Casualties of the Forever War: How the Taliban Is Reclaiming Afghanistan
With US troops gradually leaving throughout the summer, the Taliban has been expectedly reclaiming territory in…
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To Kill a Caliph
The Islamic State is still receding, militarily and territorially, from its position in years past. But it behooves…
Where The Real War On Terror Lies
Have ISIS and al-Qaeda really been decimated? Or have they merely recalibrated to establish regional dominance? The…
Growing Terrorism in Burkina Faso
"Researchers argue that Campaoré’s complicated web of relations to the who’s who in West African and Sahel rebel…
Islamic Extremism: A Plea for Intellectual Honesty
Of the many explosive public debates that have raged in the post 9/11 West, perhaps none have been more…
The Role of Jihad in the Rohingya Crisis
On November 23rd 2017, Bangladesh and Myanmar announced a tentative deal to repatriate Rohingya refugees to the…
The End of Political Science as We Know It
The world has entered a stage where cause can be identified, but there is no way to determine the effects that will…
Dying to Kill
“...We only have to be lucky once. You will have to be lucky always.” – The Irish Republican Army, Irish republican…
9/11 Families v. Saudi Arabia
The United States Congress recently near-unanimously approved Bill S.2040, or more commonly, The Justice Against…
The Pied Piper of Raqqa: Identity, Martyrdom and the Lure of ISIS
So why does an ordinary All-Canadian boy from Kemptville, Ontario, whose teenage dream was to play in the NHL,…