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For Nigeria, the arrest of two major terrorist leaders is an important strategic victory but security needs to brace for likely retaliation.
During the first Trump administration, intelligence workers at many levels made political judgments about the information they assembled.
Over the past two decades, the west has begun to present these extrajudicial killings as ‘justice’ with scant regard for international law.
With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
A scholar who has closely followed reforms that MBS has made to Wahhabism, an austere form of Islam, explains the changes taking place in the Saudi kingdom and their impact.
The US strike against al-Zawahri leaves the future of al-Qaida at a crossroads as the terrorist movement looks for a new leader.
It was the day the US realised it was fighting a different kind of war.
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 Afghanistan War now has an end date: 9/11/21. Experts explain the history of US involvement in Afghanistan, the peace process to end that conflict and how the country’s women are uniquely at risk.
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.
Violent radicals are often described as jihadists. A scholar explains what the word means and why those using the word to justify terrorism are often misrepresenting their sources.
The US has been at war in Afghanistan since a few weeks after 9/11. Now we are negotiating a peace with the Taliban, the same insurgents who sheltered Osama bin Laden.
A Taliban perspective on recent peace talks for Afghanistan.
Missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was no ordinary reporter. His contacts included the Royal Family as well as known terrorists.
Though more consequences are likely to develop in the post-9/11 era, the war on terror, heightened government surveillance and Islamophobia are notable legacies of this early 21st century tragedy.
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.
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.
An unprecedented onslaught from the US hasn’t destroyed the terrorist organization. What is the secret of its resilience?
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Professor in American Politics, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies, Indiana University
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Full Professor, Department of Theological Studies, Concordia University
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Professor of Computer Security, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History, University of California, Los Angeles
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Professor of Politics, University of Sydney