Threats
With Terrorism Worsening, Africa's Sahel Countries Need More Than Another Military Coalition
Four and a half years after losing control of northern Mali, jihadists are not only back — they appear to be spreading.
Ideas
It’s Getting Too Easy to Create Dangerous Viruses
The upcoming national biodefense strategy should ensure that scientific journals don’t help terrorists learn how.
Threats
Could Police Have Prevented Bloodshed in Charlottesville?
Neo-Nazis and counter-protesters alike think that local and state police should have done a better job keeping violence from breaking out over the weekend.
Science & Tech
Here’s How the US Military Wants to Counter ISIS Drones and Roadside Bombs
Predictive algorithms, deep machine learning, directed energy, and more are all on the Pentagon’s shopping list.
Threats
Trump’s Special Ops Pick Says Terror Drones Might Soon Reach the US from Africa. How Worried Should We Be?
Technological advancement could produce ocean-spanning consumer UAVs. But extremists won’t necessarily bother with them.
Threats
‘Whoever Controls Benghazi Controls Libya’
Well into its fourth year, the war in Libya’s second city has buttressed strongman Khalifa Haftar and sent ripples through the region.
Ideas
Educating Afghanistan's Youth Is the Only True Solution to Terrorism
Widespread illiteracy undercuts not only security, but also development projects that could help lift the country out of 16 years of war.
Threats
Is ISIS More Violent During Ramadan?
The group has called for increased attacks during the Islamic holy month.
Threats
The Danger of Yemen's Secret Prisons
Black sites in the war-ravaged country help ensure that it will remain fertile ground for terrorists for years to come.
Threats
An Attack From the ISIS Playbook
The London attack seems to fit with a pattern of growing attacks on Muslims—both in Europe and in the United States.
Threats
After A Shooting, What Do Security Pros Do Behind Closed Doors?
Wednesday’s attack on a congressional baseball practice will trigger re-evaluations of security posture, and decisions on next steps.
Ideas
Five Ways President Trump is Making Terrorism Worse
Terrorists are pleased to confront a United States that demonizes Muslims and seeks only its own advantage.
Policy
Without Trump’s Stalled Travel Ban, DHS Chief Not ‘Fully Confident’ of US Security
Kelly told lawmakers that terror attacks, like the recent one in London, demonstrate the need for increased vetting of refugees and improved border security.
Ideas
The Trouble With How Liberals Talk About Terrorism
So what if falling objects kill more people? It's not just about the death toll.
Policy
Trump to London: Be More Afraid
Rarely does a leader in a liberal democracy embrace, let alone foment, fear. But that’s exactly what Donald Trump did in response to attacks in London, as he has often done before.
Threats
Fortress Britain's Coming Crackdown
In the wake of the Manchester attack, the U.K. government is stationing troops in cities and fast-tracking new laws to access encrypted messages.
Ideas
The Manchester Attack and the Difficulty of Prevention
What does it mean that the bomber was 'known to security services?'
Ideas
Why ISIS Declared War on Egypt's Christians
The group has been exporting Iraq-style sectarian tactics to the Arab world’s most populous country.
Threats
In Love and War With Iraq’s Elite Fighters
Born in war, raised in war, Iraq’s young special operations forces fight their turn – they just hope their familes understand.
Threats