Six Questions on North Korea Answered
Guest post by Stephan Haggard This week, North Korea fired a suspected submarine-launched ballistic missile into waters off…
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The Biggest Warning from the Facebook Whistleblower
By Barbara F. Walter Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen came out swinging in her October 4 statement to the…
Looking Back at 9/11
It’s been twenty years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Conventional wisdom holds that the tragic…
The End of the War on Terror
By Navin Bapat On August 15, 2021, almost twenty years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Taliban recaptured…
Why Jihadists Are Collecting “Zakat” in the Sahel
Guest post by Alex Thurston Around the world, jihadists use a dizzying array of mechanisms to finance themselves,…
Has ISIS Made Gains as a Result of the Pandemic?
By Dawn Brancati and guest contributors Jóhanna Birnir and Qutaiba Idlbi Prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19…
Viewpoint: Good-Bye Two-State Solution, Hello Apartheid?
By Michael Barnett A few years ago, the riots in Jerusalem over Israel’s planned eviction of Palestinians from…
Countering Extremist Narratives in America
Guest post by Paul Lorenzo Johnson The escalation of activity by private militias in America transitioned from latent…
What We Can All Do to Prevent Violence from Escalating in the US
Guest post by Séverine Autesserre Violence is rising in the United States. Last year, homicides and shootings surged in…
The Anatomy of Backsliding: Why is Democracy Consuming Itself?
Guest post by Stephan Haggard and Robert R. Kaufman Well before 2016, the United States was becoming increasingly…