Why did Israel’s new foreign minister embrace the Kurdish people?
Israel has long enjoyed positive relations with Kurdish people in the Middle East. It is part of a partnership between Jews and Kurds and also shared interests in the region
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Al-Qaeda’s North and West African branches respond to the Hamas-led invasion of Israel
In a joint statement released online, al-Qaeda’s branches in North Africa and West Africa, al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), respectively,...
Op-eds
Dispatches from troubled lands
They deserve attention – BHL’s self-promotion notwithstanding
Op-eds
The death of an African warrior
With a bit of history, a few memories, and some lessons
Op-eds
Jihadists in West Africa renew allegiance to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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Op-eds
U.S. and UN Sanction Libyan Militia Leader Ibrahim Jadran
On September 12, the United States and the United Nations sanctio...
Policy Briefs
Black lives in Africa
No nation in Africa is receiving more attention right now than Wakanda. And why not since, as Anthony Lane writes in The New Yorker, Wakanda is “a model of serenity,” that also is &ld...
Op-eds
Cooperative Threat Reduction in the Middle East & North Africa: Law-Related Tools for Success
NPS Report
Monographs
Boko Haram’s Buyer’s Remorse
When Boko Haram pledged loyalty to the Islamic State in March 2015, it seemed to signal that the jihadi world was bending in the direction of the self-proclaimed caliphate. At the time, Boko Hara...
Op-eds
Blowback: Saudi Arabia vs. Russia in Syria
After deploying its ground and air assets across Syria, Russia entered into an agreement with the Shiite leaders of Iran and Iraq to coordinate military efforts. At the podium of the United Natio...
Op-eds
Terrorist Financing and the Implications for Canada
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Congressional Testimonies
A Survey of Global Terrorism and Terrorist Financing
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Congressional Testimonies
Is Libya the Next Stronghold of the Islamic State?
Co-authored by Nathaniel Barr Exactly four years after the protests that kicked off the Libyan revolution, the country has again...
Op-eds
The Ideology Whose Name Presidents Dare Not Speak
Is there a “Bush/Obama approach” to talking about what drives and justifies terrorism? Michael Gerson says there is. I think he’s right. He argues that this approach is preferab...
Op-eds
Boko Haram Continues to Slaughter Nigerians
Since the New Year began, Boko Haram has continued its offensive against Nigerians and its perceived enemies. Setting off what turned into a horrendous chain of events, the...
Op-eds
Boko Haram Overruns Multinational Joint Task Force Base
Boko Haram overwhelmed Nigerian and allied troops and overran the Multinational Joint Task Force base in northeastern Nigeria yesterday. At around 5 a.m. yes...
Op-eds
Holding Assad Accountable
Co-authored by Gregory D. Koblentz The United States and possibly allies are preparing to launch military strikes against Syria in response to Syrian president Bashar al-As...
Op-eds
Global al Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and Future Challenges
Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Sherman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the threat posed by al Qaeda. We have been asked to “examine the nature of...
Congressional Testimonies
New Ideas for Cooperatively Preventing WMD Attacks from the Middle East
The danger that weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from the Middle East will be used against the United States or its allies has been heightened by several recent developments. These develop...
Policy Briefs
MUJAO Leader Says Belmokhtar is Alive
The leader of the al Qaeda-linked Movement for Tawhid [Unity] and Jihad in West Africa (MUJAO) has contradicted reports that wanted jihadist military commander Mokhtar Belmokhtar was killed in Ma...