Can an ex-al-Shabab deputy-turned-Somali official open space for talks?
Easing of international sanctions paved the way for this former militant’s appointment, providing a model for locally-led peace efforts.
Easing of international sanctions paved the way for this former militant’s appointment, providing a model for locally-led peace efforts.
The administration hasn’t learned from past mistakes, is overly focused on great power competition, and can’t quit the counterterror lens.
Confronting al-Shabab by ‘mowing the grass’ has proven to be an ineffective path toward ending the conflict and regional peace.
According to documents obtained from the raid that killed bin Laden, al-Qaida’s 9/11 era leaders have little impact on current operations.
Despite what critics said during the Afghanistan withdrawal, the US didn’t need boots on the ground to take a top terrorist off the board.
Washington’s $2 billion counterterrorism program was supposed to enhance security, but it’s had the opposite effect.
The US is reportedly redeploying troops with AFRICOM receiving a green light on drone strikes.
A new book puts together documents uncovered at Osama bin Laden’s hideout and finds the roots of a 20-year threat inflation.
But a potential opening to resolve local conflicts in Burkina Faso could provide a model to turn US security assistance on its head.
The American-led coalition fighting ISIS updated its assessment of innocents killed in airstrikes, but the tally is likely far higher.
AFRICOM says it promotes human rights and rule of law but doesn’t know why trainees are overthrowing their own governments.
There’s a growing array of competing, armed groups on the ground and as usual, the US thinks it can just walk in and sort it all out.
The West’s counterterrorism project will likely continue throughout the Sahel, despite a lack of reflection on Paris’s part.
A rash of government overthrows in the Sahel illustrates the danger of prioritizing counterterrorism while ignoring obvious warning signs.
A group of senators and House members says continued civilian casualties and lack of accountability are not sustainable.
Just because Biden is trying to patch things up with Macron doesn’t mean he should continue to fuel a dead-end policy.
Two decades after opening, the Guantanamo Bay prison is a microcosm of the militaristic policies that brought it to life.
A Times exposé revealing a ‘system of impunity’ at the Pentagon regarding civilian casualties should be a catalyst for change.
As the Biden administration appears to be ramping up airstrikes in Syria, Congress needs to do a full review of the American role in the country’s decade-long civil war.
A New York Times exposé on a previously undisclosed attack on dozens of noncombatants in Syria is indicative of DOD’s impunity.
The White House is touting an ‘over-the-horizon’ capability as the new face of US counterterrorism, but it’s actually just repackaged (bad) policy.