Without a diplomatic presence on the ground in Kabul, the United States will engage with the Taliban from a remote mission in Doha. With the US military withdrawn from Afghanistan, the focus has shifted to what Secretary of State Antony Blinken has billed as the next chapter of America’s engagement …

A planned joint complex to house Turkey’s top military bodies is touted as a move to enhance the army’s coordination and interoperability, but political and economic motivations also lurk behind the project. Turkey has launched the construction of the massive military complex, the Crescent and Star, named after the symbols …

The Census Bureau recently released the first-round of results from the 2020 census and its findings shocked many, especially older white, conservative Americans. William Frey, of the Brookings Institute, reports, “Yet most notable is the small decline in white population — the first in any census since 1790. During much …

Нинішня передвиборча кампанія до Бундестагу вже стала найбільш інтригуючою за всі 16 років урядування канцлерки Ангели Меркель. Війна за спадщину “матусі” німців приносить все нові й нові сюрпризи, а ставки, амбіції та напруга з боку провідних політсил, що змагаються, з кожним днем зростають. Зокрема, й через те, що впродовж минулих …

Готовясь к уходу с поста канцлера, Ангела Меркель грубо ошиблась — и фактически лишила свою партию шансов остаться у власти. Да, предвыборная кампания в Германии завершается действительно сенсационно — за три недели до выборов ХДС-ХСС стремительно теряет место первой партии страны.Нынешняя кампания вообще преподнесла массу сюрпризов — рейтинги большинства партий …

Abstract: Over the past decade, nowhere in the world has exerted as profound and transformative an impact on the global jihadi landscape as Syria. For al-Qaida, Syria had once been the source of its greatest hope, where dozens of its most experienced leading operatives were dispatched to enhance prospects of …

Abstract: Twenty years after 9/11, with the United States withdrawn from Afghanistan, the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a shift in focus and resources to great power competition, jihadi terrorism appears to have been demoted to a second-tier priority. But complacency is dangerous. While al-Qa`ida and the Islamic …

Abstract: President Biden’s decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Afghanistan depended on a critical assessment of the terrorism landscape in Afghanistan. At the time of his decision, he argued that the terrorism threat from Afghanistan was both low and manageable for the foreseeable future. This article argues that the Biden …

Turkey stepped up its attacks against Kurds in Syria, which raised concerns among the Kurdish forces over the US and Russian roles. Turkey has recently stepped up its strikes against the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG), the main component of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Syria. Ankara views the …

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham in Idlib demanded all the tribes in the areas it controls to coordinate with it to form separate Shura councils, with the aim of controlling the decisions taken by these tribes and expanding its popular base. During its inauguration conference Aug. 28, the Arab Bakara tribe announced …