Terrorism & Extremism

A man places flowers at the entrance of Reina nightclub, which was attacked by a gunman, in Istanbul, Turkey January 3, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2XC66

A tale of two Turkeys

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

A member of al Qaeda's Nusra Front climbs a pole where a Nusra flag was raised at a central square in the northwestern city of Ariha, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area in Idlib province May 29, 2015. A Syrian insurgent alliance which has captured the last government-held town in the northwestern Idlib province made further advances on Friday, a monitoring group and fighters said. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi - RTR4Y10S

What does it mean to be at war with “radical Islam”? On the attractions and dangers of a vague term

Daniel L. Byman

Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Countering Terrorism

By Martha Crenshaw and Gary LaFree

2017

Fighters of the Syrian Islamist rebel group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front, ride on a pick-up truck in the 1070 Apartment Project area in southwestern Aleppo, Syria August 5, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah - RTSL8ZO

How to fight terrorism in the Donald Trump era

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, December 30, 2016

Members of Somalia's federal parliament place their hands on copies of the Koran as they are sworn in to office at the School Policio police training camp in the capital Mogadishu, December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar - RTX2WN3Y

Africa in the news: SEC investigates Mozambique’s bond scandal, Nigeria continues its fight against corruption, and Somalia swears in new parliament

Friday, December 30, 2016

An aerial view of the coast of the Red Sea is pictured through the window of an airplane near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt November 1, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2RFHD

Brookings experts’ takes on the biggest Middle East stories of 2016

Wednesday, December 28, 2016

ISIS has succeeded in doing what Al Qaeda never did - it's an open invitation to wreak havoc.

New York Times Sunday, December 25, 2016

German President Joachim Gauck, Chancellor Angela Merkel and Norbert Lammert, President of Germany's lower house of parliament Bundestag (from R) attend a service at Berlin's Memorial church (Gedaechtniskirche) to commemorate the 12 killed victims of a truck that ploughed into a crowded Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Michael Kappeler/Pool

Berlin attacks provoke backlash against Merkel

Constanze Stelzenmüller

Thursday, December 22, 2016

Candles burn at a Christmas market at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2016, to commemorate the 12 victims of a truck that ploughed into the crowded market. REUTERS/Christian Mang

Germany’s reactions against the Berlin attacks

Constanze Stelzenmüller

December 20, 2016

Berliners, like Londoners, are pretty resilient. I expect they will take this on the chin.

Constanze Stelzenmüller The Economist December 24, 2016