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  • 17 Mar 2023
    • Afghanistan
    • China
    • Al Qaeda
    • ISIS
    • Terrorism
    • Russia
    • United States

    Is a stable Afghanistan where China, Russia and the US cooperate?

    Hilmand Dehsabzi
    Three of the world’s most influential powers have skin in the game when it comes to preventing another civil war.
  • 5 Dec 2022
    • Al Qaeda
    • Cyber Security
    • ISIS
    • Terrorism
    • Transnational Challenges

    Why outsourcing counter-terrorism online won’t work in future

    David Wells
    Policing online hate speech currently falls into a murky space shared between governments and big tech.
  • 11 Aug 2022
    • Al Qaeda
    • Terrorism

    The very personal legacy of Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Lydia Khalil
    I was twice an enemy to al-Qaeda’s leader, both near and far. His influence in seeding militant Islamists was profound.
  • 2 Aug 2022
    • Afghanistan
    • ISIS
    • Al Qaeda
    • Terrorism

    Killing the al-Qaeda chief leaves endless questions

    Syed Fazl-e-Haider
    The US has declared justice after more than 20 years hunting Ayman al-Zawahiri. But a battle with extremism will go on.
  • 10 Sep 2021
    • Al Qaeda
    • Afghanistan War
    • Iraq War
    • Terrorism

    The many consequences of a clear blue day on 11 September, 2001

    Lydia Khalil
    The butterfly effect of the global war on terror has had far-reaching impacts on the freedoms it was meant to defend.
  • 8 Sep 2021
    • United States
    • Al Qaeda
    • Terrorism
    • Review

    9/11: A President reacts on a day of fear and anger

    Michael Fullilove
    An absorbing new documentary captures the first response of the Bush administration to the horror inflicted on America.
  • 2 Dec 2020
    • Al Qaeda
    • Terrorism
    • Iran

    Al-Qaeda: The core problem

    Lydia Khalil
    The killing of senior terrorist Abu Mohammed al-Masri on a Tehran street raises questions about al-Qaeda’s ties to Iran.
  • 2 Aug 2019
    • Al Qaeda
    • Terrorism

    The curious case of Hamza bin Laden’s death

    Lydia Khalil
    Why is the world only now hearing about the apparent death of the al-Qaeda scion, and will it hurt the terrorist group?

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