Since November, over 60,000 refugees have fled from Nigeria in fear of Boko Haram. Image Source: IRIN Boko Haram, or…
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How US Propaganda Fuels Domestic Terrorism
By Cameron Cassar
/ March 5, 2019
Image Courtesy of Evan Vucci/AP America has always been the land of the free, a place where people from all…
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ISIL and the Recruitment of Women
By Habiba Ahmed
/ March 4, 2019
Hoda Muthana, an American-born Yemeni woman who decided to drop out of the University of Alabama at Birmingham to join…
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Developing a Law Enforcement Model for Countering Violent Extremism
By John Wilson
/ March 4, 2019
Ever since the first police departments were formed in the 1800s, there has been continuous debate over the appropriate model…
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India and Pakistan: Deescalating Border Disputes
By Shannon Howley
/ March 3, 2019
Image Courtesty of NBC News On February 14th, a suicide bomb killed over forty Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel….
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Intra-Afghan Peace Talks in the Absence of Afghan Government
By Sakhi Naimzada
/ March 3, 2019
Members of each delegation in Moscow beside Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Image credit: Sergei Karpukhin/Reuters. Afghanistan has a long…
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Strategies for Countering Neo-Nazi Radicalization
By John Wilson
/ February 28, 2019
American members of the National Socialist Movement. Source: Southern Poverty Law Center. Decades after the end of World War II,…
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To Leave Or Not To Leave?
By Cameron Cassar
/ February 28, 2019
Image: (Spc. Anthony Vendejas/Army) The Syrian Civil War has been raging ever since their attempted revolution during the Arab Spring…
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How Does the Media Determine Who Is a “Terrorist”?
By Shannon Howley
/ February 27, 2019
Image courtesy of Modern Diplomacy In an increasingly interconnected, digital world, access to news media is widespread, yet there are…
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The Caliphate’s Returnees? From the Refugee Camps of Syria to bin Laden’s Grave
By Jesse Morton
/ February 27, 2019
From 2003 to May 2011, I was a prominent Jihadi propagandist, the head of a New York City based organization…
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American Strategy in Iraq: The Failures of Intelligence Analysis and Democracy Promotion
By Habiba Ahmed
/ February 26, 2019
In the lead up to the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, President Bush cited multiple assessments by the Intelligence Community to…
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China’s Perspective on Ethnic Detention: The Ends Justifies the Means
By Billy Baker
/ February 26, 2019
Source: BBC (Dabancheng, April 2018) While not broadly reported, the detention of Uighur Muslims in China has developed into what…
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ISIL: Cathedral Attack in the Sulu Province
By JulieAnn Sickell
/ February 22, 2019
Source: Reuters 2019 Abu Sayyaf attacked the Catholic Church, Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, during mass on January…
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Army of Injustice
By Cameron Cassar
/ February 18, 2019
Image Courtesy of Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Iran has been the subject of much discussion in our current world climate. Whether it’s…
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Afghanistan: What Does Peace with the Taliban Mean for Women?
By Kristyn Hartwyk
/ February 16, 2019
Source: PRI (2016) The United States and leaders of the Afghan Taliban are currently in the process of discussing peace…
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Private Sector Domestic Intelligence
By John Wilson
/ February 15, 2019
In relation to terrorism, domestic intelligence collection is relatively limited in scope due an absence of an agency or structure…
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Terror’s New Form
By Caleb Septoff
/ February 13, 2019
Source: The East African (2014) Author: Caleb Septoff Perhaps one of the greatest scientific achievements in human history is the…
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Brazilian Prison Gangs: Message Delivered
By Cameron Cassar
/ February 13, 2019
Source: The Washington Post/Alex Gomes/AP Author: Cameron Cassar The newly elected right wing president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, had just…
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Colombia: Prospects for Peace
By Shannon Howley
/ February 12, 2019
Last week, Rodrigo Cadete, one of the leaders of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC) dissident group, died in…
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Old Crisis Sparks Anew: The Bogota Car Bombing
By Billy Baker
/ February 11, 2019
Source: The Tico Times (2019) Author: Billy Baker Colombia has a bloody history of political violence (La Violencia, FARC, ELN)….
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