Mozambique

February 3, 2022 | Bill Roggio, Andrew Tobin

Islamic State’s emir dead after U.S. military raid in Syria

Islamic State emir Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died during a daring overnight raid conducted by U.S. special operations forces in Idlib province in northeastern Syria on Thursday, according to the...

July 28, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late July

July 21, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The problem with peacekeeping

The UN does it incompetently, corruptly, and criminally

June 3, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late May

May 18, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early May

April 30, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Late April

Late April Trends

April 28, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The death of an African warrior

With a bit of history, a few memories, and some lessons

April 15, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early April

Early April Trends

April 8, 2021 | Andrea Stricker |

OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction

February 19, 2021 | Mathew Ha |

North Korean Hackers Could Ramp Up Cyberattacks on COVID-19 Targets in Near Future

During a closed-door parliamentary session on Tuesday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) informed the National Assembly that North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers are attacking South...

December 15, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

Enhancing Special Operations for Sustained Counterterrorism Operations

April 29, 2020 | Clifford D. May

How our enemies are handling the pandemic

They’re staying focused on their missions and doing just fine

February 26, 2020 | Mathew Ha |

North Korea is relying on the internet more, creating an opening for the US

A new report by Recorded Future, a private cybersecurity company, found that the North Korean regime is growing more reliant on cyber operations as a “critical tool for revenue generation, gaining access...

December 31, 2019 | Andrea Stricker |

To Successfully Denuclearize North Korea, Washington Should Make it Think Like South Africa

If Mr. Trump opts to augment the pressure on North Korea, he will need to patiently wait out attempts by Kim to scare the international community into concessions. He shouldn’t be shaken. The United States should instead keep tightening the rope that led South Africa to abandon nuclear weapons.

December 5, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, David Maxwell

Maximum Pressure 2.0

A Plan for North Korea

October 27, 2019 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed himself during raid, U.S. says

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, is dead, according to the White House. President Donald Trump announced Baghdadi’s death earlier today, saying “U.S. Special Operations forces...

October 3, 2018 | Mathew Ha, David Maxwell

Kim Jong Un’s ‘All-Purpose Sword’

North Korean Cyber-Enabled Economic Warfare

January 17, 2017 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Terrorists, Insurgents, Something Else? Clarifying and Classifying the “Generational Challenge”

Co-written by Jacob Zenn. The Trump administration’s ...

October 20, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Global Brief

Terrorism and the Coming Decade

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, US officials are speaking openly of Al Qaeda’s impending death. Defense secretary Leon Panetta declared in early July of this year that the US is “wi...

June 15, 2011 | World Defense Review

Zimbabwe’s Runoff Rip-off

Three months ago, Zimbabweans went to the polls and by a clear majority repudiated the nearly three-decade misrule of the Zimbabwe Africa National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) in general and t...