Ed Husain leads a wide-ranging discussion with AbdulMawgoud Dardery of the political challenges facing Egypt and the Freedom and Justice Party's vision for the country's future.

Isobel Coleman and Ed Husain discuss the details surrounding the recent attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt and how these attacks could alter U.S. diplomacy and future assistance.

This paper focuses on identifying the nature and characteristics of members of two groups of former extremists: former Palestinian and Israeli militants and former U.S. gang members. By exploring the underlying processes that led these two groups to turn away from violent extremism, the authors aim to decipher the "psychological code" of former extremists in order to help develop effective antiradicalization programs.

The authors summarize the findings of the Summit Against Violent Extremism and find that the reasons individuals have for joining and leaving violent groups cut across geographies and ideologies.

This session was a meeting of the Civil Society, Democracy, and Countering Radicalism Roundtable series.

Ed Husain reviews Imran Khan's Pakistan.

Ed Husain examines Islamism and the meaning of an Islamic state.

Why do people leave a group that they have been a member of? What do they do to leave their group? What role, if any, do the use of social media and the Internet play in this process? These questions and more are addressed in this paper, which is a follow-on to the Summit Against Violent Extremism (SAVE) held by Google Ideas and CFR in Dublin in June 2011.

Theresa May discusses UK counterterrorism policy, as well as security cooperation with the United States and other international actors.

Theresa May discusses UK counterterrorism policy, as well as security cooperation with the United States and other international actors.

Karim Sadjadpour writes in the Washington Post that by accentuating the country's internal rifts and breaking previously sacred taboos -- such as challenging the supreme leader -- Ahmadinejad has become an unlikely, unwitting ally of Iran's democracy movement.

This session was part of the Democracy, Civil Society, and Countering Radicalism Roundtable, organized by CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

Panelists compare and contrast the linkages between law enforcement and intelligence in the United States and the United Kingdom and discuss how violent extremism has changed the business of intelligence.

This session was part of the symposium, UK and U.S. Approaches in Countering Radicalization: Intelligence, Communities, and the Internet, which was cosponsored with Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies and King's College London's International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation. This event was made possible by Georgetown University's George T. Kalaris Intelligence Studies Fund and the generous support of longtime CFR member Rita E. Hauser. Additionally, this event was organized in cooperation with the CFR's Civil Society, Markets, and Democracy Initiative.

Ray Takeyh argues that the democratic movements in the Arab world offer the United States an opportunity to reclaim its values and redeem its interests in the Middle East.

The Muslim community has played an integral role in U.S. counterterrorism efforts, and congressional hearings on radicalization of Muslims risk polarizing a considerable asset for law enforcement, says expert Mark Fallon.

Ed Husain says the United States must engage Egyptian Islamists now, rather than ignore them today or face them in government later.

Islamists are too important to be left without a well-crafted American strategy. This study seeks to understand how the Obama administration should formulate a multi-faceted and multi-layered policy toward these different Islamist groups and formations.