Geopoliticus June 6, 2017 Intra-GCC Rift Redux Monday, June 5 marked the official re-ignition of the intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) rift, centered once again on Qatari... Read more »
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 November 7, 2016 The False Promise of Drone Strikes? Ease vs. Effectiveness Over the weekend, the Pentagon announced that Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) Farouq al-Qahtani (also known as Nayf Salam... 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 »
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 February 10, 2016 Silicon Valley Meets The Snake Eaters: State Department’s Countermessaging Goes Back To The Future “Bring in folks from Silicon Valley and Madison Avenue….” That’s right, the three sexiest characters in modern lore, ad... Read more »
Geopoliticus November 13, 2015 Who Conducted the Paris Attacks & Stormed the Bataclan Theater? ISIS? Al Qaeda? *Posted on 13 November 2015, 1900 hours EST* Information regarding the Paris Attacks on Friday night November 13th remain limited... Read more »