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U.S intelligence suggests Al Qaeda unlikely to revive in Afghanistan, but ISIS threat remains

Posted byby Devlin McAllister
September 9, 2023
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3 min

New US intelligence assessments suggest that is “unlikely” al Qaeda will revive in Afghanistan and Pakistan and that counterterrorism operations by the Taliban in...

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Counter Terrorism

Tajikistan: Terrorism, slander, corruption claims swirl in latest sign of elite infighting

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
September 8, 2023
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4 min

Early on September 6, the security services in Tajikistan issued a press release containing some apparently alarming news. The State Committee for National Security,...

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Counter Terrorism

Terrorist Groups are Again Thriving in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Posted byby Devlin McAllister
September 4, 2023
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3 min

Last month, the U.S. Central Command said it conducted 20 joint operations in Iraq and 11 in Syria, killing five Islamic State operatives and capturing 30...

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Indonesia’s Terrorists: Weak but Still Active

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
August 29, 2023
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4 min

Although terror attacks have decreased in recent years and major groups such as ISIS have been destroyed in their home country, radical organizations in...

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Resurgence and Realities: Afghanistan’s Shifting Terror Threats

Posted byby Michael Becker
August 25, 2023
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4 min

As the world observed the second anniversary of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan on August 15th, attention has shifted to the changing landscape of...

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Making Sense of the Taliban’s Counterterrorism Assurances

Posted byby Michael Becker
August 19, 2023
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8 min

Two years on from the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, Afghanistan’s neighbors are increasingly concerned that their return to power has emboldened terrorist groups and...

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Nicaragua seizes Catholic university accused of being ‘centre of terrorism’

Posted byby Marie Corrie
August 17, 2023
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3 min

The Nicaraguan government has seized a prominent Jesuit-run university in the capital Managua, in President Daniel Ortega’s latest effort to lash out against the...

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Book Reviews

Understanding Islamic State Khorasan’s Rise & Survival in South & Central Asia

Posted byby Marie Corrie
August 16, 2023
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2 min

In her latest book, “Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries,” political science assistant professor Amira Jadoon explores the Islamic State...

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Syrian Army Mobilizes in Response to ISIS, US Threat

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
August 15, 2023
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2 min

The Syrian Army has reinforced its positions with soldiers and military equipment in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor in response to increased attacks...

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Civil Society Engagement with the United Nations on Counterterrorism–A Perilous, Uphill Challenge

Posted byby Geoffrey Wallace
August 9, 2023
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8 min

Seventeen years after the adoption of the UN General Assembly’s Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTS), the United Nations negotiated the eighth biennial GCTS review, which...