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Support for US Iran policy out of left field: China dramatically reduces trade with Tehran
China has dramatically reduced its trade with Iran in line with US sanctions, raising questions whether Iran will remain committed to an international agreement...
Central Asian Jihadists Renew its Oath of Allegiance to Al Qaeda Leader
At the beginning of January 2019, the Central Asian terrorist group Katibat Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) has publicly renewed its bayat (oath of allegiance)...
John Bolton’s Hawkish Flight
The American edition of The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing former and currently serving politicians who wished not to be named, reported a few...
The old and new techniques of Dezinformatsjia
Disinformation - i.e. what the Soviet intelligence services called Dezinformatsjia - is at the origin of the phenomenon that we currently define - with...
The third way between war and diplomacy
The American presidents all asked the CIA when they arrived at the White House, "What should they do with it?" Often they underestimated the...
What is the Future of Malhama Tactical?
Perhaps no single Salafi-Jihadi groups from Central Asia deserved such close attention of Western media like an Islamist private military contractor (PMC) Malhama Tactical...
Libya: Blind alleys of political settlement
An international conference on Libya, mediated by Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte that was recently held in Palermo, Sicily, was looking for ways to...
Cyber Warfare in the World
The concept of information warfare began as a technology oriented tactic to gain information dominance by superior command and control. This soon developed into...
How AlQaeda and ISIS Teach Central Asian Children: Different Methods, Common Goals
Some Western countries mistakenly think that the al Qaida-linked Salafi-jihadi groups from Central Asia and Chinese Xinjiang are fragmented, weak and less dynamic; therefore...
Western strategic mistake in the Middle East
The widespread terrorist acts and catastrophic events of 2016 in Europe have revealed new approaches to extremist and radical groups to create fears among...