This post explores the consequences of American withdrawal from Afghanistan. To place the issue of withdrawal in context, this post opens with an examination of President Barack Obama’s withdrawal decisions in Iraq and Afghanistan and how those decisions impacted U.S. counterterrorism. Second, the post explores President Donald Trump’s decision to…
In the age of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the City of New York which resulted in the largest amount of deaths recorded in any city in the United States during the opening period of the virus, is also the center of gravity in the counterterrorism struggle against terrorism, domestic and…
Combating Terrorist Financing (CTF) is a major component of counterterrorism. One method of deterring and someday meeting the objective of defeating terrorism is to expand the instruments to halt or prevent avenues that undermine terrorist financing. Unknown to most is the existence of a global sanctions’ regime that is designed…
The global pandemic known as COVID-19 unleashed a crisis of sorts for U.S. counterterrorism professionals. To no one’s surprise, terrorists are seeking to exploit the global pandemic crisis. Bridget Johnson, a security expert asserts, “Terrorists are looking at ways to take advantage of instability, increase recruitment and sympathizers among the…
Strident criticism is continually directed at The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). That criticism is often directed at the failure of the alliance to adjust to the Russian threat that continues to unfold in the wake of Vladimir’s Putin’s efforts to ensure that Russia is relevant again. Critics have…
The Arab Spring displaced several illegitimate regimes in Middle East and North Africa or MENA. In the mist of the shifting political current Islamic extremist organizations quickly seized control of vacant power vacuums. This post explores the Islamic States expansion into Libya. Then the post explores the counterterrorism strategies of…