Middle East Versus the West? How a UN Diplomat’s…
“Lack of love. Strategy, commerce, exploitation, securing an imperial route: these were why the West, for the most…
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COVID-19 and the Increasing Risk of Terrorism
There is no doubt that the global COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted nearly every aspect of life. From how we interact…
Paid to Kill: An Examination of the Evolution of…
Throughout world history, as long as there has been conflict among people, there have been people willing to pay…
After Almost Twenty Years, America’s “War on Terrorism”…
September 11th, 2020 will mark the nineteenth year since the attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. For those…
Now That Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is Dead, What Next?
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State, was killed on the 26th of October in a raid carried out by…
Sri Lanka: Jihadism and Separatism in an…
On April 21st, Sri Lanka suffered from several lethal terrorist attacks that killed at least 359 people and injured…
Designating the IRGC as a Terrorist Group: Consequences…
The obsession in the United States with the “war on terror” entered a new phase when U.S. President Donald Trump…
The Next Middle East Conflict Could Emerge Out of a…
Pandora's Box of cyber warfare was opened when the United States and Israel initiated the Stuxnet attack on Iranian…
What’s next for Iran after the U.S. withdrawal…
Iran versus the United States
Commenting on competitive interactions between a weak and a strong state, Thucydides…
10 Elections to Watch in 2018
Millions of people around the world voted in elections this year. The French elected Emmanuel Macron president,…
What to Watch For in Post-ISIS Iraq and Syria
As the campaigns to wrest the Islamic State from the territory it held in Iraq and Syria near completion, new…
Converging Economic and Demographic Trends Threaten…
With oil prices unlikely to recover to levels of the petroleum boom governments may have to limit cash payments and…