Terrorism

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Terrorism, al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden have become synonymous since the attacks of 9/11. But after a decade of counterterrorism activity around the globe, and the killing of bin Laden by U.S. special operations forces, what's next for the global terrorism network and efforts to counter it? Brookings experts examine the military and political issues.

Jose Vazquez Villagrana (C), a member of the Joaquin Guzman Loera cartel, is presented during a news conference in Mexico City.

REUTERS/Henry Romero - Jose Vazquez Villagrana (C), a member of the Joaquin Guzman Loera cartel, is presented during a news conference at the federal police headquarters in Mexico City February 22, 2010.

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Despite Its Siren Song, High-Value Targeting Doesn’t Fit All: Matching Interdiction Patterns to Specific Narcoterrorism and Organized-Crime Contexts

October 1, 2013, Vanda Felbab-Brown

Vanda Felbab-Brown explains how though interdiction focused on high-value targeting (HVT) has featured key successes in the last decade, the strategy has been ineffective in accomplishing counternarcotics goals in some circumstances. Alternative postures such as middle-level targeting and focused-deterrence, if designed to shape interdiction postures to specific threat patterns, could be more effective policy choices in some cases, she argues.

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In the News

Kenyans do feel demoralized. They are paying a very high price for being good hosts. But, they have also recovered; they have dealt with a lot of these types of incidents, but this also brings them together.
September 24, 2013, Mwangi S. Kimenyi, The Takeaway
Podcast

Much of What We Think about Privacy, Liberty, Security and Threat is Wrong

August 30, 2013, Benjamin Wittes and Fred Dews
Interview | WDET

Understanding Chechnya

April 23, 2013, Fiona Hill
Interview | The World

The Suspected Boston Bombers and the Russia Connection

April 22, 2013, Fiona Hill
In the News

Videos from Chechnya are all over the Internet. They're constantly packaged as part of the Al-Qaeda network recruitment.
April 21, 2013, Fiona Hill, AFP
Interview | Israel's Meet the Press (Channel 2)

Homegrown Terrorism in the Boston Bombings, President Obama's Middle East Visit, and the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process

April 20, 2013, Martin S. Indyk
Interview | The World

The Troubled History of Chechnya

April 19, 2013, Fiona Hill
In the News

Chechnya has a very brutal history. You can just imagine two young Chechen boys growing up [in that violence] and then being dropped in the United States…And here they are in their 20s, a classic time for people to search for identity.
April 19, 2013, Fiona Hill, Christian Science Monitor
In the News

Where the U.S. wanted to talk about Afghanistan, [Putin] wanted to talk about Chechnya and have the U.S. turn a blind eye to the human-rights abuses there.
April 19, 2013, Fiona Hill, USA Today
In the News

Chechnya, like Dagestan, like Syria, like Pakistan, like Iraq, like Afghanistan, all these places where there's been tumult and upheaval and conflict and regional dislocation, continue to become basically the recruiting grounds for people who have a very strong sense of grievance. And again, we're talking small numbers of people.
April 19, 2013, Fiona Hill, National Public Radio