Security & Conflict
Cyber-prepping the Battlefield: Does Russia have a New Way to Wage War?
According to the Bloomberg report, Russia may leverage vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, including large banks, stock exchanges, power grids, and airports, as pressure points...
The Maturation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: An Emerging IO of Significance
Dr. Matthew Crosston & Anonymous (*) The United States has long been the dominant economic-security structure in the world. It steps in to negotiate...
New Grounds for War: How the Power of Siberia Pipeline Impacts the Arctic
The Power of Siberia pipeline, a joint Russian and Chinese venture in which Russia has agreed to provide $400 billion of natural gas (LNG)...
The Tyranny of the 1%: The Illusion of Overcoming Terror
~ If you want total security, go to prison… The only thing lacking is freedom. Dwight D. Eisenhower And now we have Brussels to...
Suicide Bomber, Homicide Bomber, What’s the Difference?
The terrorist bomb or Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has become the weapon of choice for many terrorist groups around the world. With its' ability...
Da’wah in the West: Islamic “Just War”
In a research under the title “The Qur’an and War: Observations on Islamic Just War,” from 2012, Dr. Joel Hayward says that his purpose...
Growing militarization in Arctic amid increasing disputes
With the rapid melting of ice in the Arctic region, the long-isolated region is becoming a more accessible zone for commercial fishing, fresh water,...
Da’wah-Propagation as the Chief Islamic Strategy to Occupy the World
The objectives of Da'wah are to come back to the religion by keeping all the Sharī'ah’s commandments; to be a good and devoted Muslim;...
The Religious Foundation of the Homicide Bombings
Jihad, as physical warfare, features prominently in the earliest Islamic writings. This term is universally understood as war on behalf of Islam against all...
The shocking truth about MH370
In early March 2014, the world was captivated in a way never seen before by the news of a missing Malaysian Airlines flight from...