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Islam: Beheadings, Decapitation, and Butchering
The horrible pictures of the atrocious ritual beheadings of ICS, the Islamic Caliphate State, on the Internet, have shown an ugly face of Western...
Some considerations on the Libyan case
Too little, too late. Any international effort to "bring peace" to Libya is now a commitment which, in all likelihood, will not lead to...
The Use of Terror as a Weapon
The terrorist attacks of 13th November, 2015 show a very significant development in the level of sophistication of IS affiliated terrorist groups. The ability...
The Rome Conference for Libya
As many as twenty-four countries gathered on February 2 last to finally decide how, to what extent and where to start opposing the Daesh/Isis...
Terrorist threat in Central Asia. One problem, different approaches
Terrorism and security have newly become one of the top priorities in post-Soviet Central Asia. States are discussing how to face the threat of...
The Biggest Short: The War on Terror
September 11th changed the trajectory of history. The attacks began what appears to be war campaign with no end in sight. While the initial...
How ISIS has legitimized the Taliban
Reports have surfaced indicating that long time regional adversaries Russia and the Taliban are exchanging intelligence on the presence of ISIS in Afghanistan ....
Islamic State’s appeal in Malaysia
With the recent revelations that a youth was picked up and arrested on the way to a suicide bombing, hundreds of arrests of suspected...
Is the Islamic Caliphate State (Dawlat al-Khilafah al-Islamiyah) Islamic?
The Islamic Caliphate State is the fourth stage in the development of an Islamic Jihadi terrorist group. Historically, there was the Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad...
The Russian Federation’ strategic equation in Syria
How are the Russian-Syrian operations and the operations of the United States and its coalition in Syria going and, more importantly, what can we...