Counterterrorism

"Combating Terrorism" redirects here. For the national security directive, see PDD-62.

Counterterrorism, also spelled counter-terrorism and sometimes referred to as anti-terrorism, encompasses the laws, policies, and operational measures used to prevent, deter, and respond to terrorism. These efforts involve a range of tactics and strategies employed by governments, law-enforcement agencies, intelligence services and, in some contexts, private-sector organisations.

When acts of terrorism occur within a broader insurgency—an activity that some definitions of terrorism include—counterterrorism efforts may incorporate counterinsurgency measures. In United States military doctrine, such activities are often framed as foreign internal defense, a term referring to programs that assist partner nations in suppressing insurgency, lawlessness, or subversion, and in reducing conditions that could give rise to threats to national security.

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