Pakistan PM: Terrorist attacks surge by 60% since Taliban’s return
Pakistan’s interim Prime Minister, Anwaarul Haq Kakar, claimed on Wednesday that since the resurgence of the Taliban administration in August, terrorist attacks in his...
Israel and the Court of Public Opinion
Years ago, while working on a Counterterrorism operation in an unnamed country, the team I was working with was fortunate enough to disrupt a...
The Shining Path Insurgency: Modern Peru’s Darkest Hour
Modern Peru has seen its fair share of chaos and conflict. Since 2016, the South American country has had seven presidents — four of...
Evolving Threat Landscape: Composite Violent Extremism and Prevention Efforts
Introduction A year before William Atchison carried out the 2017 Aztec High School shooting in New Mexico, killing two people before taking his own...
Resurgence and Realities: Afghanistan’s Shifting Terror Threats
As the world observed the second anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on August 15th, attention has shifted to the changing landscape of...
MI5 use A.I to ‘automate’ search for terrorists watching violent videos
Britain’s spymasters are using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict whether people who watch violent videos online might have the potential to become dangerous terrorists....
The Troubling Enigma of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan
The Taliban is wielding Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP for short, a militant group, as a bargaining chip to obtain concessions from Pakistan and other...
Is Pakistan spreading Islamic extremism in Africa?
On 12 August, 2020, Islamic militants calling themselves Ansar al-Sunnah seized the coastal town of Mocímboa da Praia in northern Mozambique. It was a...
Growing Threat of ISIS-K and Implications for Global Security
As the Islamic State group’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, known as ISIS-Khorasan, continues to flex its muscles and expand its operational reach, concerns...
The Cost of Consensus in the Eighth Review of U.N Global Counterterrorism Strategy
On 22 June, member states prioritized consensus adoption of the United Nations’ (UN) eighth biennial Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy review resolution over furthering the promotion...