More: Terrorism
Abuse of Social Media Platforms by Terrorists
Social media has opened up many new platforms in communication, entertainment, and knowledge. Unfortunately, it has also given radicals the means to target, connect,...
The End of False Legitimacy Pretenses: BLA Recognized as a Terrorist Group
United States designates Balochistan Liberation Army affiliate group, Majeed Brigade, as Foreign Terrorist Organization. A press release from US State Department blasted on almost...
Terrorist Designation Unmasks BLA’s Illegitimate Campaign
Illegitimate Insurgency in Balochistan
The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a violent separatist group in Pakistan’s southwest, has long claimed to fight for the rights and...
India-Pakistan: Terror, Deterrence and the Dilemma of Stability
Authors: Suman Manchi and Dr. Rubina Pradhan*
The Pahalgam terror attack on 22 April 2025, followed by the Indian armed forces’ swift ‘Operation Sindoor,’ has...
51 Precision Strikes in Somalia: U.S. Forces Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
Defending Forward, Respecting Sovereignty
The U.S. military carried out 51 airstrikes in Somalia from January through mid-July 2025. This strike activity—averaging just over two strikes...
Alarm Bells Sounding in Syria
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Syrians have been free to breath and dream, again. This moment, however, did come cheaply,...
Kurdish Disarmament Reshapes Dynamics in Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran—but Uncertainty Remains
After more than forty years of armed struggle, a Kurdish-linked group, the PKK, in northern Iraq has begun disarming—a dramatic gesture that signals a...
The Moscow-Kabul Nexus: From Middle East to battle for Central Asia ‘s future
The year 2025 will be marked as the year of shifting shadows - uncertainty and reckless horizons. In a move on July 3, Russia...
The death of Christian diplomacy: Theology meets geopolitics in Damascus
On the morning of June 22, 2025, during the Divine Liturgy, a suicide bomber entered the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Elijah in Damascus....
Islamic State, Not “Lakurawa”
“France signed an agreement with ISWAP fighters,” said Niger’s putschist President Abdourahamane Tchiani during an interview in December of 2024 speaking of the Islamic State’s West...