South Asia

October 24, 2024 | |

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...

October 18, 2024 | Will Selber |

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...

September 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s president backs Palestinians amid spats with UK, Australia

Iranian state media characterized this as support for more “resistance.”

July 17, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

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...

June 10, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh |

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...

May 5, 2024 | Eyal Hulata, Natalie Ecanow

Iranian Proxies Wreak Havoc Beyond the Middle East

Azerbaijan and Pakistan are two lesser known victims of Iranian proxy attacks.

April 24, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

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.

January 18, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Pakistan-Iran tensions: What’s next as countries escalate attacks?

The series of attacks threaten to escalate tensions between the countries and escalate tensions in South Asia.

January 27, 2023 | Caleb Weiss, Ryan O’Farrell

Analysis: U.S. Military kills key Islamic State leader in Africa

The United States announced yesterday that it conducted a special operations forces (SOF) raid on a hideout of the Islamic State’s branch in Somalia. During the raid, the SOF troops killed Bilal al-Sudani,...

January 8, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

The State of US’ India policy

The United States sends mixed messages to India.On the one hand, Washington highlighted the importance of India’s rise and leadership in its Indo-Pacific Strategy, designated India a Major Defense Partner,...

December 31, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

U.S., India must seek common ground to combat Pak-backed terror

If Pakistan is not a state sponsor of terrorism, then the phrase has no meaning.

December 29, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

The Case for an India-First South Asia Strategy

Against the backdrop of deepening strategic com-petition with Beijing, Washington’s attention is steadily turning to the need for a comprehensive strategy by which to engage South Asia. Less well...

September 7, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Are al Qaeda and Iran really at odds?

The debate about the Islamic Republic's collaboration with al Qaeda is far from over

July 19, 2022 | Bill Roggio |

Ayman al Zawahiri is alive; Taliban and Al Qaeda “remain close,” UN reports

Ayman al Zawahiri, the head of Al Qaeda who served as Osama bin Laden’d deputy on 9/11, “is confirmed to be alive” and is “communicating freely,” according to a report from the United Nations’...

April 13, 2022 | Zane Zovak |

China’s Embrace of the Taliban Complicates US Afghanistan Strategy

China’s willingness to partner with the Taliban undermines American efforts to influence the extremist group’s behavior through pressure campaigns and sanctions.

February 12, 2022 | Cleo Paskal, David Maxwell

‘Indo-Pacific is a priority: Message from White House document’

Alexandria, VA.: In this edition of “Indo-Pacific: Behind the Headlines”, we speak with Col. David Maxwell (Ret.), a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, D.C. about...

November 10, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Honor Veterans by Having the Will to Win a War

If civilian leaders send troops into battle without a commitment to victory, who will sign up to serve?

September 20, 2021 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Bizarre Positive Biden Spin on Afghanistan

No, the Taliban are not America’s partners

September 8, 2021 | Sardar Pashaei, Benjamin Weinthal, Alireza Nader

Why The Iranian Regime’s Murder Of A Champion Wrestler Matters

This Sunday, September 12, will mark one year since Iran’s clerical regime executed the champion Greco-Roman wrestler Navid Afkari for expressing opposition to the religious dictatorship in Iran. His...

August 27, 2021 | Thomas Joscelyn |

What We Know—and Don’t Know—About ISIS-K

The group has claimed responsibility for the bombing outside the Kabul airport.