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When Will the West Care About Terrorism in Pakistan?

Aaron David Miller March 29, 2016
European and US media devoted far more coverage to the March 22 terrorist attacks in Brussels than those in Lahore on Easter Sunday. Coverage of attacks anywhere is generally shallow, alarmist and more descriptive than analytical. Aaron David Miller, a vice president at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, criticizes the media and government response in the West by comparing casualty numbers,...

Europe Must Adapt to a Dangerous World

Daniel Twining March 29, 2016
Security is essential for economic viability, and the terrorist attacks in Paris and Brussels suggest that European Union leaders underestimated the jihadist influences within their cities and the aggression near its borders. EU leaders must master geopolitics, influencing regional events and engaging in great power competition. The continent may be over-reliant on the United States for security...

With Belgian Terrorist Attacks, Strains on a Battered Europe Grow

Griff Witte March 25, 2016
After World War II ended, the nations of Europe were determined to cooperate on making their continent a model of peace and civilization. Terrorist attacks waged by its own citizens as well as millions of refugees from the Middle East, an economy struggling with debt threaten, worries about trade and jobs threaten that model. “A union that has for decades been seen around the world as a beacon...

The Long, Thorny Path to Calling ISIS “Genocidal”

Adam Chandler March 18, 2016
The Islamic State came to world attention for extremism and brutality in late 2013, and it took more than two years and designations by the European Parliament, the United States National Holocaust Museum and US House of Representatives for the US State Department to declare the terrorist group is responsible for genocide in the cities and territory it controls. The Islamic State is not a state,...

Choices by US Voters Will Influence the World

Bruce Stokes March 17, 2016
The US primary season has slowly winnowed down the field of presidential candidates. “To date, the campaign debate has been dominated by multiple themes that could ultimately impact people outside the United States – trade, immigration and terrorism, to name just a few,” explains Bruce Stokes, director of global economic attitudes at the Pew Research Center. Hillary Clinton, former US secretary...

Leaked IS Documents Identify Thousands of Jihadis

Stuart Ramsay March 10, 2016
A report, not yet been confirmed by authorities, suggests that a disgruntled Islamic State member confiscated a memory stick from the terrorist group’s internal security chief. The stick is said to contain thousands of documents including registration forms for recruits including names, addresses, family contacts, anticipated level of obedience and readiness for suicide missions. “A lot of the...

Radioactive Material Stolen in Iraq Raises Security Concerns

Ahmed Rasheed, Aref Mohammed and Stephen Kalin February 19, 2016
A camera containing the radioactive isotope of iridium went missing in Iraq in November, and the concern is that the material could fall into the hands of Islamic State terrorists and be transformed into a weapon. The camera, owned by a Turkish firm and used for oil drilling, was last seen in US facility in Basra. “The material is classed as a Category 2 radioactive source by the IAEA, meaning...