Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering Violent Extremism and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which led U.S. anti-violent extremism efforts, were laid off, the units ...

Terrorist attacks, whether by individuals or groups, are usually followed by attempts to explain the rationale and causes behind them. The core reasons, ...

As currently practiced in the United States, targeted violence and terrorism prevention draws more from the research and experience of the public health violence prevention community than it does from ...

When Thomas Fugate graduated from college last year with a degree in politics, he celebrated in a social media post about the exciting opportunities that lay beyond campus life in Texas. “Onward and ...

It is aimed at stopping terrorism and radicalisation, but devastating attacks and high-profile reviews have meant Prevent has been under scrutiny since it started.

Violent extremism conducive to terrorism poses a serious threat to peace and security and is an affront to humanity – affecting people of all ages, cultures, religions and nationalities. The United ...

Staff at the State Department’s Office of Countering Violent Extremism and Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, which led U.S. anti-violent extremism efforts, were laid off, the units ...

A 22-year-old recent college graduate with seemingly no national security experience is leading the Trump administration's domestic terrorism prevention efforts. Thomas Fugate graduated from the ...

Prevent is a UK government programme focused on preventing terrorism. The government describes Prevent as: [A] national programme that aims to stop people from becoming terrorists or supporting ...

Editor’s Note: Measurement and evaluation (M&E) of prevention programs is essential to improve the evidence-base over time, and ultimately, to ensure investments in prevention yield more effective ...

This dismantling of the country’s terrorism and extremism prevention programs began in February 2025. That’s when staff of USAID’s Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization were put on leave.