The Arab Spring displaced several illegitimate regimes in Middle East and North Africa or MENA. In the mist of the shifting political current Islamic extremist organizations quickly seized control of vacant power vacuums. This post explores the Islamic States expansion into Libya. Then the post explores the counterterrorism strategies of…
Following the recapture of Mosul, the second largest city in the country, the government of Iraq issued a proclamation extolling the defeat of The Islamic State. Not long thereafter, the administration of President Donald Trump, following the collapse of the operational headquarters in Raqqa, Syria and in their strong-hold Deir…
Understanding the linkage between leadership, strategy, and counterterrorism is important if the United States is to win the war on terrorism. This post explores the four variables that are central to understanding what constitutes an effective counterterrorism strategy. At issue, a central point of this post is how do…
This post addresses an increasingly and disturbing popular belief: once the Islamic State is defeated in Raqqa, their operational hub, the transnational terrorist group will no longer pose a threat. The post will argue the Islamic State still poses a significant threat to regional and global security. Background On…