Geopoliticus January 18, 2017 Why al Qaeda and Islamic State Threats To Attack The West Should Be Taken More Seriously Now Much like other moments when al Qaeda seemed destined for defeat, an emerging force arises to breathe life into... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 20, 2016 Putting the Battle for Mosul in Context It has been over two years since the Islamic State sacked the Iraqi city of Mosul and captured much... Read more »
Geopoliticus September 27, 2016 Two-and-a-Half Years After ISIS’s Rise: Global Jihad Spreads And Morphs Today, Islamic State foreign fighters bleeding out of Iraq and Syria power an unprecedented wave of directed attacks on... Read more »
Geopoliticus July 5, 2016 What Should We Make Of The Islamic State’s Ramadan Wave Of Violence? The Islamic State has taken the final week of Ramadan to make a big statement: “We will not go... Read more »
FPRI Infographics, Geopoliticus June 25, 2016 How To Break Up With Al Qaeda & Date ISIS A year ago I began building a graphic to describe the recent history of the al Qaeda and Islamic... Read more »
FPRI Infographics, Geopoliticus June 25, 2016 How To Break Up With Al Qaeda & Date ISIS A year ago I began building a graphic to describe the recent history of the al Qaeda and Islamic... Read more »
Geopoliticus June 23, 2016 After Orlando: What is different about the current Islamic State-inspired attacks? Omar Mateen’s violent rampage that killed 49 people at an Orlando nightclub on June 12, 2016 solidified a dangerous... Read more »
Geopoliticus March 22, 2016 Brussels’ Big Terrorism Problem: Is This the Islamic State? On this morning of March 22, 2016, the long tail of terrorism once again struck Europe. Less than a... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 4, 2015 U.S. Troops in Syria: A Quick Assessment Of The U.S. Strategy To Combat The Islamic State – One Year On Last week, the White House announced the deployment of a few dozen Special Forces soldiers to Syria. After more... Read more »
Geopoliticus October 26, 2015 Russia returns as al Qaeda and the Islamic State’s ‘Far Enemy’ The Soviet defeat and subsequent withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989 left victorious Arab mujahideen adrift. Many retired from their... Read more »