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Countering Threats and Challenges

Two AK-47s under a book and ISIS flag
Diagnosing the Boko Haram Conflict: Grievances, Motivations, and Institutional Resilience in Northeast Nigeria
Sons of Iraq members prepare to secure a torture house for destruction in Iraq.
Risky Business: The Future of Civil Defense Forces and Counterterrorism in an Era of Persistent Conflict
Members of New York’s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) following the 1981 Brinks’ armored truck robbery in Nyack, New York.
The “First War on Terrorism?” U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism During the 1970s and Early 1980s
A CNA Corporation War Game on a table
Bone Dry and Flooding Soon: A Regional Water Management Game Final Report
Army General Raymond T. Odierno, commander of Multinational Force Iraq, provides an operational update briefing May 8, 2009, to the Pentagon press corps.
Are We Winning? A Brief History of Military Operations Assessment
This is an image of the purported leader of The Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon on Mosul, Iraq on July 5, 2014.
Reviving the Caliphate: Fad, or the Future?
Anbar tribal leaders meet early in 2013 in Fallujah to discuss ways to support the Iraqi security forces.
“No Security Without Us”: Tribes and Tribalism in Al Anbar Province, Iraq
A group of people posing for a photo
The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism
Three Afghan Security Force soldiers
Were the Afghan National Security Forces Successful in 2013?
A photo of Afghan national security forces
Independent Assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces
A map of Pakistan
Unconventional Warfare and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan: A Brief History
Troops waiting in line
Conscription in the Afghan Army Compulsory Service versus an All Volunteer Force
The Strategic Value of Maritime Sabotage