In the wake of the New Zealand mosque attacks, links have emerged between the shooter, Brent Tarrant, and a Ukrainian ultra-nationalist, white supremacist paramilitary organization called the Azov Battalion...
During the surge of the U.S. war in Iraq, tens of thousands of Iraqis were held in U.S. detention centers, including in Camp Bucca. It was within the confines of these overcrowded camps that the next iteration of terror germinated among detainees...
Iran is pursuing a strategy in Iraq similar to that which it employed in Lebanon, where it built Lebanese Hezbollah into a major military and political force....
On March 11, the Trump administration submitted its proposed budget for 2020, which demonstrates priorities largely divorced from current realities...
A right-wing terrorist killed 50 people and injured 42 others in Christchurch, New Zealand. The attack occurred during Friday prayers at two mosques. To maximize the psychological impact of the attack, the perpetrator utilized social media by live-streaming the attack on Facebook...
Sino-Pakistani relations are deepening on all fronts—economically, politically, and militarily—shifting the power dynamics on the Indian subcontinent. In late 2018, Beijing and Islamabad agreed to forge ahead on closer military cooperation...
In February, as part of its Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act, the United Kingdom passed a law that criminalizes accessing terrorist propaganda and other related materials online, punishable by a sentence of up to 15 years in prison...
Sustained protests to topple long-standing autocratic governments generate international attention when successful, but more often than not, authoritarians outlast periodic spikes in popular outrage...
After months of back and forth and policy reversals on a U.S. troop presence in Syria, President Trump has decided to keep a residual force in the country. However, it will not be enough to counter Russia and Iran...
On March 11, 2004, terrorists detonated ten bombs on four separate commuter trains in Madrid, Spain. The attack killed 192 people and injured more than 2000, making it the deadliest terrorist attack in Spain’s history...
The military fight against the Islamic State has been exceedingly difficult and costly, especially to the Iraqi and Syrian forces that have fought the group for years, but also to civilians uprooted from their homes and forced to flee in order to survive...
The ubiquity of social media and technology has elevated the debate over privacy versus security, particularly in the U.S., U.K, and E.U, where concerns abound that tech giants like Facebook do not have the best interest of their customers in mind, citing the improper use...
Throughout two days in mid-February, Pakistani-linked terrorist groups launched sophisticated attacks that killed 27 members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in southeastern Iran and 40 Indian soldiers in the disputed Kashmir region, respectively. ...
On February 28, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi, Vietnam for a second summit on North Korean denuclearization...
The uncertainty surrounding the Trump administration’s commitment to Iraq’s stability and sovereignty has enabled Iran to expand its already significant influence in that country...