by Theresa Shaffer | Jun 16, 2014 | Monitor
Turkey should close its border to ISIS Al-Monitor US President Barack Obama is reviewing a range of options to deal with the takeover of Mosul and other Iraqi cities by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). One option is Turkey closing its “jihadist...
by raffaellopantucci | Apr 21, 2014 | Monitor
A new piece for an outlet I have not contributed to in a while, Jamestown’s Terrorism Monitor, this time looking at the brewing trouble there has been in Mombasa, Kenya and more generally the spread of Shabaab from Somalia into that country. The initial nub of...
by raffaellopantucci | Oct 5, 2013 | Monitor
My contribution about the Westgate attack for my home institution RUSI. Tries to put the incident within the bigger context of trends we are seeing within al Qaeda and terrorism internationally. I did quite a bit of media around the Nairobi attack, a lot of questions...
by Charlotte Baskin-Gerwitz | Sep 26, 2013 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it …. 26 September 2013 What happens if you add lots of wind and solar power to the grid? Brad Plumer / Washington Post The national electricity grid must address complications regarding the input of wind and solar power, now that they...
by Brendan Zehner | Sep 25, 2013 | Monitor
Kerry Signs Arms Control Treaty Nicole Gaouette/Bloomsburg Secretary of State John Kerry signed the first international treaty regulation the global arms market. The treaty attempts to prevent conventional weapons from falling into the arms of those who would commit...
