Why the Taliban should be required to renounce al Qaeda in any deal with US
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Bangladesh
Trump’s Bad Deal with the Taliban
Under peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, the administration seems poised to give away everything America has fought for in Afghanistan since 9/11.
Op-eds
Taliban continues to host foreign terrorist groups, despite assurances to the contrary
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Midterm Assessment: Human Rights
Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’
North Korean Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare
Monographs
Merkel’s party’s think tank compares Israel’s security wall to Berlin Wall
The Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation – a think tank for German Chance...
Op-eds
Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare: Assessing US Strategy
Trans-Pacific View author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia...
Op-eds
Saudi Arabia Can Win Islam’s War of Ideas
When U.S. President Donald Trump welcomes Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the White House later this month, there will be no shortage of urgent issues to discuss — from the crown...
Op-eds
IS Using Front Companies to Support Terrorism
As the Islamic State (IS) has been beaten back in Iraq and ...
Policy Briefs
Afghanistan in crisis: Why is the region still a hotbed of terrorism and violence?
Afghanistan is back in the news. Wednesday, 2 U.S. servicemembers were killed in a suicide bombing attack. Already this year, U.S. airstrikes are at their highest level since 2012, and President...
Op-eds
How America’s Friends Aid North Korea’s Missile Program
On Friday, North Korea tested its second intercontinen...
Op-eds
Managing Terrorism Financing Risk in Remittances and Money Transfers
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Legislative Testimonies
The Qatar Ultimatum
In the aftermath of the terrorist atrocities of Sept. 11, 2001, President George W. Bush drew a line in the sand. “Every nation, in every region, now has a decision to make,” he annou...
Op-eds
AQIS Fits Into al Qaeda’s Global Strategy
While al Qaeda’s affiliate in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) may be regionally focused, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says “...
Op-eds
Here’s How the U.S. Could Better Wield Its Economic Clout
As the Trump administration settles into office, it inherits powerful tools of economic statecraft to safeguard U.S. national security. These include sophisticated economic sanctions, anti-money...
Op-eds
The Future of Counter-Terrorism Strategy
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Legislative Testimonies
Don’t Let Wahhabism Off the Hook
Now that American victims of terrorism can sue Saudi Arabia on allegations of facilitating 9/11, the kingdom's counterterrorism record is under the microscope like never before....
Op-eds
Unhappy Anniversary
Ayatollah Khamenei, the "Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution," commemorated the end of Ramadan with a lengthy anti-American, antisemitic screed. Khamenei has repeatedly accused the W...
Op-eds
We Got Lucky … This Time
At approximately 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, September 17, a garbage can exploded along the route of the Seaside Semper Five Marine Corps Charity 5K Race in Seaside Park, New Jersey. Fortunately, no o...
Op-eds
How the world has changed since 9/11
The 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 should be a time for mourning, commemoration, reflection — and strategic planning. But many people prefer to avoid thinking to...