Multilateral Security Policy
Building stronger partnerships for a more secure world.
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Policies to address violent extremism are more effective when they are globally informed but locally grounded. We have advised over 150 governments and multilateral organizations in the design and implementation of these policies, ensuring that the experiences of civil society experts and local practitioners are carefully considered.
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“Renewing the U.S.-UN Partnership Against Terrorism”
This article, published in UNF Insights, argues that, “[i]n the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the [United States] succeeded in reaching out” to the United Nations, in particular the Security Council, “to help globalize the ‘war on terror,’” but that in recent years, U.S. attention has waned, letting “much of the...
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"The UN-Led Multilateral Institutional Response to Jihadist Terrorism: Is a Global Counterterrorism Body Needed?"
This article, published in Journal of Conflict and Security Law, briefly outlines the current terrorist threat posed by militant Islamist radical terrorism and the complexity and evolving nature of the threat. The article summarizes the current capacity of multilateral institutions to contribute to the fight against terrorism. It concludes that...
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Report on Standards and Best Practices for Improving States' Implementation of UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Mandates
This report provides an assessment of core counterterrorism standards and best practices. Using UN Security Council Resolution 1373 as its basis, the report identifies best practices in three broad areas related to the resolution: combating terrorist financing, improving legal practice and law enforcement, and enhancing territorial control....
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Allied Against Terrorism
This report, published by the Century Foundation, takes a critical look at UN Security Council efforts to assume the leading role among international organizations involved in counterterrorism. It enumerates a series of structural changes that could strengthen Security Council–led efforts in the short term but argues that, over the long...
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