Articles and Posts
THG principals regularly publish their research and analysis in leading national and international security journals such as the CTC Sentinel, Foreign Affairs, Lawfare, Jane's Intelligence Review, War on the Rocks, Cipher Brief, and, The Hill. In addition, their work has been published in the most prestigious scholarly journals addressing the spectrum of contemporary threats, including: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Intelligence and National Security, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Law Enforcement and Low Intensity Conflict, Terrorism and Political Violence, the Journal of Conflict Studies, Psychiatric Annals, and, Stratégique (Paris). Newspapers such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, CNN, NBC and magazines such the Atlantic Monthly, National Interest, and Shinchosha Foresight (Tokyo), have also published briefer assessments of emerging security threats and future challenges.
Israel’s War on Hamas: What to Know
Israel will seek to eliminate the threat posed by the Palestinian militant group for good, but its campaign in Gaza could draw in other adversaries, including Hezbollah and al-Qaeda.
American Hatred Goes Global
How the United States Became a Leading Exporter of White Supremacist Terrorism
The National Counterterrorism Center Must Expand to Better Fight Domestic Terrorists
Broadening the NCTC’s mission to include homegrown terrorism will require bold executive leadership and congressional action.
The Terrorist Threats and Trends to Watch Out for in 2023 and Beyond
The terrorist threat today is growing increasingly diverse, and although counterterrorism no longer sits atop the United States’ national security hierarchy, it remains an omnipresent challenge. The danger, now, is that in its prioritization of other national security issues, the United States becomes complacent in its counterterrorism fight. Our longstanding extremist adversaries stand prepared to strike, and eternal vigilance is essential.
David Brannan reviews Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism (three editions, 1998, 2006, and 2017)
In 1993, Bruce Hoffman sat on a plane writing what would soon become a pivotal piece of literature in the Terrorism Studies community. That high-altitude work began life as a lecture Hoffman was in route to give to the Special Operations and Irregular Warfare (SOLIC) conference. His lecture entitled, Holy Terror: The Implications of Religiously Motivated Terrorism was a wake-up call across the academic, policy, defense, and enforcement communities.
The Accelerating Threat of the Political Assassination
For extremists seeking to sow chaos and speed up some cataclysmic societal collapse, high-profile politicians provide an attractive target, as symbols of the mainstream liberal political order. We must ensure that we take this threat seriously and are doing everything possible to deter any future American assassin through a combination of prudently robust defenses and proactive law enforcement engagement with this dire potentiality.
The War on Terror 20 Years on: Crossroads or Cul-De-Sac?
The longstanding focus on targeting terrorist leaders and groups without effectively addressing the ideology that motivates and animates them has thus far proven powerless to halt the spread of Salafi-Jihadism. A new, more balanced, strategy and approach that better melds the variety of vital non-kinetic tools along with kinetic ones is needed to turn the current cul-de-sac the US and its allies find themselves into a more meaningful and productive crossroads.