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 John Bugnacki | Jun 30, 2014 | Monitor
As President Obama argued in his recent West Point foreign-policy speech, extremist groups such as Boko Haram and al Shabab constitute a significant threat to both regional and international security. However, while groups like Boko Haram and al Shabab desire to...
by John Bugnacki | Jun 26, 2014 | Monitor
Daily News Iraq helicopter crashes in airborne commando assault on Tikrit Oliver Holmes and Isabel Coles / Reuters Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which...
by John Bugnacki | Jun 20, 2014 | Monitor
Matt Freear, an adjunct fellow at the American Security Project (ASP), recently began a series entitled ‘Branding Terrorism for What It Really Is‘ on the Huffington Post that examines whether President Obama’s ‘latest pronouncement of the war...
by John Bugnacki | Jun 6, 2014 | Monitor
Daily News Obama and Putin Chat on Sidelines of D-Day Anniversary Lunch NBC News Syria’s rebel fighters: Down but not out The Economist President Barack Obama and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin met Friday on the sidelines of D-Day anniversary events in...
