Terrorism & Extremism

A Sri Lankan soldier walks past a burnt shop after a mob attack in Kottampitiya, Sri Lanka May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte - RC11D04F5E40

Terrorism & Extremism

You can’t defeat tomorrow’s terrorists by fighting yesterday’s enemy

Daniel L. Byman

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Palestinian boys sit atop the ruins of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the east of Gaza City May 12, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - GF10000092322

Order from Chaos

What we can learn from yet another round of conflict in Gaza

Eyal Tsir Cohen

Thursday, May 16, 2019

Muslims hold a prayer session on the road as police block them from marching towards the U.S. Embassy to protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC14E96D48C0

Order from Chaos

In strategies to counter violent extremism, politics often trump evidence

Monday, May 6, 2019

Sudanese protesters attend a demonstration in front of the defense ministry compound in Khartoum, Sudan, May 2, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1842B87200

Africa in focus

Africa in the news: Sudan, Benin, Nigeria, and Sahel updates

Saturday, May 4, 2019

Reports

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

French President Emmanuel Macron, Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar, the military commander who dominates eastern Libya, and the participants of the International Conference on Libya listen to a verbal agreement between the various parties regarding the organization of a democratic election this year at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, May 29, 2018. Etienne Laurent/Pool via Reuters - RC150A52E560

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

United States President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the State Department during the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism in Washington February 19, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron (UNITED STATES - Tags: CRIME LAW MILITARY POLITICS RELIGION) - GM1EB2K00X201

Terrorism & Extremism

A roadmap to progress: The state of the global P/CVE agenda

Eric Rosand, Michael Jones, Franziska Praxl-Tabuchi, and Emily Winterbotham

September 2018

Syrian army soldiers walk along a street in Umm al-Mayazen, in the countryside of Deraa, Syria, July 10, 2018. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RC1740AD63D0

Syria

A 10-degree shift in Syria strategy

Ranj Alaaldin, Jason Fritz, Steven Heydemann, Bruce Jones, and Michael E. O’Hanlon

September 2018

Blog Posts

A coffin of a victim is carried, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island on Easter Sunday, in Negombo, Sri Lanka April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Thomas Peter - RC1DB235C800

Order from Chaos

The attacks in Sri Lanka and the threat of foreign fighters

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

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Order from Chaos

What both Trump and his critics get wrong about the IRGC terrorist designation

Suzanne Maloney

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Order from Chaos

Do counter-narratives actually reduce violent extremism?

Eric Rosand and Emily Winterbotham

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Events

Global Research Network on Terrorism and Technology: The inaugural conference

8:30 AM - 5:45 PM EDT

Road warriors: Foreign fighters in the armies of jihad

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

After the caliphate: A global approach to defeating ISIS

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

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Related Books

road warriors

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

Multimedia

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?

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

Somali women walk past the wreckage of a car involved in an explosion near the president's residence in Mogadishu, Somalia December 22, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RC195E3B8230

Podcast Episode

Preventing violent extremism in fragile states

George Ingram, Nancy Lindborg, and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

U.S. Foreign Policy

Peace, security, and the United Nations General Assembly

Bruce Jones and Fred Dews

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

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