Transnational Threats

The threat from regional terrorist groups and domestic extremist individuals is omnipresent. CSIS provides strategic thinking on the range of efforts to counter terrorist groups and their methods across the world.

Photo: Cambodian Government/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

Photo: Cambodian Government/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images

From Fraud to the Frontlines: Scam Centers Caught in the Cambodia-Thailand Conflict

In December 2025, Thailand struck Cambodian casino and hotel complexes, which it says were scam centers being used by the military. Though contested, the strikes show how a border dispute and transnational crime have become intertwined.

Critical Questions by Julia Dickson and Japhet Quitzon — January 15, 2026

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Seth G. Jones

Seth G. Jones

President, Defense and Security Department; Harold Brown Chair
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Daniel Byman

Director, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program
Riley McCabe

Riley McCabe

Associate Fellow, Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program
Joel Coito

Joel Coito

Military Fellow, Defense and Security Department

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War by Proxy: Iran’s Growing Footprint in the Middle East

New analysis by CSIS’s Seth Jones based in part on commercially available satellite imagery shows that the footprint of the Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force is growing in the Middle East.

Brief by Seth G. Jones — March 11, 2019

Book Launch: Small Wars, Big Data

The CSIS Transnational Threats Project has cordially invited you to a book launch event for Eli Berman, Joseph H. Felter & Jacob N. Shapiro's newly released Small Wars, Big Data: The Information Revolution in Modern Conflict (Princeton University Press). 

Event — December 13, 2018

Book Launch: Rules for Rebels

The CSIS Transnational Threats Project has cordially invited you to a book launch event for Dr. Max Abrahm's newly released Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant History (Oxford University Press). 

Event — December 5, 2018

The Islamic State and the Persistent Threat of Extremism in Iraq

Taking advantage of ongoing instability and the presence of sectarian militias in Iraq, Islamic State militants are regrouping into an insurgent movement and refocusing their tactics and attacks against the Iraqi government.

Brief by Maxwell B. Markusen — November 30, 2018

The Evolution of the Salafi-Jihadist Threat

Despite the Islamic State’s loss of territory, our report estimates that as of 2018, there were still between 20,000-30,000 Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria.

Report by Seth G. Jones, Charles Vallee, Clayton Sharb, Hannah Byrne, Danika Newlee , and Nicholas Harrington — November 20, 2018

The Rise of Far-Right Extremism in the United States

The terrorist attack in New Zealand is part of a global pattern of far-right extremism. Read this November 2018 report on the rise of far-right extremism in the United States and Europe.

Brief by Seth G. Jones — November 7, 2018

Prevent to Protect: From Counter-Radicalization to Disengagement

Watch Muriel Domenach, Secretary General of the French government's Inter-ministerial Committee for the Prevention of Delinquency and Radicalization (CIPDR), as she has discussed France's ongoing efforts to counter radicalization and violent extremism.

Event — October 26, 2018

The U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: The Perils of Withdrawal

The Trump administration should work with the Afghan government and regional powers to reach a political settlement with the Taliban. But it is unclear whether the United States will succeed, as CSIS Transnational Threats Project director Seth Jones writes in his commentary.

Commentary by Seth G. Jones — October 26, 2018