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Abu Sayyaf: The Father of the Swordsman
The evolution of the terrorist organization known as the Abu Sayyaf Group began as a larger conflict between Muslims and Christians in the southern Philippines. The small Muslim minority has been...
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The “War on Terror”: One Year On
One year ago, Osama bin Laden was killed in a daring nighttime raid by Navy SEALs on his compound in a small military garrison town in Pakistan. Since then, how has the war on terror changed? Should...
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Measuring Success: Are We Winning? 10 Years in Afghanistan – May 2012 Update
“As we look toward the Chicago Summit and NATO’s coming decisions about Afghanistan it is important to understand how the war is going. And while some things seem worse than ever, we just don’t have a...
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U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan: Five Lessons We Should Have Learned
The dangers of magical thinking and the need for politics, planning & strategy This American Security Project paper examines the war in Afghanistan to identify lessons policymakers need to learn...
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Fact Sheet U.S.C. Title 10, Title 22, and Title 50
The Code of Laws of the United States of America, or United States Code (U.S.C.), is the backbone of US legislation, comprised of all general and permanent federal laws. Containing a total of 51...
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Fact Sheet: Contextualizing the Drones Debate
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, colloquially called “drones,” have become a key tool in US counterterrorism strategy. However, the manner in which this technology is employed to conduct lethal strikes...
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The Strategic Context of Lethal Drones: A framework for discussion
This American Security Project report creates a framework for discussing America’s use of lethal drone strikes in a strategic context. The U.S. government has used lethal drone strikes since the...
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Fact Sheet: Yemen
Yemen has become a focal point of the war on terrorism. From the bombing of the USS Cole in 2000 to the underwear bombs of 2009 and 2012, with smaller plots in between, policymakers are deeply...
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Need to Know in National Security
The American public understands that today’s global challenges are complex in nature, but has too often been misled by empty rhetoric and cherry-picked facts. ASP is organized around the belief that...
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Fact Sheet – Moving Towards Tallinn: Drafting the Shape of Cyber Warfare
Recent high-profile cyber operations have underscored the need for explicit codes of conduct in international cyberspace. The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, a...
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Climate Change, The Arab Spring and Food Prices
Climate change is inextricably linked to national security. The effects of climate change – drought, severe storms, flooding, reduced agricultural activity – will present serious problems to countries...
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FACT SHEET: Mali – Timeline and Facts
On November 13, 2012, the African Union approved an ECOWAS plan for a military intervention in Mali that may eventually expand to include elements from the EU and UN. Though the plan still requires UN...
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FACT SHEET: Threat Finance and Financial Intelligence
Threat finance is an enabling factor of crime and terrorism, and therefore, a challenge to both national and international security. The integration of global financial systems, as well as...
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PERSPECTIVE: Understanding the Strategic and Tactical Considerations of Drone...
This American Security Project report, the second in our series on drone strikes and targeted killing, examines the known data to generate a series of ten metrics to gauge the effects of the program....
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FACT SHEET – Shipping Container Security
Nuclear challenges have changed over the past twenty years, but they have not disappeared. Although the Cold War nuclear conflict no longer exists, the threat of nuclear terrorism remains very real....
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FACT SHEET – Yemen
Yemen is currently in a historic period of political transition following the 2011 revolution and the end of former President Saleh’s regime. At the mid-point of its National Dialogue process, designed...
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FACT SHEET – Bangladesh
Bangladesh, a nation of nearly 170 million people is the world’s sixth largest country and the third largest Muslim majority country. Its shared borders with India and Myanmar and close proximity to...
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Mapping the Conflict in Aleppo, Syria
Over the course of four months American Security Project supported Caerus Associates and First Mile Geo in what may be the highest fidelity, time series analysis of the ongoing human tragedy...
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FACT SHEET: Afghanistan to 2014
As the United States and NATO look to complete a drawdown of combat forces from Afghanistan, they must take note of a list of critical events relating to their mission. U.S. and NATO forces will...
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Fact Sheet: US Strategic Interests in Central Asia
Central Asia is the frontier of American policymaking, with complex challenges in a strategically vital region but no easy way to address them. Clearly stipulating American interests and policies in...
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