Terrorism

The Trump administration should commit to designating the group as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. For decades, America has fought Islamic terrorism abroad. Now, the Muslim Brotherhood—the ideological godfather of jihadist...

America’s ill-fated wars in Iraq and Afghanistan gave the U.S. armed forces more than two decades of vital counterterrorism experience—and they continue to put this training to good use.

The recently published Annual Threat Assessment reflects the administration’s political priorities and biases and the intelligence community’s willingness to defer to them.

Australia must take decisive action: designate the IRGC as a terrorist organization and expand sanctions targeting Tehran’s cyber and illicit financial networks.

If Hezbollah continues to clash with the new Syrian government, this could encourage the government to lean on other extremist militias. On March 17, Lebanon and Syria agreed to a...

Recently published documents show that Hamas may stick to its eliminationist goals if it is allowed to survive. In May of 2021, Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls, an...

Backed by Iran, the Houthis in Yemen have proven to be a persistent threat to international security and trade.

American carriers operating in regions packed with civilian ships could be attacked in a surreptitious way—much like the USS Cole was attacked in 2000.

Engagement with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham demands extreme caution to avoid legitimizing terrorism and extremism. In December 2024, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) launched a surprise offensive against Syrian regime forces, leading...

As geopolitical tensions in the region continue to ramp up, Tehran’s growing missile capabilities will pose more and more challenges to Israel and the United States.

Given the Taliban’s contacts during their twenty-year insurgency, it should come as little surprise that American weapons are ending up in the hands of the world’s worst rogues’ gallery.

The rapid collapse of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s Ba’athist government is the culmination of a thirteen-year civil war. Key global trends fed into Syria’s suffering: ethnic and religious hostilities, migration,...