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...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
Why the U.S. Raid On Abu Sayyaf and ISIS in Eastern Syria May Be A Game Changer
A nation must think before it acts.
Tag Archive: ISIS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“Why Don’t We Go After Assad in Syria First?” – Thoughts on Countering ISIS Part 4
(Editor’s Note: This blog post is derived from Clint Watts’ Ginsburg Lecture delivered at the National Liberty Museum on September 16, 2014.)...
Seven Flaws In the U.S. Strategy to Counter ISIS
(Editor’s Note: This blog post is derived from Clint Watts’ Ginsburg Lecture delivered at the National Liberty Museum on September 16,...
China and the Islamic State
The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria might seem far removed from China. But the spread of its sort...
The U.S. Can’t Destroy ISIS, Only ISIS Can Destroy ISIS – The Unfortunate Merits of the “Let Them Rot” Strategy
During the early 1990s the Algerian government fought one of the nastiest civil wars in recent history against a...