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September 26, 2022 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Ambassador John Simon, Allie Dichiara

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.

August 17, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Pragati - India

The Al Qaeda Factor, and the Fate of a Jihadi Group

The Al Qaeda Factor: Plots Against the West by Mitchell D. Silber. One reason terrorism watchers have often been wrong about some of the critical...

July 27, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Terrorism, Economics, and the London Olympics

On July 25, I spoke on a panel at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies on the topic of Combating Olympic Terrorism (video of which can be found...

January 3, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead

Al Qaeda Round-Up, 2012

As we enter a new year, I wanted to outline the contours of, and analyze, a few issues that are likely to feature prominently in the fight between the U.S. and al Qaeda in 2012....

September 8, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda Is Winning

Their ability to land large-scale attacks like that of September 11 might be eroded, but the group has another strategy.

September 8, 2011 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Al-Qaeda Isn’t Beaten Yet

Adecade after the 9/11 attacks, U.S. officials are openly declaring that victory over al-Qaeda is imminent. "Al-Qaeda is sort of on the ropes and taking a lot of shots to the body and the head,"...

August 9, 2011 |

Death By a Thousand Cuts

See all those security lines? Just because al Qaeda's recent attacks haven't succeeded doesn't mean the terrorists are failing.

May 16, 2011 |

Don’t Get Cocky, America

Osama bin Laden's death is a significant blow for al Qaeda, removing a figurehead who had evaded the largest manhunt in world history for almost a decade, and who seemingly managed to remain...

November 6, 2010 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

AQAP Claims Responsibility for Cargo Planes Plot

In a message released to jihadist websites on Friday, al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed responsibility for two explosive packages found aboard cargo planes in late October. The...

November 2, 2010 |

More Rocket, Less Docket

‘We need to bring him to justice as soon as we can.” In a Fox News interview Sunday, that was John Brennan, President Obama’s top counterterrorism adviser, talking about Ibrahim...