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Rethinking International Counterterrorism Assistance to the Greater Horn of Africa: Toward a Regional Risk Reduction Strategy

By Matthew Schwartz, Liat Shetret, and Alistair Millar

Journal Article — December 2013

The Horn of Africa has long been a recipient of foreign security assistance, with significant funds increasingly devoted to supporting subregional civilian-oriented counterterrorism efforts over the past decade. Despite efforts to better coordinate delivery, counterterrorism programming in the subregion generally remains fragmented, short-term, and siloed in implementation. This article argues that it is time to rethink the international community’s approach to counterterrorism assistance to the Horn of Africa and calls for a cohesive regional approach that not only bridges the gap between security and development, but also the gap between counterterrorism and human security.

Winning Without War: Nonmilitary Strategies for Overcoming Violent Extremism

By David Cortright

Journal article — Spring 2012

“Winning Without War: Nonmilitary Strategies for Overcoming Violent Extremism,” by David Cortright in Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems 21, No. 1 (Spring 2012).

Friend not Foe: Opening Spaces for Civil Society Engagement to Prevent Violent Extremism (2d ed.)

By David Cortright, with Alistair Millar, Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf, George A. Lopez, Eliot Fackler, and Joshua Weaver

Report — May 2011

Restrictive counterterrorism measures are having unintended negative effects on human rights defenders and civil society activists in many countries. This study traces the many harmful impacts of overly broad measures adopted in the name of fighting terrorism—from armed repression to restrictions on the ability of civil society groups to operate and receive funding.

Friend not Foe: Civil Society and the Struggle against Violent Extremism

By David Cortright with George A. Lopez, Alistair Millar, and Linda Gerber-Stellingwerf

Report — October 2008

Many of the policies carried out in the name of counterterrorism are making the terrorist danger worse. An overemphasis on security measures has eroded civil liberties and human rights in many countries and diverted attention from the policies needed to counter the complex challenge of contemporary global terrorism. This paper examines the contradiction of counterterrorism measures that can hinder the work of countering terror.