Stephen Tankel
War On The Rocks
Washington, DC, United States
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Retooling U.S. Security Sector Assistance
One of America’s most important foreign policy tools is not fit for purpose. U.S. security sector assistance — the means by which the United States → Read More
Ten Years After Mumbai, the Group Responsible is Deadlier Than Ever
Ten years ago today, ten gunmen from Lashkar-e-Taiba launched a complex attack that lasted over 60 hours against India’s commercial capital, Mumbai. They → Read More
Has Trump Read His Own Counterterrorism Strategy?
The president’s views don’t seem to line up with those of his team. → Read More
Sixteen years after 9/11, are we any better at fighting terrorism?
International cooperation is the key. → Read More
Trump and Counter-Terrorism, Sixteen Years After 9/11
It’s been 16 years since the 9/11 attacks. We thought a good way to commemorate the anniversary would be to take stock of the terrorist threats facing the → Read More
How to Improve Return on Investment for Security Assistance
Editor’s Note: Making other countries more effective U.S. security partners is a vital part of counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and U.S. foreign policy in general. Yet it seems to fail often, and support for such aid appears to be declining. Part of the problem may be in how the United States does such assistance. Stephen Tankel of American University and Melissa Dalton of the Center for… → Read More
How to Improve Return on Investment for Security Assistance
Editor’s Note: Making other countries more effective U.S. security partners is a vital part of counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and U.S. foreign policy in general. Yet it seems to fail often, and support for such aid appears to be declining. Part of the problem may be in how the United States does such assistance. Stephen Tankel of American University and Melissa Dalton of the Center for… → Read More
The Only Way Trump’s Afghanistan Plan Would Make Sense
Stephen Tankel, assistant professor at American University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, explains. → Read More
Trump’s Plan to Defeat Terrorism Is Self Defeating
The president's counterterrorism strategy appears to be a dysfunctional combination of repurposed elements of the Bush and Obama approaches infused with some of Trump’s worst… → Read More
Trump seeks greater collaboration with Saudi Arabia, but will this boost counterterrorism?
New research suggests why this will fall short. → Read More
This is why Trump’s loose tongue has compromised U.S. security
This information was not America's to share. → Read More
Back to First Principles: Four Fundamental Questions about Afghanistan
“We have wasted an enormous amount of blood and treasure in Afghanistan. Their government has zero appreciation. Let's get out!” That was Donald Trump twee → Read More
Stephen Tankel
Stephen Tankel is an assistant professor in the School of International Service at American University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security. → Read More
The Art of Dealing with Pakistan
Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy may help get Islamabad moving in the right direction. → Read More
The Art of Dealing with Pakistan
The Art of Dealing with Pakistan By Stephen Tankel January 25, 2017 Pakistan is unlikely to be a front-burner issue for President Trump, but it’s a country he’ll have to reckon with sooner rather than later. It is difficult to know what to expect from a Trump administration regarding a country that remains by any objective measure both a critical counterterrorism partner and a state supporter of… → Read More
Pakistani Militants and the State: Friends, Foes, and Frenemies
Editor’s Note: This is adapted from the author’s recent article in the Journal of Strategic Studies, “Beyond the Double Game: Lessons from Pakistan’s Appro → Read More