Updated: June 22, 2009
Backgrounder
In the aftermath of the June 2009 presidential election, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps has become major to the regime's power projection. Some analysts have seen the guard's hand in a creeping militarization of Iran's domestic policy.
See more in Iran, Economics, State Sponsors of Terrorism
Updated: June, 19 2009
Backgrounder
A profile of an Algerian terrorist group that has aligned itself with al-Qaeda and is going global.
See more in North Africa, Terrorist Organizations
June 19, 2009
Expert Brief
In the next military budget Congress must provide funding for a wholesale shift toward counterinsurgency to win two wars. At the same time, policymakers must be mindful of the need for another transformation to anticipate future wars.
See more in United States, Defense Policy & Budget, Counterterrorism
Updated: June 19, 2009
Backgrounder
A profile of the Southeast Asian terror group Jemaah Islamiyah, the group allegedly responsible for the 2002 Bali bombings.
See more in Indonesia, Terrorist Organizations
June 18, 2009
Backgrounder
Washington is focusing new military aid to Pakistan on strengthening counterinsurgency capabilities. But distrust between the two countries and Islamabad's continued focus on an Indian threat pose challenges, say experts.
See more in Pakistan, Counterterrorism, Foreign Aid
June 8, 2009
Op-Ed
Foreign Policy
Jeffrey Mankoff argues, the United States cannot win in Afghanistan while ignoring Central Asia.
See more in Central Asia, Afghanistan, U.S. Strategy and Politics
June 3, 2009
Must Read
In a message aired on Al-Jazeera TV, al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden says "Obama is following in the footsteps of his predecessor, increasing the enmity of the Muslims."
See more in Middle East, Egypt
June 2009
Must Read
Author Ahmed Rashid, in this new article in the New York Review of Books, writes Pakistan is at risk of falling into a permanent state of anarchy.
See more in Pakistan
Updated: May 28, 2009
Backgrounder
Pakistan's intelligence agency, the ISI, faces persistent accusations of links to terrorism, despite repeated denials.
See more in Pakistan, Intelligence
Updated: May 27, 2009
Backgrounder
A profile of the Algerian terrorist organization, Armed Islamic Group (GIA).
See more in North Africa, Algeria, Terrorist Organizations
The attacks in Mumbai brought new accusations from India that Pakistan and its ISI espionage agency provided support for terrorist attacks inside India. India suspects Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), one of several groups active in the Kashmir dispute, in the Mumbai massacres. This CFR.org Backgrounder provides insight into the history of ISI ties to LeT and other groups, and another Backgrounder looks at India's highly criticized counterterrorism efforts.
Counterterrorism expert Bruce Hoffman discusses the White House's new National Strategy for Combatting Terrorism, which he says is imperfect, but a substantial improvement on its predecessor.
The diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program continues to build. While experts say an Iranian bomb is years off, the program itself raises concern over the prospect of nuclear terrorism.
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