Introduction The purpose of this article is to examine the origin of the High Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) and to review how it functions in regard to terrorists who…
As European authorities watched thousands of aspiring jihadists leave their countries to fight in Iraq and Syria in 2012 and 2013, few laws were in place to prevent them from…
On October 10th, the Ambassador Insider Series, hosted by The Washington Diplomat at the Willard InterContinental Washington Hotel, welcomed Pakistani Ambassador to the United States Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Following the event, Five…
The Horn of Africa has rapidly risen on the global stage as a region affected by terrorism and violent, often religious-based, extremism. This rise is primarily due to al-Shabaab’s military…
An immutable law of jihadist groups is that they carefully monitor attacks—both successful and unsuccessful—in order to replicate and build upon those that worked and to avoid repeating errors. Even…
When the subject concerning state use of torture arises, the United States and other liberal democracies may not be perceived as primary perpetrators of such egregious actions, as they arguably…
Shop the Entire Current Issue- The Integration of Regions || Return to The Integration of Regions index “The power of recruiters over young men…has been of grave…
On May 30, the United States Department of State released its 2012 Country Reports on Terrorism (CRT), a congressionally-mandated annual report. Unlike State Department reports on human rights, the…
Dr. Rabasa makes some excellent points in his recent article regarding the affective, ideological and pragmatic components of exiting terrorism. Indeed, as he points out, the trajectories into violent extremism…
Now that the French have retaken all the major cities in Mali, the focus of the international community shifts to the future, and to what is next for Mali. One…
