Al Qaeda’s da’wah campaign in West Africa
Over this month, the Group for Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), al Qaeda’s branch for West Africa, has publicized its da’wah (proselytizing) activities in local communities in Mali and Burkina...
Nigeria
Jihadis mount prison mutinies across Africa
Over the last few days, jihadis have mounted two attacks inside prisons in Somalia and Niger. While the mutiny inside the Nigerien prison was successful, the Somali prison assault appears to have been...
Op-eds
Sinking ships in Red Sea: Failure of the international community
The international community which should have prevented Hamas from controlling Gaza in the first place, has looked on as Iran then set in motion wars across the Middle East.
Op-eds
Islamic State’s current da’wah campaign across Africa
Since the beginning of the year, the Islamic State’s central media apparatus has made a concerted effort to highlight its men engaging in da’wah across the African continent. These actions...
Op-eds
How Hamas Angled for Russia-China Support
Moscow and Beijing have their reasons to hope for Hamas’ survival.
Op-eds
U.S. designates Islamic State financier in Somalia
On Thursday, the United States government sanctioned Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf, the financial emir for the Islamic State’s Somali Province (or Islamic State-Somalia, ISS). In this capacity, Yusuf was responsible...
Op-eds
Israel and Nigeria Will Begin Direct Flights
Latest Developments Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev approved a deal on Sunday to allow non-stop flights between Nigeria and Israel. Pending final approval by Israel’s cabinet, the agreement...
Flash Briefs
The United States’ Energy Future Needs Critical Minerals—and Latin America
Energy is a weapon in wartime and a key to prosperity in peacetime. As the world moves towards greater adoption of renewable energy sources and electric vehicles, we need to ensure that America’s...
Op-eds
Blind Sided
A Reconceptualization of the Role of Emerging Technologies in Shaping Information Operations in the Gray Zone
Op-eds
American Innovation Can Counter China’s BRI
In contrast to the BRI’s “railroads to nowhere,” the United States can reframe global infrastructure development around the citizens who need it the most.
Op-eds
Islamic State claims first attacks inside Benin
Through its weekly Al-Naba newsletter earlier this week, the Islamic State officially claimed its first two operations inside Benin. The attacks now join the chorus of strikes committed inside the littoral...
Op-eds
Kremlin Claims Monkeypox Could Be a Secret U.S. Bioweapon
Washington needs to stop being a pushover in the global info war.
Op-eds
Islamic State conducts second major prison break in Congo
On Aug. 10, jihadists belonging to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), the local name for the Islamic State’s Central Africa Province (ISCAP), raided the central prison in the eastern Congolese city of...
Op-eds
Rue Britannia? Russian, Iranian and Chinese imperialism is what should concern us
Russian, Iranian, and Chinese imperialism is what should concern us
Op-eds
Biden’s defense of democracy
It left a lot to be desired
Op-eds
Dispatches from troubled lands
They deserve attention – BHL’s self-promotion notwithstanding
Op-eds
Taliban lionizes Haqqani commander who celebrated ties to Al Qaeda, held American hostage
The Taliban feted one of its famed commanders, Mullah Sangeen Zadran, on a new billboard that also showed Bowe Bergdahl, an American soldier who was held hostage by Sangeen and the Taliban for nearly five...
Op-eds
Biden’s Half Measures on Ebola Put the United States at Risk
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order on Tuesday detailing new public health measures in response to outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Policy Briefs
The Election Nobody is Talking About: Leading the WTO
For months, the world’s attention has been consumed by the race for the White House. Little attention, however, has been paid to another important international election—that of the next director...
Op-eds
Strip Qatar’s Homophobic Regime of the 2022 World Cup Now
There is no shortage of compelling reasons to relocate the 2022 FIFA World Cup from the small Gulf country of Qatar to another host nation. The frequently cited arguments range from Qatar bribing members...