Hamza bin Laden Dead

Raffaello Pantucci

But decapitating a terrorist organisation is not proven to result in a lower threat from terrorism.

The UK’s Proscription of Hizbullah: All Talk and No Action?

Tom Keatinge

The UK Home Secretary’s proscription announcement raised expectations, but those that cheered are likely to be disappointed.

The 2019 Swiss Security Network Exercise: More Than an Exercise

Hans-Jürg Käser and Bernhard Wigger

The Swiss are testing their preparedness for meeting a major terrorist attack.

""ISIS remains a threat within Egypt, via two main avenues: primarily within the Sinai peninsula, where a part of the Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis group pledged allegiance to ISIS some years ago, but also in terms of sporadic cells in the rest of the country, made up of more recent recruits and possibly returnees that fought in Syria or Iraq," "

Factbox: After 'Caliphate' Defeat, Islamic State Is Down but Not Out

"“Security players tended to think there were a few predictable places where attacks happened,” said Raffaello Pantucci, from the Royal United Services Institute, a UK think-tank. “But we now see attacks can come from sideways. The authorities will have to re-evaluate.” "

Sri Lanka attacks spark fears of Isis resurgence

The Rise, Fall and Future of Jihad in the North Caucasus

Aleksandre Kvakhadze

Since the beginning of armed conflict in Syria and Iraq, thousands of militants from the Caucasus region have participated in the war. However, dislodging Daesh and a collapse of the insurgency in the North Caucasus have substantially diminished the capacities of North Caucasian jihadi groups. Nevertheless, militancy in the region has potential.