by raffaellopantucci | Jul 2, 2015 | Monitor
A new review essay for my home institution RUSI’s own RUSI Journal. It covers a series of books written by three different individuals who managed to penetrate different parts of al Qaeda on behalf of security forces, and lived to tell their tales. The books are...
by Fatima Noor | Jun 29, 2015 | Monitor
June marks Immigrant Heritage Month — and people across the country are sharing their American stories. Whether you've recently embarked on your first day as an American or want to share how your ancestors came to arrive here, we want to hear from you. Add...
by raffaellopantucci | Jun 25, 2015 | Monitor
A new piece for my institutional home RUSI, looking at something I have been wondering about for a while, which is whether there is anything to be learned from the fact that the flow of foreign fighters between the two places seems to be the same stream. It is...
by Abukar Arman | Jun 1, 2015 | Monitor
Recently, two major developments in Somalia and Djibouti have attracted international media attention. John Kerry became the first U.S. Secretary of State to visit Mogadishu, while China has negotiated the construction of a military base in the strategic port of...
by Lindsay Holst | Feb 18, 2015 | Monitor
Ed. Note: The following op-ed by President Obama appeared in the Los Angeles Times this morning. The United States has made significant gains against terrorism. We've decimated the core al Qaeda leadership, strengthened homeland security and worked to prevent...