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Analysis and Commentary

Why Putin Makes A Bad Ally

by Paul R. Gregoryvia Project Syndicate
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intervention in the Syrian conflict has been welcomed by some as a moment for the Kremlin to “come in from the cold.” Russia’s conflict with the Islamic State, the argument goes, has aligned the country’s interests with those of the West. Even Turkey’s downing of a Russian warplane does not seem not to have deflated this optimism.

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Notes On Methodology In The Study Of Jihad

by Nibras Kazimivia The Caravan
Thursday, December 3, 2015

Three Western academic disciplines have risen to the challenge of interpreting the jihadist enemy: political science, military science and history. It would seem natural for political and military scientists to discern form and pattern in the revolutionary movement that is seizing many of the headlines of the 21st century. On the other hand, historians would be ill at ease explaining the significance of current events and discerning trends within them...

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Dealing With Daesh: Stay The Course

by Daniel Kurtzervia The Caravan
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Daesh or ISIS does not represent an existential threat to any state except Syria and Iraq.  It occupies and controls ungoverned space in the region between Iraq and Syria and in parts of northern Africa; and its self-proclaimed Caliphate has benefited from the seizure of some income producing assets in these areas. 

Interviews

Herb Lin: Islamic State Shifting Internet Activities, May Be Harder To Track

interview with Herbert Linvia ABC News
Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Herb Lin discusses the Islamic State's shifting internet activities, which may make it harder to track.

In the News

How To Prevent ISIS From Getting Dirty Bomb? Russia And US Need To Talk.

quoting Sam Nunnvia Christian Science Monitor
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Paris is providing fresh urgency to the push to secure chemical and radioactive material from terrorists.

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How To Wreck The U.S.'s Consensus Against Torture

quoting Jack Goldsmithvia Chicago Tribune
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

If you were a senior government official or a CIA officer involved with the capture, transport, torture or accidental killing of high-value terrorists in the 2000s, you probably shouldn't travel to Europe.

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National Security Experts Back Settling Syrian Refugees

mentioning Henry A. Kissinger, George P. Shultzvia Military Times
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Former top national security officials in Republican and Democratic administrations on Tuesday urged Congress to continue allowing the resettlement of Syrian and Iraqi refugees in the United States.

Analysis and Commentary

On Climate Change And Cyber Attacks

by Scott J. Shackelford via Huffington Post
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

It is difficult to think of two issues with a greater potential to negatively impact both our environment and the global economy than climate change and cyber attacks.

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After Paris Is Before Paris: ISIS And Strategy

by Russell A. Bermanvia The Caravan
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The attacks in Paris were hardly necessary to demonstrate the brutality of ISIS. Its threat to regional stability in the Middle East has long been in evidence, and now we know that its terror can reach into Western capitals. But ISIS is hardly the only challenge to American power and the international order.

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The US And The ISIS Challenge

by Hoover Institutionvia The Caravan
Tuesday, December 1, 2015

The Caravan was conceived as a vehicle for thoughtful and elevated discourse on the Middle East, especially the dangers that Islamism poses to the international order. This time we turn to the terrorist attacks in Paris which demonstrated the capacity of ISIS to cause devastation in Western capitals, even as it remains a formidable force in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.

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