by editor | May 4, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Education, Indonesia, Movements, Southeast Asia
by Mark Woodward* Since March 15 Indonesia has experienced another wave of bombings, including a suicide attack on the Az Zikro mosque located in a police compound in Cirebon, Central Java. The bomber struck during Friday prayers. Other targets have included a book...
by goodall | Apr 11, 2011 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Diplomacy, Egypt, Intelligence, Islam, Israel, Language, Movements, Narrative, Obama, Politics, Religion, Strategic Comm.
by Bud Goodall There is a new narrative responsible for the success of the uprisings that spread from Tunisia through Egypt and now are heard in the streets of Syria, Yemen, Libya, and elsewhere. It is a secular narrative generated by young Muslims who recognize that...
by furlow | Jul 7, 2010 | Islam, Movements, Politics, Somaila
by R. Bennett Furlow To say Somalia has problems would be the very definition of an understatement. Piracy has certainly received its share of attention, primarily because it is sensational and somewhat easy to comprehend. The chaos in the south also gets some...
by halverson | May 18, 2010 | Analysis, Government, Islam, Movements, Muslim Brotherhood, Politics, Publications, Religion
by Jeffry R. Halverson The following is a summary of some arguments from my new book, Theology and Creed in Sunni Islam: The Muslim Brotherhood, Ash’arism, and Political Sunnism, published by Palgrave Macmillan. It offers an explanation of why fundamentalist...
by editor | May 13, 2010 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Indonesia, Movements, Southeast Asia
by Steven R. Corman The Consortium for Strategic Communication has released a new white paper by Mark Woodward, Ali Amin, and Inayah Rohmaniyah entitled Lessons from Aceh Terrorist De-Radicalization. The full white paper can be downloaded here. The executive summary...
by editor | Mar 28, 2010 | Analysis, Counterterrorism, Government, Indonesia, Movements, Southeast Asia
by Mark Woodward, Ali Amin and Inayah Rohmaniyah* In recent months, Indonesian security forces, including the US-trained Detachment 88, have proven to be increasingly effective in locating, capturing or killing suspected terrorists. But police power alone will never...