Don’t Let Iran Sow Hunger Around the World
The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed Iran’s ability to threaten the global food supply.
South Asia
Iran at a crossroads: Australia’s opportunities and pitfalls
Over the last few weeks, the Islamist regime in Tehran has expanded the scope of its hostage-taking operation. Not satisfied with only taking Western citizens hostage and then extorting their governments,...
Op-eds
Iran’s regional partners spark protests across the Middle East and South Asia
The Islamic Republic of Iran’s proxy groups and sympathetic Shiite communities have arranged demonstrations across the Middle East following the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei...
Op-eds
Russian Propaganda Finds Powerful Megaphone in India
As it ramps up its media presence in India, Moscow is hardly in need of fabricating negative stories about the US. Washington is doing fine on its own to make itself inimical to New Delhi.
Op-eds
China and Pakistan Increase Cooperation, Bring Taliban Into the Fold
China and Pakistan are trying to bolster the Taliban’s global standing. Beijing and Islamabad released a joint statement on January 5 urging Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to curb attacks from affiliated...
Policy Briefs
Erdogan’s Courtship of Pakistan Stirs Fears of a Nuclear-Armed Turkey
Given the two nations’ uniquely poor records on counterterrorism and regional aggression, the Ankara-Islamabad ties warrant concern.
Op-eds
Trump and Xi call truce for now, but this ‘12 out of 10’ meeting leaves a lot unanswered
President Trump appeared buoyant after concluding his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping since retaking the White House, confident in having achieved a breakthrough. Yet...
Op-eds
US lists Pakistan-supported Resistance Front as Foreign Terrorist Organization
The US State Department added the Resistance Front to its list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations and Specially Designated Global Terrorist entities on July 17. The Resistance Front, a cover...
Op-eds
India Claims Elimination of Terrorist Involved in Abduction and Murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl
Wanted Islamist Terrorist Killed: India announced on May 8 that its armed forces had eliminated Islamist terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar, a co-conspirator in the 2002 abduction and murder...
Flash Briefs
Lashkar-e Taiba front group claims responsibility for deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India
The Resistance Front, a cover organization of the Pakistan-supported Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, claimed credit for the April 22 attack in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir that killed...
Op-eds
US removal of Sirajuddin Haqqani’s $10 million bounty signals engagement with the Taliban
The Trump administration appears to be continuing its previous policy of engagement with the Taliban, which led to the 2020 Doha Agreement that paved the way for the Biden administration’s 2021 withdrawal...
Op-eds
Anti-Taliban groups conclude fifth Vienna Conference
On February 18, 2025, various factions of the anti-Taliban resistance wrapped up the fifth Vienna Process Conference for a Democratic Afghanistan, calling for international assistance in forming a transitional government.
Op-eds
Unpacking Iran’s counterintelligence apparatus
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently issued “seeking information” posters for two operatives of the Islamic Republic’s intelligence services implicated in the 2007 abduction...
Op-eds
Sri Lankan Police Arrest Three Locals Over Planned Terror Attack on Israelis
Police in Sri Lanka arrested three locals on October 24 over a planned terrorist attack against Israeli tourists visiting the South Asian island nation. According to the Israeli...
Flash Briefs
The lights are still blinking red—Sunni Islamists and Iran are determined to attack the homeland
As the US election comes down the final stretch, the radical Islamic terrorism threat continues to metastasize—at home and abroad. On October 8, the FBI arrested an Afghan man who authorities...
Op-eds
Iran’s president backs Palestinians amid spats with UK, Australia
Iranian state media characterized this as support for more “resistance.”
Op-eds
The Islamic State claims responsibility for Omani Shia mosque attack
The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for a July 15 evening attack on the Shia Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque that killed six people in the Wadi Kabir area of the Omani capital of Muscat. IS’s...
Op-eds
ISKP’s transnational reemergence
By leveraging its stronghold in Afghanistan, in conjunction with its networks in Central and South Asia, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) is reemerging as a transnational actor with the capacity...
Op-eds
Iranian Proxies Wreak Havoc Beyond the Middle East
Azerbaijan and Pakistan are two lesser known victims of Iranian proxy attacks.
Op-eds
Iran’s president in Sri Lanka, as Argentina seeks arrest of Iran’s interior minister
The AMIA suicide bombing occurred on 18 July 1994 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and targeted the Asociación Mutual Israelita Argentina, a Jewish Community Center.