June 15, 2015 10:23 amPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on Four Key Drivers For Eroding ISIS
June 15, 2015 Scary ISIS headlines have saturated media outlets in recent months. They usually come in three varieties:...
May 25, 2015 2:50 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on Are We Our Own Worst Enemy? The Problems in Countering Jihadi Narratives and How to Fix Them
Two weeks back, the Washington Post published the most insightful article to date on the challenges the U.S. government...
May 16, 2015 5:36 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on Why the U.S. Raid On Abu Sayyaf and ISIS in Eastern Syria May Be A Game Changer
This morning, reports confirmed that U.S. Special Operations Forces conducted a daring raid deep into Eastern Syria killing a...
April 8, 2015 12:32 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on One year later, ISIS overtakes al Qaeda: What’s next?
A year ago, the Islamic State (IS or ISIS) was on the rise but few expected them to travel...
March 11, 2015 1:52 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on ISIS Gets Kicked Off Twitter: Will they evolve or devolve on the Internet?
Thousands of ISIS member Twitter accounts have been shutdown over the past two weeks by Twitter. The implications are apparently dire...
February 18, 2015 5:37 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on The White House CVE Summit: What should we expect? More of the same or a new direction to counter ISIS?
Yesterday, Vice President Joseph Biden kicked off the much anticipated White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism (CVE). He...
January 7, 2015 4:48 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on Who attacked Charlie Hebdo in Paris? Assessing a Jihadi Attack in The West, ISIS vs al Qaeda
Today’s terrorist attack in Paris killed 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine; presumably for their perceived insults...
December 15, 2014 1:39 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on As ISIS Takes A Pounding While Nusra Takes Ground In Syria’s Security Vacuum
The U.S. led coalition appears to be slowly rolling back ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Fighting in Kobane to...
November 17, 2014 6:59 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on You Don’t Win Hearts and Minds, You Rent Them – Reigniting Sunni Tribes Against ISIS
In 2008, Americans lauded the great success of ‘The Surge’ – implementation of broad new counterinsurgency doctrine that “Won...
October 9, 2014 8:02 pmPublished by Clint WattsComments Off on Al Qaeda versus ISIS: In the campaign for jihad’s top slot, Yemen is a swing state.
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) rise began in the summer of 2013 but became fully evident...
