Did Central Asia’s Jihadists Challenge Al Qaeda?

Uzbek and Uyghur Muhajireen support HTS First-time al Qaeda-linked Salafi-Jihadi groups from Central Asia, Caucasus and China's Xinjiang fighting against the Bashar al-Assad regime in northern...

Gun Control: Lessons from the East

28th April, 1996 is deemed as one of the darkest days in the history of Australia. The infamous and deadly Port Arthur massacre took place in...

Who is Brenton Tarrant: Insight on the New Zealand Attack

A misfortunate incident hit by surprise the usually peaceful city of Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday. The attacker, Brenton Tarrant, 28, Australian, accused of carrying out...

The Impact of Words: Christchurch Shooting

New Zealanders and Australians (two English-speaking Commonwealth nations closely knit by culture, geography and history) have been horrified by a major white extremist terrorist event in...

The emerging new world order’s alarm bells: Men like Brandon Tarrant and Andreas Breivik

This week’s attack on two mosques in New Zealand reflects a paradigm shift: the erosion of liberal values and the rise of civilisationalism at the expense...

China Chooses to Stand with Terrorists for the Fourth Time

It’s not a big surprise for any strategist that China has blocked the bid to have Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar designated a global terrorist for the fourth...

Russia and Turkey: Consequences in Counterterrorism

Intelligence communities are often examined through their organizational structure. However, another approach is to examine cooperation agreements, conflicts, and the successes and failures of these relationships. This...

Deprivation of Nationality as a Counterterrorism Response in the UK

Since the emergence of the Islamic State (IS), an estimated 21 per cent of its 30,000 foreign fighters reportedly travelled from Europe to Syria and...

Did Pakistan kowtow to post-Pulwama threats? What to do?

Following Pulwama attack, India’s prime minister announced that time to talk to Pakistan was over. Now was the time to teach Pakistan `unforgettable lessons’. Fanatic supporters yelled...

Kashmir puts Chinese counterterrorism on the defensive

Heightened tension in Kashmir and evidence of a Chinese military presence on the Tajik and Afghan side of their border with China’s troubled north-western...

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