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The rise of ISIL from the ashes of al Qaeda has also resulted in renewed calls to counter the ideology of violent extremism – a popular mantra chanted in the years after 9/11 that has gone through ebbs and...

The president has long been criticized for his lack of strategic vision. But what if a strategy, centered on Iran, has been in place from the start and consistently followed to this day? President Barack Obama wishes the Islamic...

The missing context behind the recent Hizballah attacks on Israel, and ISIS attacks on Saudi Arabia. Yesterday two Israeli soldiers were killed and seven others were wounded by aHizballah rocket attack from across the Lebanese border. On January 6, three Saudi...

The southern Gulf is in turmoil, and there is little that Washington can do about it. Even as President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demonstrate to all just how deep their mutual disdain runs, Saudi Arabia...

On the eve of the Second World War, the noted journalist John Gunther could still maintain that: “Great Britain, as everyone knows, is the greatest Asiatic power.” The British Empire in Asia controlled a vast territory and large population,...

The modern Western penchant for trusting in the equal rationality of all is strategic folly. Aeschylus understood this well. Good strategy requires a sound understanding of one’s rivals. A rival in any walk of life is, in a sense,...

Introduction While the phenomenon of so-called “foreign fighters” is in no way new the past thirty-plus years has shown a marked increase in the numbers of individuals traveling abroad to fight in civil conflicts in the Muslim world. The crisis in...

In recent years, Southeast Asian countries have pursued the acquisition of submarines with increasing vigor. Currently, four countries in the region operate them: Indonesia (with two Type 209 submarines), Malaysia (with two Scorpène-class submarines), Singapore (with two Archer-class and...

The jihadi movement may have finally become what its original luminaries always wanted it to be – and in Paris of all places. The amorphous connections between the Charlie Hebdo attackers, the Kouachi brothers – who attributed their actions...

Most Americans don’t know how much of a threat North Korea poses not just to America, but also to its own people. Seth Rogen’s film uses comedy to give Americans a view of daily life in the dictatorial regime....