Program Descriptions

The Center on Law and Security is a research and policy institute dedicated to examining the legal and policy dimensions of national and global security.

The Center's programs have three focal points:

Domestic Issues

Featuring the Terrorist Trial Report Card, a database of defendants indicted in terrorism-associated cases in U.S. criminal courts since 9/11 and the resulting prosecutions; the Civilian/Military Project; the Accountability Project, an edited, online compendium of official documents related to the war on terror; and our publications on wiretapping, detention, and interrogation. The Center also periodically takes on policy roundtables to discuss domestic national security issues, like intelligence and national security reform.

International Initiatives

Including the Center's flagship Global Security Forum convened annually at Villa La Pietra in Florence, Italy, where counterterrorism and foreign policy practitioners, officials, scholars, and analysts from around the world meet for a series of candid, off-the-record discussions.

Special Topics in the Middle East and Muslim Communities

Concentrating on Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, and Yemen; the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; radicalization and deradicalization; and al Qaeda.


The Center has received the support of The Luce Foundation, The Markle Foundation, The Carnegie Corporation, The John Merck Fund, The William C. Bullitt Foundation, The JEHT Foundation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and private individuals, for its various projects.