Might AQAP be goaded into adopting the largely failed punishment strategy of ISIS, a maximalist approach that alienated most of those IS wanted to rule and left it overextended and exposed? Keep Reading
Researcher recommends that western nations "utilize regulatory and legislative frameworks to limit the ability of individuals and groups to exploit humanitarian assistance in high-risk areas." Keep Reading
Researchers at the University of South Wales have used a mathematical model to predict how many people would become infected and how many would die in bioterrorism attacks on New York and Sydney. Keep Reading
Two terrorist groups from Central Asia have started to actively distribute photocopies of leaflets via social media supporting the jihadist line of al-Qaeda. Keep Reading
A new group called the Guardians of the Religion Organization is headed by Abu al-Humam al-Shami, a veteran Al-Qaeda senior operative. Keep Reading
As many such programs try to achieve long-term objectives -- for example, intervening in schools to deter radicalization -- it is too soon to measure the long-term effects of some of their work. Keep Reading
"Following an investigation and searches in the region of Saratov, the FSB foiled a planned terrorist attack by members of a secret terrorist cell," the FSB said on March 11. Keep Reading
The decline of the caliphate may lead ISIS "to redouble efforts in the digital realm," finds new report. Keep Reading
It says that Russia, Iran and North Korea, in particular, are testing out more aggressive cyber threats, which pose a growing threat to the United States. Keep Reading
While the self-proclaimed Islamic State has dominated the headlines and preoccupied national security officials for the past four years, al-Qaeda has been quietly rebuilding. Keep Reading
The war and associated diplomacy offers us much to chew on, but the counterterrorism implications are particularly striking — for Syria is both a counterterrorism success and a counterterrorism failure. Keep Reading
Terror group hoping that this recurring cast will send a message about recruitment, creativity and power of the unlikely jihadist. Keep Reading
Johns Hopkins researchers recommend building a "culture of resilience" and network of disaster resource hospitals. Keep Reading
The report stresses that unless governments engage in near-term preventative measures, both al-Qaeda and ISIS are likely to thrive. Keep Reading
Terror recruits might only be getting more isolated and more socially alienated, thus becoming harder to stop. Keep Reading
Encrypted chat logs obtained by ProPublica — some 250,000 messages spanning more than six months — offer a rare and detailed window into the white supremacist group Atomwaffen Division unseen before now. Keep Reading
The key debates about Boko Haram reflect the debates surrounding jihadism more generally, such as whether structural and local factors or external influences and individual agency best explain Boko Haram’s origins and violent rise. Keep Reading