Security & Conflict
More Commandments in Combating Islamic Jihad
Why it is so complicated to utter the issue clearly? Why do leaders prefer the politics of oblivion and permeability? Possible explanations are the...
Terrorism and radical Islam in public perception: myths and truth
In recent years, Russian society has increasingly acknowledged terrorism as a national and global threat. Terrorism, with its significant uncertainty in both the likelihood...
The Brussels Bombings: What We Can Do
In the face of the attacks in Brussels and Mosul, the wars in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen, the attacks before in Paris, and...
The First Commandments in Combating World Jihad
The international situation proves we are losing the war on terror, by failing to define the enemy and ignoring the battle ground. Western leader...
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...