Ongoing conflicts — including U.S. “counterterrorism” operations — combined with escalating poverty and repression could amplify the pandemic’s social cost.
Posts Tagged: al-Qaeda
The Trump administration is doing its best to keep Syria dismembered and near death.
After 13 rounds of talks in Kazakhstan, the parties are aiming small. Still, that’s a lot better than nothing.
The United States is repeating with Yemen the same errors it made in Iraq.
Obama officials have repeatedly expressed a commitment to killing large numbers of ISIS fighters. Will Trump take it even further?
The military can't defeat the Islamic State. We must look instead at the sources of ISIS support.
From suicide bombers in the Middle East to drone operators in the United States, youth-on-youth violence has become epidemic.
Responding to Islamic extremism with violence is reminiscent of the sorcerer’s apprentice in Fantasia creating more brooms by whacking them with an axe.
The Islamic State and Al Qaeda could combine and form an entity more dangerous than the sum of its parts.
Beware The Certainty Seekers!