Israel and Hamas Are Both Just Winging It
By Erica Chenoweth Israel is more than three weeks into Operation Protective Edge. With over 1328 Palestinians and…
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The Blame Game
By Andrew Kydd The downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine with the loss of almost 300…
Why Is ISIS the First Islamist Rebel Group to Claim to Resurrect the Caliphate?
By Allison Beth Hodgkins In response to our Would Someone Please Explain This to Me? post, commenter Chris C wrote: Why…
Why Hamas Escalated, When Before They Didn’t
By Allison Beth Hodgkins Just a short while ago it seemed that the Islamic militant group Hamas had everything…
Why Are Buddhist Monks Promoting Violence in Sri Lanka?
Guest post by Matthew Isaacs In a state marred by conflict, a wave of religious violence threatens the sovereignty…
Will ISIS Cohere or Collapse?
By Paul Staniland The resurgence of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has come as a shock…
Renewed Violence in Pakistan
By Erica Chenoweth Last night, the Pakistani Taliban (otherwise known as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP) allegedly staged a…
Terrorism and Single-Party States
By Joe Young China has a terrorism problem. Members of the Uighur ethnic minority have recently perpetrated at…
Boko Haram Is Winning, and You Are Helping
By Will H. Moore Boko Haram (BH) has had a banner couple of weeks, and the western press…
Why Kidnap Girls?
By Barbara F. Walter One of the strategies that Boko Haram has pursued in its attempt to overthrow the…