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Jihadology Podcast: Jihadi Governance 101
Will McCants comes on the show to talk about jihadi governance. The conversation is based on a chapter in his new book The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State... -
Fall of the Brotherhood, Rise of the Salafis
Editor's Note: The 2013 coup in Egypt did not, as the story so often goes in the West, lead to the end of the Islamist role in Egyptian politics. Rather, it led the new regime to crack down on the Muslim... -
The D.C. Circuit, Military Commissions, and Pre-9/11 Offenses
What was already shaping up to be a busy (and important) few months for the D.C. Circuit vis-a-vis the Guantánamo military commissions just got a little busier. -
Jihadology Podcast: The Khurasan Group: Myth and Reality
Thomas Joscelyn comes on the show to talk about the so-called "Khurasan group." Some of the topics covered include: Why the group came into being and when its members arrived in Syria Who are the key... -
Civil Libertarians Have Tolerated Perpetual, If Sanitary, War
My colleague Sam Moyn has a terrific essay at Dissent, the main thesis of which is the title of this post. He argues that progressives in the United States have since 9/11 prioritized civil liberties ov... -
Threat Analysis and Multilateral Counterterrorism
Editor’s Note: The United Nations can play an important role in counterterrorism, but it often fails to deliver. Much of the UN’s effort is channeled through the 1267 Committee, which designates terroris... -
Legislature Approves New Syria AUMF
...the Russian legislature, that is. Alongside the Kremlin's newly-minted air campaign against ISIS in Syria (or against forces other than ISIS, as the case may be) comes news that the Russian parliame... -
Jihadology Podcast: Don't Call It a Comeback, AQAP's Been Here for Years
Katherine Zimmerman comes on the show to talk AQAP. Some of the topics covered include: AQAP since the death of Awlaqi and their withdrawal from territory in southern Yemen in 2012 The effect of the ... -
Is Civil War Coming to Turkey?
Editor's Note: This article originally appears on Order from Chaos. Turkish politics are slipping deeper into a state of chaos, with important implications for U.S. policy in the Middle East—and especi... -
The Lawfare Podcast: Gregory Johnsen Answers "What is a Houthi?"
On this week’s Lawfare Podcast, Gregory Johnsen outlines the current state-of-play in Yemen. Johnsen, who is a writer-at-large for Buzzfeed News, a doctoral candidate at Princeton University, and an all-... -
Resettling Syrian Refugees: Lessons from the (Forgotten) Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Editor's Note: This article orginally appeared on Markaz. -
The Terrorism Acts in 2014: UK Independent Reviewer Releases Annual Report
The United Kingdom's Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, David Anderson, has released his annual report on the operation of the U.K.'s Terrorism Acts of 2000 and 2006. From Anderson:
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