Ahead of elections, Mozambique grapples with violent insurgency

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Experts react: Two top Hamas and Hezbollah leaders have been killed. What’s next for Israel, Iran, and the war in Gaza?

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What will these two assassinations mean for the broader regional conflict in the Middle East? Our experts delve into the possibilities.
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Ahead of elections, Mozambique grapples with violent insurgency

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What comes after Ebrahim Raisi

By Jonathan Panikoff

While the Iranian president’s death in a helicopter crash was shocking, it is unlikely to change the country’s strategic direction. Here’s why.
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Ahead of elections, Mozambique grapples with violent insurgency

MENASource Dec 11, 2023

Threats from Yemen are increasing. It’s time to redesignate the Houthis.

By R. Clarke Cooper

Ever since the 2021 lifting of FTO status, the world has witnessed the increased threats emanating from Yemen, which include recent repeated attacks on commercial ships with drones and missiles
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AfricaSource

Oct 11, 2019

Ahead of elections, Mozambique grapples with violent insurgency

By James Rogers

Whichever way the government proceeds, it seems unlikely that a long-term solution to the ASWJ insurgency will be feasible without a concerted effort to simultaneously address the poverty and economic conditions underlying the insurgency in the first place.

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Oct 11, 2019

Nawaz in India Today on his new book, The Battle for Pakistan

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Oct 10, 2019

El-Gamal quoted in the Jerusalem Post on the aftermath of ISIS

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Sep 23, 2019

DHS’s new counterterrorism strategy calls out white supremacism, but will need resources and support

By Thomas S. Warrick

The new strategic framework is the first in the Trump administration to call out white supremacism as a major domestic terrorism threat but will need support from the White House and Congress to succeed.

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Aug 4, 2019

Bruton quoted in the Daily Nation on US policy toward al-Shabaab

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Jul 17, 2019

McFate quoted in War on the Rocks on confronting jihadist factions in Nigeria

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Jul 15, 2019

Bruton joins Public Radio International to discuss whether the United States should negotiate with al-Shabaab

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May 20, 2019

The Christchurch call and the failure of US leadership

By Emerson T. Brooking

The United States’ snubbing of the document represents a retreat from previous counterterrorism pledges. It also reveals a dangerous divide between the White House and US allies regarding the growing threat of white ethno-nationalist extremism.

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SyriaSource

May 17, 2019

The risks of ignoring former ISIS women members

By Feras Hanoush

Rehabilitating former ISIS members—including women—in former ISIS territories is a necessary step to prevent the extremist organization from resurging and put an end to the violence and extremism it represented.

Extremism Syria

SyriaSource

May 1, 2019

In Syria, Trump claims victory but ISIS remains

By Frederic C. Hof

US President Donald Trump’s December 2018 tweet announcing the withdrawal of American military forces from Syria has inadvertently invited ISIS (ISIL, IS, Daesh, Islamic State) to resurrect itself. Even though American officials have walked-back the presidential decree, the president himself has signaled no enduring or enthusiastic support for the essential, victory-sealing stabilization of areas liberated from ISIS.

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Nathan Sales

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Omar Samad

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Senior Manager, Protection Programs, Artists at Risk Connection, PEN America

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John Sipher

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Clara Tsao

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