Even as several armed conflicts rage, a global trade war escalates and environmental crises worsen, terrorist attacks continue to be a major concern, frequently punctuating the news cycle. Last year, there were more than 80 such incidents around the world, many of them carried out by Islamist extremist groups such as ISIS. And yet, for much of the past decade, counterterrorism as a concerted, multinational effort has slipped quietly down the list of global priorities.
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