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The FBI’s 2021 Hate Crime Data Is Worse Than Meaningless
The deeply flawed data underpinning the FBI's new report produces an extremely flawed understanding of hate crime trends across the country. -
Oath Keepers Leaders Were Found Guilty, but the Threat of Antigovernment Extremism Remains
Stewart Rhodes' conviction will further undermine the organization he led, but sympathizers have other options. -
Did al-Qaeda Die With Ayman al-Zawahiri?
Four months after Zawahiri was reportedly killed in a drone strike in Kabul, the terrorist organization still has not announced a successor. -
Democracies Must Empower a Biotech Future for All
New innovations in biotechnology are driving rapid changes that will have far-reaching consequences. The United States and its partners need to be at the forefront of these advances. -
Disrupting Violent Extremists’ ‘Free Spaces,’ Online and Off
Extremist groups like the New Mexico Civil Guard are benefitting from iterative recruitment in online and offline spaces that bridge ideologies. -
Great Power Competition and Internal Politics in Asia, Then and Now
International rivalries can draw powerful states into local political disputes—sometimes with disastrous consequences—but the United States and China can avoid the mistakes of the Cold War. -
How Should the U.S. Military Share Secrets?
The new National Defense Strategy calls for working closely with partners and allies, but the convoluted and slow disclosure process makes cooperation difficult. -
Win, Lose, or Draw, the Wagner Group Benefits From the War in Ukraine
Despite setbacks on the battlefield, Russia's mercenaries will remain an important instrument of the Kremlin's foreign policy. -
What Is a Terrorist Movement?
The growing prevalence of terrorist ideologies that organize and encourage attacks without formal organizational structures will require analysts and policymakers to rethink their definitions. -
Women and Children to the Front
Across ideologies, women and children are playing more prominent roles in terrorist groups. -
A Moment of Strategic Clarity
Russia's military mobilization and annexation of portions of Eastern Ukraine narrows the possible options for Ukraine and its partners. -
How to Overcome the Pitfalls of the Saudi-Iran Dialogue
The talks between the regional rivals have yielded little progress because of the countries' disparate goals and regional positions.