Ongoing conflicts — including U.S. “counterterrorism” operations — combined with escalating poverty and repression could amplify the pandemic’s social cost.
COVID-19 Is a Huge Threat to Stability in Africa
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The Embalming of Syria
The Trump administration is doing its best to keep Syria dismembered and near death.
The View from Syria’s Peace Talks
After 13 rounds of talks in Kazakhstan, the parties are aiming small. Still, that’s a lot better than nothing.
America’s Yemen Policy is Creating More Terrorists
The United States is repeating with Yemen the same errors it made in Iraq.
The Final Obama Doctrine? Racking Up the Body Count
Obama officials have repeatedly expressed a commitment to killing large numbers of ISIS fighters. Will Trump take it even further?
The Right Way to Defeat Terrorism
The military can’t defeat the Islamic State. We must look instead at the sources of ISIS support.
The Children’s Crusade
From suicide bombers in the Middle East to drone operators in the United States, youth-on-youth violence has become epidemic.
Bombing the Islamic State Is Like Watering Its Roots
Responding to Islamic extremism with violence is reminiscent of the sorcerer’s apprentice in Fantasia creating more brooms by whacking them with an axe.
Islamic Extremism Not Only Protean But Potentially Synergistic
The Islamic State and Al Qaeda could combine and form an entity more dangerous than the sum of its parts.
Why Are Disproportionate Numbers of Islamic Extremists Engineers?
Beware The Certainty Seekers!