Terrorism & Extremism

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Marine Le Pen, French National Front (FN) political party leader and candidate for the French 2017 presidential election, during their meeting in Moscow, Russia March 24, 2017. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.

Terrorism & Extremism

Right-wing extremism: The Russian connection

Daniel L. Byman and Shelby Butt

Survival Monday, March 23, 2020

The seal of the United States Department of State is seen in Washington, U.S., January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts

Terrorism & Extremism

Understanding, and misunderstanding, state sponsorship of terrorism

Daniel L. Byman

Studies in Conflicts & Terrorism Wednesday, March 11, 2020

The Chinese national flag flies outside the mosque at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazar during a government organised trip in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China, January 3, 2019. Picture taken January 3, 2019. TO MATCH INSIGHT CHINA-XINJIANG/ REUTERS/Ben Blanchard - RC17EBB289F0

Order from Chaos

Understanding China’s ‘preventive repression’ in Xinjiang

Sheena Chestnut Greitens, Myunghee Lee, and Emir Yazici

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Reports

Security cameras in Tiananmen square are seen in front of flags on the Great Hall of the People where the National People's Congress (NPC) is being held, in Beijing, China, March 11, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon - GF10000341408

Report

Is China prepared for global terrorism?

Daniel L. Byman and Israa Saber

September 2019

Vishant Patel, senior manager of investigations at the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, shows a heat map and talks about how malicious computer networks known as the Citadel Botnets attack computers in Western Europe at the Microsoft Cybercrime Center in Redmond, Washington November 11, 2013. Microsoft, the maker of the most popular computer operating system in the world is launching a new strategy against criminal hackers by bringing together security engineers, digital forensics experts and lawyers trained in fighting software pirates under one roof at its new Cybercrime Center. Picture taken November 11, 2013. To match Feature MICROSOFT-CYBERCRIME/ REUTERS/Jason Redmond (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY CRIME LAW) - GM1E9BE1NSH01

Technology & Innovation

Terrorist definitions and designations lists

Chris Meserole and Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 19, 2019

Sri Lankan military officials stand guard in front of the St. Anthony's Shrine, Kochchikade church after an explosion in Colombo, Sri Lanka April 21, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC1E2EE98B10

Terrorism & Extremism

Pushing the jihadist genie back into the bottle: How to counter the ongoing terrorist threat

Eyal Tsir Cohen

May 2019

Members of French special police forces of Research and Intervention Brigade (BRI) take part in a drill inside the Groupama Stadium in Decines, near Lyon, France, as part of a G6 Interior Ministers meeting of the six largest EU countries to discuss security and anti-terror issues, October 9, 2018. REUTERS/Emmanuel Foudrot - RC1259805A00

Terrorism & Extremism

Terrorism and the threat to democracy

Daniel L. Byman

February 2019

Libya

Empowered decentralization: A city-based strategy for rebuilding Libya

John R. Allen, Hady Amr, Daniel L. Byman, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Jeffrey Feltman, Alice Friend, Jason Fritz, Adel Abdel Ghafar, Bruce Jones, Mara Karlin, Karim Mezran, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Federica Saini Fasanotti, Landry Signé, Arturo Varvelli, Frederic Wehrey, and Tarik M. Yousef

Monday, February 11, 2019

Blog Posts

Taliban officials led by the movement's chief negotiator Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar (C, front) attend peace talks between senior Afghan politicians and Taliban negotiators in Moscow, Russia May 29, 2019. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Order from Chaos

America’s responsibilities on the cusp of its peace deal with the Taliban

Madiha Afzal

Friday, February 28, 2020

Undated handout picture of U.S., Taliban and Qatar officials during a meeting for peace talks in Doha, Qatar. Qatari Foreign Ministry/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Order from Chaos

After the US-Taliban deal, what might negotiations between the Taliban and Afghan side look like?

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

Women walk through al-Hol displacement camp in Hasaka governorate, Syria April 1, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Order from Chaos

Minding the gap: How to provide more comprehensive support to the children of ISIS

Eric Rosand, B. Heidi Ellis, and Stevan Weine

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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Related Books

Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

2019

The Future of ISIS

Edited by Feisal al-Istrabadi and Sumit Ganguly

2018

Pakistan Under Siege

By Madiha Afzal

2018

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Experts

Eric Rosand

Nonresident Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Middle East Policy, U.S. Relations with the Islamic World

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Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy

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David M. Rubenstein Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy

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Multimedia

Panelists at event on fifth anniversary of Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (photo by Chris Williams)

Brookings Now

On fifth anniversary of Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS, former leaders reflect on successes and future challenges

Fred Dews and Jane Miller

Monday, September 16, 2019

Names of missing Chibok school girls kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgency five years ago are displayed during the 5th year anniversary of their abduction, in Abuja, Nigeria April 14, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde - RC19E45DE390

Africa in focus

Beneath the Tamarind Tree: Nigeria and the resilience of the Chibok Girls

Christina Golubski

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque - RC164B05C010

Podcast Episode

Why is the Trump administration pushing to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as terrorists?

Shadi Hamid

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

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