article was originally published by IPI Global Observatory on 5 July 2017. The truck attack on a mosque two weeks ago in Finsbury Park, London, represented two disturbing recent trends in...
View ArticleMarketing to Extremists: Waging War in Cyberspace
This article was originally published by the Small Wars Journal on 9 July 2017. Online, the Islamic State is a technologically savvy, sophisticated, and nimble organization that learns from its...
View ArticleTargeting Terrorists or Promoting Development? The United States’ Approach to...
This article was originally published by Political Violence @ a Glance on 24 August 2017. In a recent Politico op-ed urging Congress to consider the importance of United States foreign aid programs,...
View ArticleReligion and Ethnicity are Not Indicators of Extremism
This article was originally published by Institute for Security Studies on 20 October 2017 Counter-terrorism fails when it alienates the very communities it is meant to help. Counter-terrorism...
View ArticleA Growing Strategic Gap between America and Europe?
This article was originally published by War on the Rocks on 8 February 2018. After last year’s fears that President Donald Trump would undermine NATO unity, we now have a clearer understanding of the...
View ArticleA Primer on Countering Terrorism
This article was published by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on 2 May 2018. Terrorism’ is usually defined as the real or threatened use of violence by a non-state actor against...
View ArticleShanghai Cooperation Organisation Timeline
This graphic provides a timeline on the development of the areas of focus for cooperation in the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) since the 1990s. For more on the SCO, its current and future...
View ArticleTerrorist Attacks in Russia
These graphics provide an overview of the trend in terrorist attacks in Russia since 2008. For an examination of the impact of the 2014 economic crisis on counterterrorism in Russia and more, see...
View ArticleRegions with Local IS Branches and Affiliates
This week’s featured graphic shows the core IS’ state as of March 2022 as well as its affiliates in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. For a deeper assessment of the danger the IS still poses, read...
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