The risk of nuclear escalation in Ukraine means our support cannot be unlimited.

Just because the Taliban won doesn’t mean jihadis will.

The once-powerful organization’s disappearance from headlines and the broader foreign-policy conversation is remarkable.

Twenty years after the 9/11 attacks, the current status and future of al-Qaeda is a central policy question, especially as the U.S. government looks to pivot away from counterterrorism toward manag...

Russia is cultivating extreme right-wing support to undermine the West, using a variety of actors to woo different partners.

Abstract. Academic research can inform decision-makers on what actions to take or to avoid to make the world safer, more peaceful, and more equitable. There are many good works on bridging the gap...

Abstract. Reconstruction failed in the United States because white Southerners who were opposed to it effectively used violence to undermine Black political power and force uncommitted white Southe...

He inherited the leadership of al Qaeda when U.S. forces killed Osama bin Laden but lacked his predecessor’s charisma.

We spoke with Fiona Hill, a former Trump adviser, about how the Russian leader’s view of history has led him to the brink of war.

If the Lebanese group does more than fire a few missiles in solidarity, it would dramatically escalate the current conflict.

Five potential forms of intelligence failure to consider, as more and more fingers point at the leaders of Israel’s intelligence services.

The situation is chaotic, and the fighting is ongoing. But several observations already stand out.

The U.S. remains a chief target for jihadists, but measures including drone strikes, special operations and intelligence sharing have kept terrorism at bay

America has become too accustomed to thinking of its side as stymied, ineffective, or incompetent.

Abstract. Reconstruction failed in the United States because white Southerners who were opposed to it effectively used violence to undermine Black political power and force uncommitted white Southe...

The high costs of crushing Hamas.

Here’s why Afghanistan won't necessarily become a base for international terrorist attacks.

Netanyahu has nothing but bad options.

Even as the president was telling the public that Kabul was unlikely to fall, intelligence assessments painted a grimmer picture.

When the fighting ends, Israel and Hamas both may be worse off than when it started. Hamas has inflicted tremendous pain on Israel, stalled its regional normalisation, restored its ‘resistance’ cre...

The last year saw advances and setbacks in the fight against American white supremacist, anti-government, and other violent right-wing groups. Daniel L. Byman assesses the right-wing terror threat in...

Confronting major powers, especially Russia, to say nothing of smaller powers like Iran, also requires counterterrorism tools, but what that means in practice differs considerably from the fight

Time to make hard choices.

The white supremacist threat is dangerous, but the movement as a whole has many weaknesses, some of which can be exploited.

Sept. 11, 2001, was “The Day the World Changed.” The 2,977 deaths at the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists led to massive policy changes and dominated U.S.

The “smart fence” that separates Israel from Gaza is equipped with cutting-edge technology, designed to detect any security breach.

In this roundtable, our contributors review Daniel Byman's book "Road Warriors: Foreign Fighters in the Armies of Jihad," which provides a sweeping history of jihadist foreign fighters from Afghani...

A new focus on right-wing terrorist groups and years of fighting Islamic militant groups seems to have paid off

White Supremacist Terrorism Hate Oathkeepers Proud Boys Boogaloo Bois Stewart Rhodes Enrique Tarrio Dan Byman

States usually support terrorist groups to weaken their rivals, silence their opponents and give themselves options they otherwise lack. By providing weapons, training, a sanctuary and other suppor...

Mr. Ryan, a county executive, defeated Marc Molinaro, a Republican, in the Hudson Valley special election.

Artificial intelligence offers enormous promise to advance progress and powerful capabilities to disrupt it. This policy brief is the second installment of a series that examines how advances in AI...

The attacks hinder Russian warfighting, but Ukrainian leaders probably seek a more strategic impact.

Podcast Episode · The Lawfare Podcast · 06/21/2022 · 44m

In 2006, Israel and Hezbollah fought each other fiercely, with Israel's military failing in many ways. Israel's intelligence and military successes in recent weeks show how it has learned the lessons...

How a pre-mortem analysis could limit potential failures in Gaza.

AI-generated disinformation, especially from hostile foreign powers, is a growing threat to democracies based on the free flow of ideas.

For nearly a decade, the country had seemingly broken the cycle of violence, but extremist groups have bounced back since the Taliban regained control in neighboring Afghanistan.