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An Assessment of the Second U.S. Government Domestic Terrorism Assessment
From additional granularity in the size and scope of the threat of domestic terrorism to a more forthcoming acknowledgement of its complexity, the new assessment represents a sea change in the U.S. count... -
The Case for Designating the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations
As Russian occupation of four Ukrainian territories rages on, the U.S. may have an additional tool in its arsenal: designating the Russian-backed separatist forces, the Donetsk People’s Militia and the L... -
The Evolution of Critical Infrastructure Targeting by Violent Extremists
A summary of the GWU Program on Extremism report investigating critical infrastructure attacks from domestic violent extremists and homegrown violent extremists since 2016. -
Women and Children to the Front
Across ideologies, women and children are playing more prominent roles in terrorist groups. -
The Unlawful U.S. Killing of Ayman al-Zawahri
The U.S. killing of the al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan was not justified in self-defense or under the international law of war or international human rights law. It looks more like an extrajudicial execu... -
U.S. Responds to Guantanamo Detainee’s Request for Habeas Relief
The Justice Department asserted that hostilities between the U.S. and al-Qaeda are ongoing to justify the time it is taking to facilitate Khan’s resettlement, months after he completed his sentence. -
In U.S. v. Al-Nashiri the Government Is Rewarding Torture and Incentivizing Torturers
In 2014, the State Department said that “the test for any nation committed to [the Convention against Torture] and to the rule of law is not whether it ever makes mistakes, but whether and how it correct... -
A Century-and-a-Half Look at the Waves of Global Terrorism
A review of David C. Rapoport, “Waves of Global Terrorism: From 1879 to the Present” (Columbia University Press, 2022). -
On the Legality of the Strike That Killed Ayman Al-Zawahiri
In the culmination of a manhunt that lasted almost 21 years, the U.S. government appears to have located and killed Ayman al-Zawahiri. Here are the legal questions the Biden administration likely worked ... -
Reflections on the Death of Ayman al-Zawahiri
The success of the operation is a testament to the CIA’s unrelenting focus on terrorism over the past 20 years. -
Anti-Censorship Legislation: A Flawed Attempt to Address a Legitimate Problem
Could new Texas and Florida content moderation laws promote extremist activity online? -
Biden Administration Executive Order on U.S. Hostages and Wrongful Detainees
The order declares a national emergency to deal with the issues of wrongfully detained U.S. national and hostage-taking abroad.
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