by Hidetoshi Azuma | Nov 7, 2014 | Monitor
International News Coverage MENA Why Barack Obama is writing letters to Iran’s Supreme Leader David Blair / The Telegraph Analysis: The real aim of the correspondence is to reassure Iran’s leader that “regime change” is not America’s goal...
by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 31, 2014 | Monitor
International News MENA UN: Growing number of foreigners in terror groups Cara Anna / The Associated Press A new United Nations report says the world is facing a challenge of foreign fighters in terror groups on an “unprecedented scale,” with about 15,000...
by editor | Oct 28, 2014 | COMOPS Journal, Counterterrorism, Narrative
CSC has released a new white paper entitled De-Romanticizing the Islamic State’s Vision of the Caliphate. The Executive Summary is below, and you can download the full PDF here. Executive Summary Calls for restoration of the Caliphate are a regular feature of...
by editor | Oct 27, 2014 | White Papers
by R. Bennett Furlow, Kristin Fleischer and Steven R. Corman Calls for restoration of the Caliphate are a regular feature of Islamist extremist communication, most recently and notably that of the Islamic State (IS) who in mid-2014 declared a new Caliphate and named...
by Hidetoshi Azuma | Oct 24, 2014 | Monitor
International News Middle East, IS, Al-Qaeda, Terrorism, Counter-Terrorism Islamic State keeps up Syrian oil flow despite U.S-led strikes SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI / Reuters Islamic State is still extracting and selling oil in Syria and has adapted its trading techniques...
