Pompeo trashes counterterrorism on the way out
Pompeo’s recent abuse of terrorism designations is part of the Trump administration’s salting of the earth before giving way to the Biden administration.
Pompeo’s recent abuse of terrorism designations is part of the Trump administration’s salting of the earth before giving way to the Biden administration.
The 2001 AUMF must not only be repealed, but Congress and the president must also reassess US counterterrorism strategy.
The Emirates have managed to frame suppression of domestic dissent as counterterrorism, and the U.S. says nothing.
As we look inwards to dismantle America’s legacy of racism, we must also recognize that racism and militarism abroad are mutually reinforcing.
The work of U.N. specialized agencies must not be subordinated to the aspirations of those who want to hijack the U.N. to serve their counterterrorism politics irrespective of everything else.
US policymakers routinely see the African continent as a battlefield in the so-called “war on terror” rather than the opportunity for economic partnership that it is.
The US needs to state its objectives clearly so that we’re not bogged down in counterterrorism operations indefinitely.
Applying the war metaphor to counterterrorism got us a war in Iraq. Applying it to the fight against COVID-19 can have similar disastrous consequences.
A parallel narrative that unfolded alongside the post-9/11 wars exposes the utter irrelevance of the national security state as currently constituted.
There simply is no military-only, or even military-centered, solution to ridding West Africa and the Sahel from terrorism.
The former vice president also doesn’t have much to say about the Obama administration’s foreign policy failures.
The number of extremist groups in North Africa have only grown as the U.S. military presence there has expanded.