ON AFGHANISTAN, ON DEVELOPMENT | Do Targeted Killings Weaken Terrorist Groups?

Aug 5, 2022

The war on terrorism will not be won with targeted strikes on leadership. That will require political and economic reforms to address popular grievances and create more responsive governance in Muslim-majority countries. Source: Do Targeted Killings Weaken Terrorist...

ON AFGHANISTAN | The U.N. Knows Afghanistan Is Messed Up. But It’s Keeping Mum.

Jun 27, 2022

An internal United Nations report details escalating Taliban violations of human rights—and little U.N. leverage. In the 10 months since the Taliban retook the country … the country has gone backward at vertiginous speed. The Taliban have reversed most of the...

ON AFGHANISTAN | Central Asia’s fears of rising militancy in Afghanistan as Moscow invades Ukraine

May 23, 2022

Since the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the three Central Asian states that border Afghanistan intended to defend their borders through security reinforcement and diplomacy, primarily relying on Russian initiatives. Source: Central Asia’s fears of rising militancy...

ON AFGHANISTAN | Violence Delivers: Al-Shabab Rejoice in the Taliban’s Success

May 3, 2021

A peace process which furthers the legitimization of the Taliban is only emboldening radical Islamists across the globe. Source: Uncommon Ground, March 22, 2021 Njeri Linnet Wanjiru, Violence Delivers: Al-Shabab Rejoice in the Taliban’s...

ON THE MEDIA: Which Countries’ Terrorist Attacks Are Ignored By The U.S. Media?

Jul 25, 2016

By Milo Beckman, FiveThirtyEight, July 19, 2016 When a man drove a truck through a crowd in Nice, France, on Thursday night, the act of mass violence set off another all-too-familiar cycle of outrage, mourning and political gamesmanship. Media outlets ran stories...