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Hot Issue: Libyan Militias Shape Country’s Future
May 24, 2013 12:06 PM
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Libya’s quasi-parliament recently approved a political isolation law prohibiting a range of Qaddafi-era officials from political office or taking government jobs. The law was passed over the ...
Hot Issue: The Boston Marathon Bombing: Radicalization Process and the Tsarnaev Brothers
May 9, 2013
To gain a perspective on so-called “home grown” jihadist terrorism, two models are especially enlightening. The first is the report by the New York City Police Department (NYPD): “Radicalization In The West: The Home Grown...
Hot Issue - A Profile of Mahmud Mansur Nidal: The Alleged Dagestani Connection to Boston Bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev
May 3, 2013
In connection with the tragic events in Boston, some Western journalists have started pursuing sensational angles to the story concerning the purported ties between the alleged elder Boston Marathon bomber, Tamerlan Tsnarnaev,...
Hot Issue: After Chávez: Succession in Venezuela
March 29, 2013
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After four consecutive presidential terms and fifteen years in office, Hugo Chávez died on March 5 leaving behind a mixed legacy. While his supporters proudly call him El Comandante and vow to...
Hot Issue: The Arrest of Osama bin Laden's Son-in-law
March 15, 2013
On Thursday, March 7, federal officials broke the news that Sulayman Jasim Abu Ghaith, Osama Bin Laden's son-in-law had been apprehended in Jordan and was slated to stand trial in federal court in New York City. Representative...
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Hot Issue – The Face of Egypt's Next Revolution: The Madinat Nasr Cell
November 20, 2012 01:11 PM
A raid by Egyptian security forces in a suburb of Cairo on October 24 revealed an unexpected intersection of several important threads in the evolving security situation in the Middle East, including ...
Hot Issue: New Arab-Kurdish Front Could Strengthen Assad
December 10, 2012 11:16 AM
Summary Clashes between Kurdish militias and armed Syrian opposition groups in Aleppo starting at the end of October in Ras al-Ayn near the Turkish border have raised the specter of a possible Arab-K...
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The Reform Of Russia's Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges, & Policy Implications
October 6, 2011 02:28 PM
The Reform of Russia's Conventional Armed Forces: Problems, Challenges and Policy Implications, traces the complex origins of the reform, its numerous twists and assesses the key challenges it faces. ...
