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Variations on a theme: The Gulf crisis settles into a family squabble
A three-month old crisis in the Gulf that has pitted Qatar against an alliance led by the UAE and Saudi Arabia has settled into...
Jihadist terrorism in Italy: Exhortations and prophecies
Moez al-Fezzani, a Tunisian citizen popularly known by his initial nom de guerre Abu Nassim, was arrested with other Daesh-Isis members in Sirte, between...
Refugee Crisis Raises Humanitarian and Security Concerns
Europe has experienced an increasing influx of people since 2014, most of them migrants and refugees from conflict-affected areas like Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, and...
Why LinkedIn is an Indispensable Medium for Security Professionals
More than a decade ago, I joined an emerging social medium called LinkedIn. I was serving as the Director of the newly created Office...
China, Pakistan & Afghanistan: a strategic partnership for regional peace
Authors: Shahid Ali & Wang Li On August 21 (Monday), U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his new Afghanistan strategy in a national address,...
Suicide Bombing or Holy Autothysis?
On November 9, 2005 a Belgian woman in her late 30’s - Liliane Degauque –entered history as the first European woman to blow herself...
Pakistan’s security issues
Remarks at ISAS Panel Discussion: Pakistan in challenging times, 25 August 2017 The facetious answer to the question, what security challenges Pakistan faces is...
Strengthening Religious Harmony While Stamping Out Extremism in Kazakhstan
As a country, Kazakhstan has achieved many accomplishments in our first 25 years as an independent nation. Living standards for our citizens have improved...
How to Counter ISIS Wolf-packs
The Barcelona murders are leading counter-terror specialists to study a new ISIS doctrine urging assassins to burrow into their adopted nations in the West...
Trump’s card a challenging Shift from Counterterrorism to Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Since November 2015, America has been dealing with a noteworthy rise in terror attacks in Afghanistan, which brought about by Taliban, Al-Qaida and the...