by John Bugnacki | May 12, 2015 | Monitor
The Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria, has recently declared its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS or Daesh, and renamed itself the Islamic State’s West...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Apr 27, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads How to Make Sure Iran Is a Nuclear Non-Proliferator John Kerry and Ernest Moniz / Foreign Policy Without fanfare or hoopla, the NPT has succeeded in making the world a safer place. And now Tehran is back in the fold. Death toll rises to 3,800...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Apr 21, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ‘seriously wounded in air strike’ Martin Chulov and Kareem Shaheen / The Guardian The leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has been seriously wounded in an air strike in western Iraq, sources have...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Apr 15, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Congress and White House strike deal on Iran legislation Karen DeYoung and Mike DeBonis / The Washington Post A Senate committee voted unanimously Tuesday to give Congress the power to review a potential Iran nuclear deal after a June 30 negotiating...
by Sungtae "Jacky" Park | Apr 13, 2015 | Monitor
While the recent nuclear framework agreement between the P5+1 and Iran is a major step towards ensuring that Tehran does not obtain nuclear weapons, some justifiably point out that a final deal might turn Iran into a “second Saudi Arabia,” albeit one that will wreak...
