Revitalizing U.S. Leadership on Global Counterterrorism Efforts
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The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation is currently undertaking a project to strengthen U.S. engagement with the rest of the international community on counterterrorism. The project aims to promote awareness of how multilateral actors, such as the United Nations and regional and subregional bodies, contribute to improving global counterterrorism efforts, and the benefits of enhancing U.S. engagement with these institutions. The project works to bring international experts to Washington and actively engage policymakers, key congressional staff, and experts at universities and think tanks across the United States on important counterterrorism issues in a global context.
Events
Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism 8 October 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC On 8 October 2009, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, with support from the Ford Foundation, hosted a conference in Washington, DC on “Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism." The goal was to focus attention on cooperative non-military counterterrorism efforts and steps the United States can take to strengthen those efforts. Participants in the full-day event included current senior U.S. and foreign government officials, senior representatives from the United Nations and regional organizations, academic and other non-governmental experts, and distinguished members of the Center’s international advisory council. The conference highlighted the comparative advantages of multilateral bodies in general and specifically as they relate to efforts to strengthen cooperation in two priority regions for U.S. counterterrorism efforts, South Asia and the Horn of Africa. The conference elicited concrete recommendations aimed at enhancing U.S. multilateral counterterrorism engagement, as well as making these international and regional actors more effective. Click here for more information, including meeting summary.
The Role of Regional Organizations in Countering Terrorism: Lessons for the New U.S. Administration 12 June 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC The Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation hosted a discussion on the role of regional organizations in countering terrorism with Raphael Perl, Head of the Action Against Terrorism Unit, Organization for Security and Co‐operation in Europe and Pablo Martinez, Deputy Secretary and Programs Coordinator, Inter‐American Committee Against Terrorism, Organization of American States. Center Co‐Director Alistair Millar moderated the discussion. Click here to read the meeting summary.
18 February 2009 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC The fourth installment of a series of events on the presidential transition discussed the topic "Enhancing Cooperation to Prevent WMD Terrorism: Lessons for the Next U.S. President" with Richard Cupitt from the United Nations Security Council’s 1540 Committee, O'Neil Hamilton, a Visting Fellow from the Henry L. Stimson Center, and Andrew Semmel, a former official in the U.S. State Department. The Center’s director, Alistair Millar, moderated the meeting. The discussants considered successes and challenges in U.S. and global efforts to prevent WMD terrorism and highlighted key lessons to learn for the new administration. Click here to read a summary of the discussion.
Radicalization/De-radicalization: Lessons for the Next U.S. President 4 December 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC In the third installment of a series of events on the presidential transition, Center Director, Alistair Millar, moderated a discussion on "Radicalization/De-radicalization: Lessons for the Next U.S. President" with Richard Barrett from the UN Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions Monitoring Team, Frank J. Cilluffo from the Homeland Security Policy Institute of George Washington University, Daniel W. Sutherland from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and Mona Yacoubian from United States Institute of Peace. They discussed successes and challenges in efforts by the United States and its partners to counter radicalization and highlighted key lessons learned for the next administration. Click here to read a summary of the discussion.
Building States’ Capacity to Combat Terrorism: Lessons for the Next U.S. President 30 October 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC In the second installment in its series on the presidential transition, the Center hosted a discussion on building states' capacity to combat terrorism with Darcy Anderson from the U.S. Department of State, Celina D. Realuyo from the National Defense University, Carol Fuller from the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism, and Christian Mahr from the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate. Center Director, Alistair Millar, moderated the event. The discussants highlighted key successes and challenges in U.S. and global counterterrorism capacity building efforts and lessons learned for the next administration. Click here to read a summary of the discussion.
International Efforts against Terrorist Financing: Lessons for the Next U.S. President 2 October 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC The Center hosted a discussion on international efforts to combat terrorist financing with Michael Jacobson from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Elizabeth Joyce from the United Nations Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED), and Richard Lalonde from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Center Senior Fellow, Eric Rosand, moderated the event. The discussants identified some of the successes and challenges in international efforts to combat terrorist financing and offered recommendations for the next U.S. administration based on lessons learned since 2001. Click here to read a summary of the discussion.
Counterterrorism and the International Community: Waxing Fatigue, Waning Commitment? 5 September 2008 | The Century Foundation Terrorism officials from dozens of countries came to the United Nations in New York for a two-day meeting of the General Assembly (4-5 September 2008) to review their governments' implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted in 2006. The meeting provided an opportunity for The Century Foundation and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation to organize a luncheon roundtable to allow candid discussion among those officials, UN representatives, U.S. representatives, and terrorism experts on "Counterterrorism and the International Community: Waxing Fatigue, Waning Commitment?" on Friday, September 5. Click here for video of the event.
Briefing: The UN's Role in Fighting Terrorism - Where Does Its Comparative Advantage Lie? 11 July 2008 | Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Washington, DC On 11 July 2008, the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation and the United Nations Information Center cosponsored a breakfast briefing by Mike Smith, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Executive
Hill Briefing by Dr. Martin Scheininthe, UN Special Rapporteur Focusing on Counterterrorism and Human Rights 9 June 2008 | US Capitol Building, Room HC-7 At a briefing organized by the Henry L. Stimson Center's Security for a New Century project and the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation, Dr. Martin Scheinin, the UN Special Rapporteur focusing on counterterrorism and human rights, presented a briefing on the need for U.S. counterterrorism efforts to comply with its obligations under international law. The briefing was based on his 2007 fact-finding exercise and legal assessment of U.S. law and practice in the fight against terrorism and subsequent visit to Guantanamo Bay. Click here to read a summary. |
Enhancing Cooperation to Prevent WMD Terrorism: Lessons for the New U.S. President