More women are taking up training and recruiting positions in the Islamic State group and other militant organizations.
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Convergence and competition between militant groups has spurred violence. Meanwhile, Pakistan accuses Afghanistan of harboring terrorists.
Terrorist groups may use artificial intelligence for similar purposes, but their organizational cultures shape how they understand it.
A spate of terror operations carried out by the Islamic State group affiliate has raised concerns over a potential attack on US soil.
At least 137 people were killed in the Moscow attack – the latest in a a series of ISIS-K operations outside its traditional stronghold.
Ukraine has denied any involvement in the terrorist attack that killed dozens of people in Moscow, but that doesn’t mean Russia won’t try to use the event as a way to escalate its war with Ukraine.
After five years of operating mostly in western Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Islamist terror groups are again growing in strength in the West.
The terrorist attack in Iran follows a concerted effort by the Islamic State affiliate to ‘internationalize’ its strategy.
The Biden administration has not ruled out diplomatic recognition of the Taliban. Doing so risks legitimizing the group’s rule without holding it accountable.
Two years on from taking control of Afghanistan the Taliban continues to rule through fear and threatens the stability of the whole region.
ISIS-K’s recent killings of Taliban brass are part of the extremist group’s long-term strategy. Will Taliban leaders contain the resurgence of violence?
The Taliban promised not to allow Afghanistan to be used by groups seeking to attack the US, yet terrorist groups have only become more emboldened under its rule.
The assassination of the leader of al-Qaida in Kabul raises some important questions about divisions among the Taliban leadership.
The US strike against al-Zawahri leaves the future of al-Qaida at a crossroads as the terrorist movement looks for a new leader.
The Taliban is recruiting a unit of suicide bombers to combat insurgency in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan remains deeply divided, with a number of warlords who could make it hard for the Taliban to control the country.
Various armed groups operating in Afghanistan will contest Taliban hegemony.
The US president inherited a situation with no good solution in Afghanistan, but the latest bombing will raise questions about his judgment and cloud his presidency.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Clemson University
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Research Fellow in Counterterrorism, George Washington University
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Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Professor of International Politics, Clinton Institute, University College Dublin
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Adjunct Lecturer, Pennsylvania State University, Penn State
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Associate Professor and Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations, Simon Fraser University
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Senior Research Fellow at the Program on Extremism, George Washington University
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Senior Lecturer in Security Studies, Birmingham City University
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Director of Research, United States Military Academy West Point
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Director, Center for Afghanistan Studies, University of Nebraska Omaha
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Research Assistant and Doctoral Student, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
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Lecturer in Defence Studies, Defence Studies Department, King's College London
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University