Report: Stronger Partnerships Prevent Terrorism

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A January 2009 report by the Center on Global Counterterrorism Cooperation (CGCC) calls on President Barack Obama to develop “more effective counterterrorism measures that protect the United States and promote and protect human rights.” Building Stronger Partnerships to Prevent Terrorism: Recommendations to President Obama outlines 12 steps that the President should take to help reframe the counterterrorism discourse, encourage multilateralism, and build capacities with nonprofits and the private sector around the world. 

According to the report, the recommendations highlight a counterterrorism approach that is more “inclusive, coordinated and holistic” than previous strategies that seemed disjointed and, at times, counterproductive.  The recommendations include calls for improved coordination between federal agencies working to prevent money laundering and terror financing, and for appointing experienced diplomats to head the State Department’s senior counterterrorism positions.

Additional Resource: The CGCC held a conference in October 2009 that focused on the comparative advantages of multilateral actors, in particular, international and regional bodies, as they relate to efforts to strengthen cooperation in two of the world’s terrorism “hot-spots,” South Asia and the Horn of Africa.