Hillary Clinton, Israel and the Middle East
No one in Israel or the US is under any illusion that Obama’s departure will end the underlining tensions that have rocked the US-Israel ‘special relationship’ over recent years.
European Response to Security Threats: Limitations and An Alternative
Hard-line security actions could be necessary to reassure the public and to prevent further strikes. However, they have proven their limits in the very recent past.
The Future of Islamic State Systems in Light of Rising Sectarian Tensions
Violence in the Islamic World is not principally attributable to religion, though its increasing salience fosters conditions for sectarian conflict.
ISIS Threat Laps the Caribbean
With the region’s porous borders and often weak state capacity to deal with security threats, regional governments must gear up to the challenges that face them.
Violent Jihadist Magazines: Exploiting a Human Need for Significance
It is important to bring the human side of radicalisation to the fore and to tailor any attempts at counter-radicalisation to the specific needs, passions, interest, and desires, of individuals.
Independently Wealthy: ISIL’s Sinews of War
One of the primary indicators of a violent extremist organization’s potential longevity is its ability to self-finance. Today, ISIL is the richest such group in the world.
The Women of Daesh: Thinking about a Decade of Research on Women, Gender, and Terrorism
So long as gender stereotypes rule our understandings of women’s participation in terrorism, those understandings will necessarily be partial.
Interview – Nori Katagiri
Dr. Katagiri discusses his latest book on insurgencies, military strategies and cooperation and Japanese-American perceptions on security, politics and the world.
World War Z: Why Russia Fights DAESH Zealots
The civilizational lines drawn by the West have allowed the world to divide itself into camps making the civilian undersides of societies susceptible to extremist horror.
After Paris: What Should (Not) Be Done?
In the wake of the Paris events, thinking more carefully about the contexts of these terror attacks is a useful start to normalising responses to terrorism.
