Max Boot discusses suicide bombings and their ineffectiveness at achieving the attackers' larger goals.

Liz Fuller of Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty profiles veteran Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov, who has claimed responsibility for the March 29 suicide attacks on Moscow metro system in a video address.

The suicide attacks in Moscow, whether or not the work of North Caucasus extremists, are a reminder that Russia must work to reform local administration, promote economic development, and end abuses by security forces in the region while cracking down on extremists, writes CFR Russia expert Jeffrey Mankoff.

Lydia Khalil says that while terrorist attacks motivated by Islamic extremism receive large scale attention, the growing threat of homegrown radicalism tends to be "put on the back-burner."

India faces the real prospect of another major terrorist attack by Pakistan-based terrorist organizations in the near future, an event that would jeopardize important U.S. security interests in South Asia. This Center for Preventive Action Contingency Planning Memorandum examines the factors that would condition India's response; the consequences of Indian military retaliation and Pakistani counterretaliation for the United States; and Washington's policy options for preventing and containing the crisis.

CFR fellows, Edward Alden and Steven Simon, discuss the Christmas day bomb plot and the U.S. government's response to terror threats.

Listen to John B. Bellinger III, Steven Simon, and Lydia Khalil consider the ramifications of the Justice department's controversial decision to prosecute suspected September 11th mastermind, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and his four alleged co-conspirators.

This RAND Corporation report analyzes the November 26, 2008, Mumbai terrorist attack and draws preliminary conclusions on what lessons can be derived from the incident, as well as its implications for India, Pakistan, and the world at large.

The recent spate of terrorist attacks across Indian cities has highlighted long-simmering tensions inside India's multiethnic society, raising concerns about the country's stability.

Analysts are studying whether al-Qaeda in Iraq, severely diminished over five years of war, is moving its war against the West to Afghanistan.

The killing of Benazir Bhutto sent shock waves through Pakistani society. Now concerns are rising about the impact on neighboring Afghanistan.

Throngs of holiday travelers push the limits of already taxed security and air traffic control systems, making for an unsavory Thanksgiving recipe.

A meeting of tribal leaders from Afghanistan and Pakistan aimed to counter a Taliban resurgence but events in Pakistan and Iran complicate the struggle.

This report on incidents in Afghanistan during June, from the Center for Defense Information, says casualties among the Afghan National Police (ANP) force continued to increase in June.

An overview of the Fatah al-Islam terrorist group.

The arrests of six alleged terrorists in New Jersey offers insight into the challenges homegrown terrorism poses for U.S. law enforcement.

A series of suicide bombings across North Africa raises fears that a new front is emerging in the global jihad.