A US terrorist designation of two major Brazilian organized crime outfits is not a matter of law enforcement - it’s a geopolitical weapon, speak nothing of a compliance nightmare for regional banks, and it will reverberate across US-Brazilian relations for years to come.

If the European Union is serious about its role as a global security actor, it must confront an uncomfortable reality: its current approach is not delivering results in the Sahel.

The US war on cartels will not end the global drug economy. At best it will merely shift it, and Africa could become the next frontier.

The evident growth of terrorist networks and financing in Pakistan since 2022 suggests that the country’s removal from the FATF ‘grey list’ was premature.

Operation Sindoor changed the game for proxy terrorist attacks within India, and Pakistan-based groups are starting to adapt their tactics.

China is moving forward on the development of the Wakhan Corridor, creating a direct land link with Afghanistan. Yet the slow pace of cooperation reflects justified concerns over the security of the route.

The physical "caliphate" of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria collapsed years ago, but its apparition failed to disappear, instead finding new life in local conflicts across Africa.

Since 2022, French military forces have been forced to withdraw from several ex-colonial African states, calling the concept of ‘Françafrique’ into question. But the more things change, the more they stay the same.

Considerable insight has been gained on countering the recruitment and radicalization efforts of groups like Islamic State on social media over the past decade. But there’s still a lot of work to be done.

While Israel’s unprecedented move to classify the Central Bank of Iran as a terrorist organization may prove an effective means of increasing pressure on Tehran, it also carries significant risks and possible unintended consequences.

Assessing limited strikes, geographic constraints, and the nuclear ceiling amid rising tensions following the Kashmir attack of April 22.

The move opens up new possibilities in the fight against cartels, but it’s not without its risks.

UN Chief António Guterres recently declared Africa as the new “epicenter” of global terrorism. Recent developments across the Sahel and beyond are corroborating the view.

With the Olympics on the horizon, terrorist attacks are shaking public faith in the security services.

In the absence of a multilateral approach targeting transnational factors destabilizing the Sahel, even the best military intelligence won’t be enough to stem the tide of extremism.

Unless deep-rooted socioeconomic and security issues are addressed, Africa’s development miracle risks being derailed. Nowhere is this truer than with the G5 countries in the Sahel.

Assessing the usual terrorist suspects behind a recent suicide bombing in Quetta.

Is Islamic State a spent force or a globe-spanning “al-Qaeda on steroids”?

The killings of two young people during a terror attack on London Bridge have stirred up political argument in Britain. But the father of one of the victims has penned an impassioned plea, urging the press not to use his son's death to further an “agenda of hate.”

Great power rivalry will always be with us. Extreme poverty and the violence it germinates do not have to be.