Transnational Threats
Led by the Transnational Threats Project, the International Security Program, Defending Democratic Institutions, and the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy, CSIS provides strategic thinking on the range of efforts to counter terrorist groups and their methods across the world.
How Might Israel Strike Back?
Israel has vowed to retaliate for Iran's drone and missile attack. The government needs to restore deterrence and satisfy its own population, but all its options have costs and risks.
Commentary by Daniel Byman — April 16, 2024
The Islamic State in Khorasan Province: Exploiting a Counterterrorism Gap
Commentary by Tricia Bacon — April 11, 2024
The Coming Conflict with Hezbollah
Brief by Seth G. Jones, Daniel Byman, Alexander Palmer, and Riley McCabe — March 21, 2024
Forward Defense: Strengthening U.S. Force Posture in Europe
Report by Seth G. Jones, Seamus P. Daniels, Catrina Doxsee, Daniel Fata, and Kathleen McInnis — March 11, 2024
Past Events
Ukraine in the Balance: A Battlefield Update on the War in Ukraine
Prigozhin's Uprising
Lessons in U.S. Intelligence and Special Operations
Assessing Russia’s War in Ukraine
NATO on the Line: The Views of Four Former SACEURs
Assessing the Russian Military Campaign in Ukraine
The U.S. Legacy in Afghanistan: Past, Present, and Future
Online Event: A Conversation with AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife
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Forward Defense: Strengthening U.S. Force Posture in Europe
Report by Seth G. Jones, Seamus P. Daniels, Catrina Doxsee, Daniel Fata, and Kathleen McInnis — March 11, 2024
Global Terrorism Threat Assessment 2024
Report by Catrina Doxsee, Alexander Palmer, and Riley McCabe — February 8, 2024
China's Strategy of Political Warfare
Report by Seth G. Jones, Emily Harding, Catrina Doxsee, Jake Harrington, and Riley McCabe — August 2, 2023
Building Barriers and Bridges: The Need for International Cooperation to Counter the Caribbean-Europe Drug Trade
Report by Christopher Hernandez-Roy and Rubi Bledsoe — July 14, 2023
U.S. Defense Posture in the Middle East
Report by Seth G. Jones and Seamus P. Daniels — May 19, 2022
Europe's High-End Military Challenges: The Future of European Capabilities and Missions
Report by Seth G. Jones, Colin Wall, and Rachel Ellehuus — November 10, 2021
Restoring Momentum to U.S. Foreign Policy in the Wake of Afghanistan
Report by Norman T. Roule — September 13, 2021
Russia’s Corporate Soldiers: The Global Expansion of Russia’s Private Military Companies
Report by Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxsee, Brian Katz, Eric McQueen, and Joe Moye — July 21, 2021
Moscow’s War in Syria
Report by Seth G. Jones, Danika Newlee, Edmund Xavier Loughran, Jason Gresh, Brian Katz, and Nicholas Harrington — May 12, 2020
The Right-wing Terrorism Threat in Europe
Report by Seth G. Jones, Catrina Doxsee, and Nicholas Harrington — March 24, 2020