Archived Projects
Expert Round Tables
Arkin Justice Initiative
The Justice Initiative is a project on National Security and the law which has included an ongoing workshop on domestic terrorism, as well as a book project on reform within the national security state.
Center on National Security Women’s Group
The CNS Women’s Group engages a group of women with professions and interests in: policy, national security, journalism, the arts, and academia. The group meets periodically to discuss current issues and regularly invites distinguished speakers to lead topic-specific conversations.
Foreign Affairs
Carnegie Corporation Grant Project: Proxy Violence in the Arab Region and Beyond
In coordination with the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Center's two-year-long project Proxy Violence in the Arab Region and Beyond Our aims to define the role of state and non-state actors in spreading violence through proxy actors. Some of the questions we will address are: Do we have the statecraft to deal with the complexity of this reality? What is the harm of proxy violence and do we understand it? What will the benefits be of better understanding the role of proxy violence in warfare, radicalization, and the spread of ideology? The Center will bring together a cross-disciplinary and international group of policymakers, practitioners, scholars, NGOs, and others to apply their knowledge and understanding of the region to address these questions.
Law & Security
Terrorism Prosecution Database
The Center on National Security’s Terrorism Prosecution Database is the country’s most comprehensive data and analysis project on federal terrorism prosecutions. Through database-enabled research, we monitor the progress of terrorism cases throughout the U.S. judicial system and delve into critical topics, such as radicalization trends, socio-economic factors, legal strategies, and sentencing issues for those accused of terror-related crimes. The Center’s terrorism database and connected reports have become an invaluable tool for lawyers, journalists and students of terrorism.
CNS Projects on Terrorism
Biosecurity Project
Our project on biosecurity examines COVID-19 responses through the lens of national security and effective governance, with the goal of shedding light on what factors are essential for a successful response and an efficient recovery from COVID-19 and from future pandemics.