Terrorism & Extremism

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon addresses the Annual Conference of Swiss Developement Cooperation in Zurich, Switzerland January 22, 2016. On the screen behind are displayed the 17 goals of UN's 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann - LR1EC1M141E1G

Order from Chaos

The silo problem: Connecting the UN’s efforts to promote sustainable development and prevent violent extremism

Eric Rosand and Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini

Monday, July 15, 2019

Counter-protesters carrying signs in support of guns and Trump stand across from "March for Our Lives", an organized demonstration to end gun violence, in downtown Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 24, 2018. REUTERS/Patrick T. Fallon - RC1DC45DF570

Terrorism & Extremism

Right-wing terrorism could get even worse after Trump

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, July 12, 2019

Supporters of white nationalist leader Jason Kessler arrive to take a subway to leave the area after a Washington, D.C. rally marking the one year anniversary of the 2017 Charlottesville Unite the Right protests, while en route to Vienna, Virginia, U.S. August 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart - RC1B965196F0

Terrorism & Extremism

Does America face a threat from within?

Daniel L. Byman

The National Interest Tuesday, June 18, 2019

A general view of Hammam Al-Alil camp is seen in south of Mosul, Iraq September 9,2017. Picture taken September 9,2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari - RC1DE018D370

Terrorism & Extremism

Repatriating ISIS families: An opportunity to show that “preventing and countering violent extremism” can work

Eric Rosand and Stevan Weine

Friday, June 14, 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

John Walker Lindh

Order from Chaos

Foreign fighters are dangerous—for the groups they join

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, May 29, 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

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Events

The impact of militias on governance and geopolitics in the Middle East and North Africa

10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

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

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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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