by BGen Stephen A. Cheney USMC (Ret.) | Jul 9, 2013 | Monitor
While I don’t always agree with Frank Gaffney, his op-ed in The Washington Times this morning was almost spot on. The world IS changing, and it’s changing FAST. We need to enhance our national security by moving away from old Cold War thinking – to understand, adapt,...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jan 20, 2013 | Monitor
As I blogged yesterday, here is the 2012 list of AQIM-related events in Illizi province. My news sources didn't have reports for June or July, and so the set is incomplete. Still, I think it shows a qualitiative change in the militant activity in Illizi between...
by Marisa UrgoShaalan | Jan 19, 2013 | Monitor
The border region around En Amenas has been the scene of both criminal and AQIM-related activity for quite some time. In my day job, I call this activity microinstability: very select regions or localities in a country that experience extended periods of persistent...
by halverson | Aug 20, 2009 | Afghanistan, Analysis, Government, Islam, Politics, Sensemaking
by Jeffry Halverson* In the run-up to today’s Afghan elections, the Taliban have been asserting that participation is un-Islamic. But this infidel thinks these students (Talib translates as “student”) deserve an F. A recent New York Times Op-Ed by...
