Ideas
To Defeat Future Terrorists, Europe Must Look to the Past
Decades of facing down homegrown, radical militancy, offer France, Germany, and Britain, a road map for contending with ISIS.
Ideas
What to Watch Next After ISIS's Boko Haram Coup
Boko Haram’s former leader has not given up his global jihad, despite being snubbed by ISIS in early August.
Ideas
15 Years After 9/11, Is America Any Safer?
The United States has spent $1 trillion to defend against al-Qaeda and ISIL, dirty bombs and lone wolves, bioterror and cyberterror. Has it worked?
Ideas
This is the War Against al-Qaeda the Next US President Will Inherit
Fifteen years after invading Afghanistan in pursuit of the 9/11 attackers, the U.S. is bombing a half-dozen more countries.
Ideas
How ISIS Is Shaking Up Transatlantic Views on Surveillance and Counter-Terrorism
France's heightened security didn’t prevent a bloody July. Why not?
Ideas
France, ISIS and the Fragile Unity of a Nation Under Attack
With each new terrorist incident in France, the solidarity that accompanied previous ones becomes harder to sustain.
Policy
Poll: When It Comes to Terrorism, Federal Workers Prefer Trump
But they believe Clinton would run the government better.
Ideas
Is Global Terrorism Getting Worse? Depends on Your Definition
Civil war is driving many recent attacks, and that blurs both statistics and remedies.
Ideas
And the War Came: A Call for Unity—Not to Arms—in My Hometown Orlando
A Pentagon reporter raised in Orlando returned to measure the distance from the battlefield to the homefront, and found something unexpected.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon is Developing A New Suite of Tools to Fight the Lone Wolf Problem
As the counter-terrorism battle moves online, DARPA seeks to track how ISIS spreads its ideas — and how well US ripostes are working.
Science & Tech
How US Counterterrorism Funds Ended Up in the Orlando Terrorist's Pocket
The U.S. spends billions a year on counterterrorism, with generally poor oversight.
Threats
The Orlando Shooting Is the Deadliest In US History
Around 50 people were killed and at least 53 wounded Sunday when a gunman opened fire in a popular gay nightclub in downtown Orlando.
Science & Tech
France Launches New Terror Alert App Ahead of Euro 2016 Tournament
With millions of sports fans expected to fill multiple venues in western Europe, the French are beefing up security.
Threats
Don’t Give Up on the African Union Mission Yet
Somalia's most effective institution and its biggest driver of stability, AMISOM is the only force that can counter al-Shabab and hold territory.
Threats
America’s New Special Operations Commander Wants to Predict the Future
With so many elite troops fighting ‘an extremist phenomenon that’s gone rabid’ in failed states, Gen. Tony Thomas wants to get his operators ahead of the curve.
Threats
Pentagon To Harden US Military Bases Against ISIS Attacks
Defense Secretary promises three-year, $180 million force-protection effort, following threats in Chattanooga and elsewhere.
Policy
The Detainee With No Country—And the 79 Others Still at Guantanamo
All are men, and most have not been charged with any crimes.
Ideas
Here’s the Latest Evidence Torture Doesn’t Keep Us Safe
It all comes down to the neurological consequences of stressors.
Threats
Boko Haram Has Stepped Up Its Use of Children as Suicide Bombers—and Most Are Girls
The group's suicide bombings involving children have jumped eleven fold within in the last two years, according to UNICEF.
Ideas