Stephen Tankel

Stephen Tankel is an assistant professor at American University and an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security.

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If the Mail Bomber Had Worn an ISIS Hat

The government rarely charges domestic extremists as terrorists.
- Stephen Tankel
- October 27, 2018
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Whatever Happened to Trump's Counterterrorism Strategy?

His approach borrows from his predecessors’, while exacerbating their worst, most counterproductive tendencies.
- Joshua A. Geltzer and Stephen Tankel
- March 1, 2018