Terrorism & Extremism

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

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

Saturday, May 4, 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

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

Eyal Tsir Cohen

May 2019

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Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad

By Daniel L. Byman

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

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

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

After the caliphate: A global approach to defeating ISIS

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT

A boy sits on a wooden boat at the fishing port of the Red Sea city of Hodeida, Yemen March 14, 2018. Picture taken March 14, 2018. REUTERS/Abduljabbar Zeyad - RC16C914C310

Prevention calls for strengthening development, humanitarian, peace “triple nexus”

Eric Rosand and Jorge Moreira da Silva

Thursday, April 25, 2019

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

The attacks in Sri Lanka and the threat of foreign fighters

Daniel L. Byman

Tuesday, April 23, 2019

An Iranian Officer of Revolutionary Guards, with Israel flag drawn on his boots, is seen during graduation ceremony, held for the military cadets in a military academy, in Tehran, Iran June 30, 2018. Tasnim News Agency/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY - RC1EE38A9E00

Trump designates Iran’s Revolutionary Guards a terrorist organization

Suzanne Maloney

Friday, April 12, 2019

EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to report, film or take pictures in Tehran. Members of the Iranian revolutionary guard march during a parade to commemorate the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88), in Tehran September 22, 2011. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAN - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E79M1GMB01

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

Suzanne Maloney

Thursday, April 11, 2019