The group has long standing ties with terror groups – but it also wants political legitimacy.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the US Afghanistan pullout is not a repeat of failures in other recent wars. “This is not Saigon,” he said. A seasoned foreign policy expert disagrees.
The Taliban ‘expect a complete handover of power.’ Experts explain who the Taliban are, what life is like under their rule and how the US may bear responsibility for Afghanistan’s collapse.
Two decades have passed since the US invasion of Afghanistan toppled the Taliban’s Islamic extremist regime. Despite efforts to update its image, the group still holds hard-line views.
A scholar and practitioner of foreign policy and national security offers personal and professional perspectives on the US withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Although Niger’s quest for entrenching democracy is a good development, poverty and insecurity are obstacles.
Seven striking similarities between developments regarding Islamic State today and the period before its surge in 2013-14.
Sending specially trained operatives into hostile territories dates back to Colonial days. In the past decade, special operations forces have become central to America’s counterterrorism efforts.
Bin Laden’s extremist group had less than a hundred members in September 2001. Today it’s a transnational terror organization with 40,000 fighters across the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
A terrorism expert exposes the quirks, inconsistencies and foreign policy strategy behind the State Department’s terrorist watchlist.
The deadly Sri Lanka attacks show a return to the coordinated, sophisticated strikes employed by al-Qaeda in the 2000s, focusing on soft targets with vulnerable institutions.
Only by prosecuting extremists will the world be able to marginalize those who carry out violent acts and those who give credence to their ideas.
Drones are a tool to manage the threat of al-Shabaab, but there’s no way they’ll defeat the group entirely.
There is a common misconception in the West that leaders of al-Qaida and ISIS are recruiting and brainwashing people into giving up their lives for the Jihad. This is an incorrect model.
Sensationalist media coverage serves the Islamic State’s objective by pitting Muslims and non-Muslims against one another.
The federal government has set aside $22.2 million to develop and co-ordinate sanctions while educating Canadians about their obligations. Where to start is the first question.
An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
The wars against Islamic State and al-Qaida show that military responses may seem to work in the short term but don’t change much in the long run.
No country is immune to terrorism, but de-radicalizing people who have been attracted to terrorist organizations like ISIS can work.
Despite the fact that the Islamic State is on the run, the terrorist group still manages to inspire, motivate and maintain the social identity and cohesion of its members. Here’s how.
Top contributors
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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DPhil-Candidate in International Relations, University of Oxford
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Assistant Professor of Justice, Law & Criminology, American University School of Public Affairs
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Research Fellow and PhD Candidate at University of Oxford, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Professor of Peace Studies, University of Bradford
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Assistant Dean for Washington Programs, Maxwell School of Citzenship & Public Affairs, Syracuse University
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Visiting Assistant Professor, College of the Holy Cross
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Sessional Instructor, Department of Literature and Language, Concordia University of Edmonton
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Associate Professor in International Relations and Middle East Studies, University of Reading
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Associate Professor and Distinguished Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Queen's University, Ontario
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Research Associate in Intelligence and International Security, King's College London
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Defence and Security Studies, University of Manitoba
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Lecturer in Defence Studies, Defence Studies Department, King's College London