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Time for Rightsizing: Change is Coming to the UN Counterterrorism System

Diplomats at the United Nations in New York have their 2025 buzzword: “UN80.” It’s a quintessential U.N.-style acronym for the reform process to mark the 80th anniversary of the U.N. system. While it sounds like a planned and virtuous project, in reality it is a hasty restructuring to balance the books.

What the UN’s Summit of the Future Can Teach Us – When the Dust Settles

Does the Terrorism Prevention Branch prevent terrorism? Assessing the role and impact of the UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch

Counterterrorism in disguise? Does a shift towards 'peace enforcement' spell a death knell for UN peacekeeping?

Openings for Biden in the inaugural US-Central Asia Summit at UNGA

Starting bell rings for UN counter-terrorism negotiations with big questions unanswered

The UN just released the biannual report on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy. But while the report touches on the right issues, it does not fully address important questions concerning oversight, impact and effectiveness, and the role of technology in UN counter-terrorism operations.

No shortcuts to security: Learning from responses to armed conflicts involving proscribed groups

The rise of counter-terrorism at the United Nations: two decades later

An explosive cocktail – Counter-terrorism, militarisation and authoritarianism in the Philippines