The suicide bombings in Brussels this week, following the bloody attacks in Paris just four months ago, make clear that the counterterrorism policies being pursued against ISIS have not worked. We need smarter and stronger measures to protect against future attacks and address the underlying conditions that give rise to these threats.
Donald Trump has responded in his usual outrageous fashion by calling Brussels a 'hellhole' and renewing his call for the use of torture against terrorism suspects — ignoring the fact that law enforcement and military officials have long opposed the use of torture. Security officers know that torture does not work as means of gaining useful intelligence and that its use undermines the ability to prosecute terrorist crimes.