Annual reports from the Department of State with regional overviews and topical chapters on terrorist organizations, etc.

The State Department's yearly Country Reports on Terrorism was released on July 31, 2012 and covers the year 2011.

It seems unlikely that the plot to kill a Saudi ambassador involved the highest levels of Iran's government, says expert Kenneth Katzman, including the plan to use non-Muslim proxies to carry it out.

The U.S. government designates Iran as the "most active state sponsor of terrorism," which feeds concerns about Iran's growing nuclear program.

The State Department Country Reports on Terrorism 2010 was released on August 18, 2011. It found that "Al-Qa'ida...remained the preeminent terrorist threat to the United States in 2010".

Stewart M. Patrick, Director of the Council on Foreign Relations' International Institutions and Global Governance Program, explains why some weak and failing states such as Pakistan are more attractive than others as safe havens for transnational terrorist groups.

The Department of State's Country Reports on Terrorism 2009 covers events from January 1 to December 31, 2009.

In the event of a successful terrorist attack by Pakistan-based militants, U.S. actions toward Pakistan are limited, but the United States can help Pakistan intensify its fight against extremism, says South Asia security expert Bruce Riedel.

The U.S. State Department continues to list Cuba as a state sponsor of terror, though most experts say the country no longer poses a threat to U.S. national security.

Listen to David Cohen, assistant secretary of treasury for terrorist financing, outline the U.S. government's greatest challenges and priorities in disrupting terrorist financing, particularly in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

This module features teaching notes by CFR Senior Fellow Michael A. Levi, author of Deterring State Sponsorship of Nuclear Terrorism, along with other resources to supplement the text. In this Council Special Report, Dr. Levi assesses the state of nuclear security in several vulnerable countries and examines how different deterrent threats would affect the dynamics of cooperation and competition to improve nuclear security.

This annual State Department publication covers global terrorism activity in 2008.

Gary Samore, who was active in nuclear diplomacy with North Korea in the Clinton administration, says the latest agreement between the United States and North Korea is only a "very modest step forward" because it allows the next administration to proceed further in seeking a nuclear-disarmed North Korea.

Unlike during the Cold War, the threat of nuclear attack now comes from rogue states that receive their weapons from sovereign nations. In this report, Michael A. Levi outlines how to discourage those nations from giving their nuclear technologies to terrorists, how to prevent accidental transfers, and the role that nuclear attribution plays in contemporary proliferation.

Required by U.S. law, this State Department report is a "full and complete report on terrorism"; it includes descriptions of foreign terrorist organizations as well as regional overviews of countries considered state sponsors of terrorism.

Despite its recent willingness to combat terrorism, Sudan is still considered a state sponsor because of its ties to Hamas, the Iraqi insurgency, and violence in Darfur.

The SEC’s new terrorism blacklist provokes anger from some major global companies and raises questions about the value of terror lists more generally.

Required by U.S. law, this State Department report is a "full and complete report on terrorism"; it includes descriptions of foreign terrorist organizations as well as regional overviews of countries considered state sponsors of terrorism.

Libya, for years a thorn in the side of U.S. policymakers, has boosted its profile in recent years, renouncing terrorism and abandoning its WMD. In response, the U.S. State Department has removed Libya from its list of state sponsors of terrorism and plans to resume normal diplomatic relations.