“Terrorism Is Real, Definable, and Bad”
“[W]e are not as safe as we should be,” Christopher Harmon notes in chapter one of his new book, A Citizen’s Guide to Terrorism and… Read More
Pakistan Terrorist Attack Bears Hallmarks of al-Qaeda
The dual suicide bombing of a Sunday morning church service in Peshawar, Pakistan, over the weekend is not typical of the kinds of attacks the… Read More
Pakistan and Kenya Terrorist Attacks: Is There a Link?
Within 24 hours over the weekend, two major terrorist attacks by Islamist extremists occurred in different parts of the world. In Kenya, military forces are… Read More
U.S. Embassies Remain Closed: 5 Heritage Must-Reads on Counterterrorism
Twenty U.S. embassies and consulates remain closed throughout the Middle East, Africa, and Asia this week. The State Department says that “current information suggests that… Read More
North Caucasus: Islamist Threat Comes from a History of Violence
The Boston Marathon bombers have brought greater attention to Russia’s volatile North Caucasus, their ancestral home. As painful their heinous acts are, however, the bombers’… Read More
Detainee Interrogations: Key to Killing Osama bin Laden
Even though it has been several years since any new detainees have been transferred to Guantanamo Bay, the intelligence extracted from them is still proving… Read More
