American assistance programs aimed at helping Yemen build and maintain counterterrorism forces will not suffice in the face of a real and growing al Qaeda-affiliated insurgency.

There is cause for celebration in the death of a deeply evil man with much blood on his hands and more innocent deaths in his mind, but no cause to waver in our determination to press forward in this conflict against a determined foe.

In Safety, Liberty, and Islamist Terrorism: American and European Approaches to Domestic Counterterrorism, AEI national security policy scholar Gary J. Schmitt leads a team of security and intelligence experts in a comparison of counterterrorism strategies used by the United Kingdom, France, Spain and Germany.

Speakers will provide an overview on the state of the war on terror and discuss new directions for military and intelligence policy in the battle against al Qaeda.

The anniversary of Osama bin Laden’s death last week focused attention briefly on the continued threat posed by al Qaeda Central. But what about al Qaeda's franchises elsewhere, like al Shabaab in Somalia? The viability of the threat these groups pose to the U.S. deserves more careful consideration than it has received.

In an explosive memoir released today, former CIA counterterrorism chief Jose Rodriguez provides new evidence that Rep. Nancy Pelosi lied when she declared she had not been briefed about the use of waterboarding.