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The Battle for Yemen: Al-Qaeda and the Struggle for Stability
April 21, 2010 10:15 AM
The Battle for Yemen is a rare and comprehensive volume that tackles the facets of instability that currently plague Yemen. It offers a wealth of analysis and keen observations from the experts of The...
Volatile Landscape: Iraq and its Insurgent Movements
March 8, 2010 11:29 AM
Violence in Iraq has declined since its civil war of 2005-2007 due to the implementation of the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy, Shi'a militia ceasefires, and the emergence of Iraq's Awakening Movemen...
Pakistan's Troubled Frontier
April 6, 2009 01:39 PM
First demarcated in 1893 by British diplomat Sir Mortimer Durand, the northwest frontier was created when the “Durand Line” imposed an artificial border between the tribal Pashtun communities of moder...
Friends of Jamestown Program
April 1, 2009 04:09 PM
The Jamestown Foundation is pleased to announce the creation of the Friends of Jamestown Program, an annual membership that offers complimentary copies of Jamestown books and reports, and signficant d...
Unmasking Terror Volume IV: A Global Review of Terrorist Activities
December 18, 2008 06:33 PM
Unmasking Terror Volume IV: A Global Review of Terrorist Activities brings together over 50 experts on terrorism.
Saudi Arabian Oil Facilities: The Achilles Heel of the Western Economy
July 12, 2010On February 24, 2006, the world’s largest oil refinery, the Abqaiq oil facility in Saudi Arabia, fell victim to a major attack by al-Qaeda. The strategic attack on Saudi Arabia’s largest oil refinery nearly succeeded in knocking...
Islamist Movements in the Horn of Africa
May 18, 2010On December 9, 2009, the Jamestown Foundation organized a special panel on "Islamist Movements in the Horn of Africa" as part of its annual conference, the latter appropriately titled "The Changing Strategic...
The Al-Qaeda Organization in the Islamic Maghreb: Expansion in the Sahel and Challenges from Within Jihadist Circles
April 28, 2010January 2010 marked the three-year anniversary of the merger between the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (or GSPC, as it is known by its French acronym) and al-Qaeda central. The GSPC became the official wing of...
Terrorism Trends in South and Southeast Asia
March 9, 2010While the Arab Middle East is political Islam’s ideological and historical core, South Asia and Southeast Asia, concentrated in the Indonesian archipelago, make up the modern demographic core of the Muslim world. Advocates of...
Britain & the North West Frontier: Strategy, Tactics and Lessons
December 17, 2009The tribal areas of Pakistan’s North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) fully deserve President Barack Obama’s description as “the most dangerous place in the world”. This remote and inhospitable region is only nominally under...
The South China Sea Dispute: Increasing Stakes and Rising Tensions
November 20, 2009Tensions are on the rise in the South China Sea. Longstanding sovereignty disputes over the profusion of atolls, shoals and reefs that dot the 1.2 million square miles of sea, allied to extensive overlapping claims to maritime...
Who's Who in the Somali Insurgency: A Reference Guide
September 30, 2009The ongoing struggle for control of Somalia is one of the world’s most complicated. With the country already effectively split into three parts, it may be too late to speak of a Somali nation. While the popular conception of this...
China's Quasi-Superpower Diplomacy: Prospects and Pitfalls
September 2, 2009The year 2009 will go down in history as a watershed for the epochal expansion of China’s global influence. With its economy tipped to grow at 8 percent despite the world financial crisis, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is...
Beyond the Afghan Trauma: Russia's Return to Afghanistan
August 11, 2009Russian authorities are extremely divided about the right position to take as Moscow increasingly concerns itself with the Afghan question. They have continually criticized NATO’s decisions though, at the same time, many Russian...
Azerbaijan and the West: Strategic Partnership at Eurasia's Crossroads
August 3, 2009Jamestown presents a complete summary of the May 14, 2009 event entitled Azerbaijan and the West: Strategic Partnership at Eurasia's Crossroads featuring discussions by Senior Fellow Vladimir Socor, Dr. Brenda Shaffer and Daniel...