“The Challenge and the Potential Promise of AI in Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism,” by Alistair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum (3 September 2026).
Made possible with support from the European Union, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the German Federal Foreign Office, the Securing the Future Initiative (a project of The Soufan Center and the Fourth Freedom Forum) launched in September 2021 on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
This report provides an independent review and assessment of the United Nations Security Council’s counterterrorism activities over the past two decades. The report’s findings and recommendations are informed by desk research, surveys, and numerous off-the-record interviews with experts and practitioners, and the authors’ combined experience of working on multilateral counterterrorism issues for more than 50 years.
“Getting the Global Fragility Act Together: Reimagining Counterterrorism Must Be Part of the Plan,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, The Defense Post, (4 May 2022).
“Russia’s war in Ukraine means the end of counterterrorism consensus,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, The Hill, (6 April 2022).
“Countering Terrorism the Right Way,” by David Cortright and Alistair Millar in Peace Policy, September 2021.
“Twenty Years After 9/11, A Need to Adapt Counterterrorism Approaches at Security Council,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, IPI Global Observatory, (3 June 2021).
“Where is UN Counterterrorism Headed 20 Years After 9/11?,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, IPI Global Observatory, (26 February 2021).
“The Odd Couple at the Center of the U.N.’s Counterterrorism Growth,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, Just Security, (8 July 2020).
“Nearly 20 Years later: It’s Time to Reset our Approach to Countering Terrorism,” by Eric Rosand and Alistair Millar, Just Security, (14 November 2019).
This independent report and its recommendations focus on ways to improve the development, coordination, delivery, and impact of UN efforts in countering terrorism and preventing violent extremism (PVE). In light of the changes to the threat environment and alterations made to the UN architecture, this report also looks at what can be done to ensure that the sixth review of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy can be used to assess more systematically the effectiveness of UN efforts to support Strategy implementation at headquarters, on the ground, and, importantly, between the two.
