by Anil Powers | Oct 6, 2015 | Monitor
For nearly 20 years, al-Qaeda and its ideological cousins have been the most important threats to national and global security. They will remain so over the next 20-30 years. Since its inception, al-Qaeda has used large-scale terrorist attacks and other forms of...
by Will McCants | Sep 15, 2015 | Monitor
Why is ISIS bad? It’s a basic question that I encounter a lot, along with the related question, why is ISIS so evil? Good and evil are value judgments, so everyone will have a different opinion about what deserves the labels. But we can at least say that ISIS (aka the...
by Sophie Shafer-Landau | Jun 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads The Global Struggle to Respond to the Worst Refugee Crisis in Generations Patrick Boehler and Sergio Pecanha / New York Times Eleven million people were uprooted by violence last year, most propelled by conflict in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine and Afghanistan....
by Philip Rossetti | Apr 16, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Lawmakers close in on fast-track trade deal Doug Palmer / Politico Senior lawmakers appeared to be close to reaching an agreement Wednesday night over a bipartisan trade promotion authority bill that has already ignited a fierce fight between President...
by raffaellopantucci | Feb 20, 2015 | Monitor
A very belated posting of an article that came out a while ago for the CTC Sentinel. It has been a very hectic and busy time and I have let things slip, but am going to try to finally catch up. A few longer pieces are working their way through the system and should...
