Counterterrorism
The threat of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists, along with the increased number and intensity of other terrorist acts, has become a growing source of fear around the world. With al-Qaida, its networks, and its affiliates operating in more than 60 countries, terrorism is a global problem and requires a coordinated global response. In 2004 the Forum established the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (the Center) to help build and sustain stronger partnerships to prevent terrorism in a manner that is in keeping with the Forum’s core mission: promoting nonmilitary measures that support and protect human rights and the rule of law.
The Center is the only independent organization dedicated to strengthening international counterterrorism cooperation. We have analyzed multilateral counterterrorism efforts on behalf of more than a dozen governments, the United Nations, and private foundations. Working with a range of intergovernmental, governmental, civil society, and business partners, we turn that analysis into action.
The Center is working to promote more effective counterterrorism cooperation among a wide range of government and nongovernmental actors within and across regions around the world. Our current initiatives feature ongoing work in East Africa, the Horn of Africa, West Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. Our work in these regions includes raising awareness of the threat, training officials to share information more effectively with their counterparts in neighboring countries, and promoting best practices for protecting human rights and upholding the law while countering terrorism.
Our core areas of focus:
• Strengthening U.S. engagement with the international community on counterterrorism
• Stimulating debate on pressing counterterrorism issues
• Promoting more effective regional counterterrorism cooperation
• Building nonmilitary counterterrorism capacity
• Driving reform of international counterterrorism efforts at the UN and other multilateral bodies
• Promoting human rights and the rule of law as the fundamental basis for the fight against terrorism
Our staff has earned the trust of governments and experts all over the world, and we have become a trusted partner in efforts on the ground to build the counterterrorism capacities of states and societies around the world. Coverage of the Center has appeared in leading media outlets such as the Associated Press, the Baltimore Sun, the International Herald Tribune, the New York Times, and the Washington Post, as well as on ABC, AL Jazeera, BBC, CNN, and National Public Radio.
Please visit the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation website for more information.
