Tag: Terrorism & Insurgency
42 Articles
- Conflict & Security
The Legality of Dual Interrogations for High-Value Terrorists
With the start of the 2001 “War on Terror,” the interrogation of detainees engaged in conducting or plotting terrorism has been a source of much consternation — from both…
January 25, 2018
- Conflict & Security
All For One and One For All: Toward A Coordinated EU Approach on Returnees
To successfully combat the threat posed by returning foreign fighters who intend to do harm, European Union officials may need to aggressively root out potential terrorists…
November 25, 2017
- Dialogues
The U.S.-Pakistan Relationship with Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry
GJIA: From your time as a Foreign Secretary to now being the Pakistani Ambassador, what are the major changes you’ve seen in the relationship between Pakistan and the United…
October 30, 2017
- Conflict & Security
Countering Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
The terrorist group initially focused its operations in the country. However, the July 2010 dual bombings in the Ugandan capital of Kampala underscored the group’s shift in…
October 10, 2015
- Conflict & Security
The Westgate Mall Attack and the Future of Terrorism
The Westgate attack is itself a variation of a previous highly successful operation: an urban warfare assault in Mumbai, India, that the Pakistani group Lashkar-e-Taiba executed…
September 23, 2013
- Human Rights & Development
Guantanamo Bay and the Land of the Free
The United States’ global war on terror has, over the past decade, ushered in a new attitude towards torture. Starting in the United States and subsequently spreading around…
August 7, 2013
- Online Archive
Building Community Resilience to Violent Extremism
The Obama administration’s landmark new approach to countering violent extremism through engaging community partners calls for no less than a paradigm shift in how we…
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
Combating Religion-Based Terror
Despite military and security gains against al-Qaida (AQ), the CRT makes clear that terrorist organizations continue to pose a deadly challenge to the United States and its.…
June 29, 2013
- Human Rights & Development
Terrorist Disengagement: A Response to Dr. Angel M. Rabasa
In regard to the affective level, I would posit that there are many reasons that individuals radicalize, of which only one is emotional engagement with other group members. For…
March 22, 2013
- Online Archive
France, Mali, and the Limits of Intervention
In essence, this would entail the French launching a counterinsurgency operation for an indeterminate period of time. This logic ignores one simple fact: the French cannot win a…
February 18, 2013