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Great Power Competition in the Indian Ocean: The Past As Prologue?

Transnational Challenges and U.S. National Security: Defining and Prioritizing Borderless Threats

Future Policy Options for U.S. Efforts Against Al-Qaeda

Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al-Qaeda

Shining a Light on the Western Balkans: Internal Vulnerabilities and Malign Influence from Russia, Terrorism, and Transnational Organized Crime

Sources of Resilience in the Lord’s Resistance Army

The Role of Special Operations Forces in Global Competition

The Same, Yet Different: United States and Gulf State Interests in the Post-Arab Spring Maghreb

Asking the Right Questions: A Framework for Assessing Counterterrorism Actions

Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand

Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal

Russia’s “Ambiguous Warfare” and Implications for the U.S. Marine Corps

Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Boko Haram: The Case for a Regional Strategy

CNA Small Group Discussion: Aiding Cameroon’s Effort to Counter Boko Haram

Diagnosing the Boko Haram Conflict: Grievances, Motivations, and Institutional Resilience in Northeast Nigeria

Risky Business: The Future of Civil Defense Forces and Counterterrorism in an Era of Persistent Conflict

The “First War on Terrorism?” U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism During the 1970s and Early 1980s

Bone Dry and Flooding Soon: A Regional Water Management Game Final Report

Are We Winning? A Brief History of Military Operations Assessment

Reviving the Caliphate: Fad, or the Future?

“No Security Without Us”: Tribes and Tribalism in Al Anbar Province, Iraq

The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism

Were the Afghan National Security Forces Successful in 2013?

Independent Assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces

Unconventional Warfare and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan: A Brief History