By: Alexa August Introduction The international community has attempted to formulate a comprehensive definition of “terrorism” since the...

By Helina Daniel With increased acts of domestic terrorism in the US, far right extremism is a growing threat in the US. The rise of...

In 1993, Samuel Huntington published The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington theorized that nation states will remain powerful actors in...

[twitter name=”name”]Since 2001 the United States has taken many precautions to guard against another similar tragedy from occurring. One...

The first former Guantánamo detainee to be tried in federal court, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, was convicted of one count of conspiracy to...

An Afghanistan-born imam linked to the suspects in an aborted suicide bomb plot against New York City subway stations will not serve jail...

Obama advisers on Wednesday indicated that the administration intends to revise its terminology with regard to national security,...

At least 12 people were killed, and 23 injured, by a string of suicide bombers in Russia’s North Caucasus region on Wednesday. The...

A February 2010 report by the Project on National Security Reform to Congress showed that the National Counterterrorism Center’s (“NCTC”)...

President Obama signed a one-year extension to the PATRIOT Act on Saturday, one day before certain provisions were to expire.  Only three...

Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan will continue as scheduled next week, with terrorism leading the agenda.  Despite...

U.S. counterterrorism tactics have shifted towards targeted killings under President Obama, according to the Washington Post.  Though the...

Operation Moshtarak launched just before dawn in Southern Afghanistan today, the Wall Street Journal reported. Unlike previous...

Nobody, according to President Obama’s counterterrorism adviser John Brennan.  Mr. Brennan told reporters that there is no credible...

The terror level in the United Kingdom has been increased from “substantial” to “severe.” Officials are refusing to link the increased...

United States Defense Secretary Robert Gates visited Pakistan on January 21 to discuss anti-militant operations in South Asia. Gates...

After Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab failed to properly detonate a bomb on an airliner entering Detroit on Christmas day, Abuubaker al-Qirbi,...

Intelligence officials reported that in 2009, the Obama administration killed more senior al-Qaeda leaders in drone attacks along the...

With recent scrutiny in the wake of the failed Christmas Day airline bombing attempt, Yemen has stepped up its campaign against al Qaeda...

The Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division reported to Congress on Tuesday that “the FBI considers the cyber threat...