by Philip Rossetti | Feb 12, 2015 | Monitor
ASP: In Case You Missed It… 12 February 2015 International News Coverage Middle East, Terrorism and Counterterrorism Islamic State interview claims widow of Paris attacker sheltered in Syria Griff Witte and Brian Murphy / The Washington Post The partner of one...
by Alexander Gupta | Aug 13, 2014 | Monitor
Central Asia has been the intersection between Europe and Asia for over 3000 years. Civilizations from India to the Caspian Sea have risen and fallen. The rugged landscape has been the setting of brutal and destructive warfare as well as for the flow of goods, ideas,...
by John Bugnacki | Jul 13, 2014 | Monitor
Islam transcends the Middle-Eastern corridor with which most Westerners associate it, stretching from the western coast of Africa to the Pacific Ocean. It contains an incredible variety of different sects, beliefs, and traditions, most of which firmly reject the...
by Andrew Holland | Jun 5, 2014 | Monitor
Last weekend, senior leaders from across Asia and the Pacific gathered in Singapore for the IISS Shangri-la Security Dialogue. It looks like there was some fireworks, according to my old boss, Nigel Inkster, who said “The gloves came off.” In this time of...
by Kendall Strong | Jun 4, 2014 | Monitor
Inside the Obama administration’s debate over freeing Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl Adam Goldman and Scott Wilson / Washington Post Within months of Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl’s capture in Afghanistan, the Obama administration began considering plans for a rescue. U.S....