Growing Threat of ISIS-K and Implications for Global Security
As the Islamic State group’s branch in Afghanistan and Pakistan, known as ISIS-Khorasan, continues to flex its muscles and expand its operational reach, concerns...
Is Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan (IEA) A State Sponsoring Terrorism?
Since assuming control in August 2021 as a result of the departure of US-led forces from the war-torn nation, the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan...
Chatbot Honeypot: How AI Companions Could Weaken National Security
This past spring, news broke that Massachusetts Air National guardsman Jack Teixeira brazenly leaked classified documents on the chat application Discord. His actions forced...
New Spy Wars: How China and Russia Use Intelligence Agencies to Undermine America
The Cold War never ended. That, at least, is Russian President Vladimir Putin’s view. The clearest indication that the Kremlin continued its titanic struggle...
The Cost of Consensus in the Eighth Review of U.N Global Counterterrorism Strategy
On 22 June, member states prioritized consensus adoption of the United Nations’ (UN) eighth biennial Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy review resolution over furthering the promotion...
Ukraine claims responsibility for new attack on key Crimea bridge
A Ukrainian security official has claimed Kyiv’s responsibility for an attack on the bridge linking the annexed Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland –...
Al-Azhar Observatory warns of dangers of ISIS sleeper cells
The Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism warned of the dangers of sleeper cells of extremist organizations, especially those of the terrorist organization ISIS. The...
U.N: Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’
Unity on the U.N Security Council in the face of missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is essential to ease...
Counterterrorism and Deradicalisation: The Indonesian Way
The 2002 Bali bombings, perpetrated by Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), a terrorist organisation that has close links with Al-Qaeda, marked a shift in the Indonesian...
Far-Left Protests Don’t Come Out of Nowhere, Despite What the News Tells You
As far-right political groups gain power in Europe, governments are tested in their tolerance for protest and outright violence. In Germany, a recent court...