Terrorism & Extremism

United Nations

The odd couple at the center of the U.N.’s counterterrorism growth

Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

A medic wearing protective gear stands inside a tent facility set up by Hezbollah to test for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in al-Ghaziyeh, southern Lebanon March 31, 2020. Picture taken March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Pandemic politics: Fighting extremist groups during COVID-19

Geneive Abdo

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Armed men, one carrying a "The Boogaloo stands with George Floyd" sign, are seen as protesters rally against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. May 30, 2020. Picture taken May 30, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

TechStream

How the Boogaloo movement is turning memes into violent action

Alex Goldenberg, Joel Finkelstein, and John Farmer Jr.

Monday, June 29, 2020

Somalia

The long war in Somalia

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adam Day

Hybrid Wars with Adam Day

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Reports

Sons of Onyeka Oguaghamba, one of the Nigerian men arrested on charges of public display of affection with members of the same sex, walk to school in Lagos, Nigeria, February 11, 2020. Oguaghamba says he was sleeping outside the hotel in car at the time of the raid and was caught up in the arrests. While he was in police detention, Oguaghamba said, his four boys were told their father had been on television. "I felt so bad, although they didn't understand what gay means," he said. "They asked me - why police arrested me and they were showing me on television. I explained to them that the police can arrest anybody at any time." REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja SEARCH "NIGERIA LGBT" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.

Terrorism & Extremism

Education and Boko Haram in Nigeria

Madiha Afzal

April 2020

Jubbaland forces carry their ammunitions during a security patrol against Islamist al Shabaab militants in Bulagaduud town, north of Kismayu, Somalia, August 17, 2015. Ahmed Madobe, a former Islamist warlord won re-election on Saturday as president of Somalia's southern region of Jubbaland, a territory partly controlled by al Shabaab militants and at odds with the central government of the Horn of Africa country. The fate of Kismayu and Jubbaland is seen as a test of the central government's skill in building a federal system and pacifying a nation fought over for more than two decades by warlords and Islamist rebels. REUTERS/Abdiqani Hassan

Somalia

The problem with militias in Somalia: Almost everyone wants them despite their dangers

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

A member of the local militia, otherwise known as CJTF, Baba Gana, holds a gun as he sits in the back of a truck during a patrol in the city of Maiduguri, northern Nigeria June 9, 2017. Picture taken June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye.

Nigeria

Militias (and militancy) in Nigeria’s north-east: Not going away

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

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

Blog Posts

NYPD officers detain a protester who was looting in a store after marching against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in the Manhattan borough of New York City, U.S., June 2, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Order from Chaos

Riots, white supremacy, and accelerationism

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, June 2, 2020

U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper gestures as he speaks during a joint news conference with Britain's Secretary of State of Defence Ben Wallace after their meeting at Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

Order from Chaos

How Mark Esper is navigating the coronavirus crisis

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 14, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Displaced people, who fled from attacks by armed militants in the town of Roffenega arrive on a truck in the city of Kaya near Pissila, Burkina Faso January 24, 2020. Picture taken January 24, 2020. REUTERS/Anne Mimault/File Photo

Order from Chaos

Preventing violent extremism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Eric Rosand, Khalid Koser, and Lilla Schumicky-Logan

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

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Experts

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Nigeria

Fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria

Vanda Felbab-Brown and Adam Day

Hybrid Wars with Adam Day

Friday, June 12, 2020

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

Podcast Episode

Why Boko Haram in Nigeria fights western education

Madiha Afzal and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, April 17, 2020

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

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Jihadism in Africa

A strategic framework for countering terrorism and targeted violence

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