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Commentary: The Global Jihadi Terror Threat in September 2024

The terrorist threat from jihadi groups was progressively degraded by counterterrorism measures after 9/11. The military defeat of the Islamic State ushered in a period from about 2017 of unusually low threat in non-conflict zones around the world, followed by some disinvestment from CT by Western governments. However, Russia’s full-scale …

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Gog-Magog=Coal, Gas And Oil – OpEd

Locally, Arizona is having an endless summer with especially high temperatures. On September 2, 2024 Phoenix hit its 100th straight day with at least 100 degree temperatures. Summer 2024 was Earth’s hottest on record. Globally, nearly three quarters of the world’s population can expect strong and rapid changes in extreme …

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Vucic’s Delicate Balancing Act – Analysis

On the sidelines of an economic forum in Vladivostok on September 4, Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vulin made it clear to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Belgrade is a strategic partner and an “ally of Russia.” Putin reciprocated the warmth, offering his greetings to President Aleksandar Vucic and then …

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Spotlight on Iran and the Shiite Axis

Senior Iranian officials condemned the IDF’s activity in Judea and Samaria and accused Israel of striving to expand the scope of the “killings and crimes” against the Palestinians. Senior Iranian officials continued to threaten to respond to the killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran but stressed that the response would …

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The Growth Of Malignant And Exclusionary Social Movements – Analysis

The U.S. and many other societies are cycling into situations of toxic polarization today; discussion, let alone consensus, often appears impossible and the advantage goes to exclusionary social movements built on malignant rather than goodwill impulses. As Heritage Foundation president Keith Roberts stated in July 2024, “[W]e are in the …

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What Broke Libertarianism? – Analysis

Nearly the whole of the professional, intellectual, and government class has betrayed the cause of universal human liberty in our times. But among those who were supposed to be less susceptible were the people called libertarians. They fell too, and tragically so. This subject is especially salient to me because …

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