Terrorism

Support Africa to Weaken Boko Haram and the Lord Resistance Army

Foreign Policy is a general objective that guides the activities and relationships of one state in its interactions with other states. Boko Haram in Nigeria and the Lord Resistance Army...

Islamists Are Weaponizing Britain’s Failing Prison Service

Fears of discrimination, a failure to deal with unruly prisoners, and an unwillingness on the part of prison administrators to address religious demands have created an environment in Britain’s jails that...

The Role of Terrorism in Great Power Competition

PRESIDENTS JOE Biden, Donald Trump, and Barack Obama agreed on few things, but all sought to make counterterrorism less central to U.S. foreign policy and instead focus on China, Russia,...

Terror Attacks Harm Israelis and Palestinians Alike

Israel is suffering its worst terror attacks in six years: five attackers in four cities have left fourteen Israelis dead since March 22. The victims were ordinary people going about...

The U.S. Should Sanction Gaza’s Popular Resistance Committees

At a rally in late February, a spokesman for the Iranian-backed Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), Gaza’s third-largest terror group, boasted of his organization’s recent attacks against Israel. The PRC spokesman,...

Reducing Pressure on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Raises Risks for America

The negotiations with Iran over a nuclear deal are stalled over one main issue: Tehran is insisting that its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) be removed from the Foreign Terrorist...

What’s Fueling Africa’s New Terror Frontier?

While all eyes remain on Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an insidious spread of terror activity threatens to destabilize the entire Horn of Africa. In the last year and a...

Thirty Years Later, a South Korean Airport Bombing Still Remains Unsolved

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Unlike other North Korean terrorist incidents, the agents responsible for the Gimpo bombing have never been caught and the CIA described the bombing as “unsolved”...

Niger’s Terrorism Problem Is Getting Worse

Here’s What You Need to Remember: So far, around 530 civilians in Niger have died from Islamist activity, according to the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED). At least...

The Fictional Distinction of Terror Groups’ Separate Wings

On November 26, 2021, Britain officially banned the “political wing” of Hamas, after proscribing its militant Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades twenty years earlier in 2001. Five days later, Australia designated the entirety...

Can Anyone Stop the Narco-Terrorist Taliban?

Here’s What You Need to Remember: If the US does not lead an international effort to tackle Afghanistan’s opioid and meth production, the Taliban’s power—and ability to commit atrocities—will only grow and...

Defining ‘Terrorism’ Is the First Step to Defeating It

Growing evidence shows right-wing terrorism is on the rise across Western Europe and the United States. Right-wing groups are becoming increasingly transnational, fuelled by easy access to online technologies while...