Iran’s Balancing Act: Khamenei’s Strategic Thinking at a Critical Juncture

By Nicholas Carl

Full Story >Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, is in a precarious situation.

How Ansar al Islam Gains Popular Support in Burkina Faso

Full Story >The activities of Ansar al Islam, a Salafi-jihadi group in Burkina Faso, shows how permitting instability and conflict to fester for years—as in Mali—allows Salafi-jihadi groups to spread beyond the immediate conflict zone to infect neighboring states.

By Emily Estelle

Chaos in Sudan and the rest of North Africa threatens all of us

Full Story >The popular unrest that dislodged Sudanese President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir and Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is part of a wave of conflict engulfing northern Africa and posing grave risks to stability in the region and beyond.

By Emily Estelle
Threat Update

Iranian proxies may escalate militarily against American forces in Iraq

May 14, 2019
article

Sudan's Dictator Just Fell: What Comes Next?

April 12, 2019
IRAN FILE

Iran File: Nuclear Deal’s Future Falls into Uncertainty

May 10, 2019
article

Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Will Be the Winners of the Libyan Civil War

April 10, 2019
article

Iran’s Khuzestan Experiences more Protests

April 15, 2019
article

Algeria’s Future: What Follows Bouteflika?

April 05, 2019
op-ed

Yemen's Houthi Movement Can Still Be Split From Iran

April 08, 2019
report

Testimony: Taking the Lead Back in Yemen

March 06, 2019
article

The U.S. is handing over the counterterrorism mission in West Africa to local partners. But to some, those partners are worse than the terrorists

March 25, 2019
article

In Algeria, Hope for the Best but Prepare for the Worst

March 11, 2019
article

How We Got Here with Russia: The Kremlin's Worldview

March 13, 2019
op-ed

Trump Doubles Down on Failed Counterterror Policy

February 19, 2019
article

The Islamic Republic Nears a Turning Point

February 12, 2019
article

The Salafi-jihadist movement is winning

February 13, 2019
article

The U.S. Cannot Ignore the Islamic State’s Largest African Affiliate

February 04, 2019
report

Terrorism, Tactics, and Transformation: The West vs The Salafi-Jihadi Movement

November 15, 2018
article

The Fight Against al Shabaab isn’t Over

January 15, 2019
article

The Salafi-Jihadi Base in the Sahel: December 2018

December 19, 2018
article

The Islamic State is not defeated in Syria. Or anywhere else. Look at Africa.

December 20, 2018
article

From Dey to Today: Iranian Anti-Regime Protest Slogans

January 03, 2019
article

Isolationists won in Syria, but internationalists can prevail

December 26, 2018
article

Russian Preparations for Military Operations in Ukraine Continue

December 23, 2018
article

More Chants, More Protests: The Dey Iranian Anti-Regime Protests

December 18, 2018
report

More Protests, No Progress: the 2018 Iran Protests

November 28, 2018
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ISIS Affiliate Expands in the Sahel

October 05, 2018
op-ed

Libya’s Migrant Crisis Isn’t Just a European Problem

November 09, 2018
theaters-of-jihad

Understanding ISIS and al Qaeda

September 10, 2018
article

Al Shabaab Area of Operations: October 2018

October 05, 2018
testimony

Testimony: Ethiopia’s Strategic Importance: US National Security Interests at Risk in the Horn of Africa

September 12, 2018
op-ed

The U.S. Can Defuse Iraq’s Crisis

September 13, 2018
op-ed

Can We Pursue a Victory Strategy Against Iran?

August 15, 2018
article

Iran’s hardliners are going after the entire Rouhani Administration

August 28, 2018
op-ed

America Ignores Africa to Its Peril

July 24, 2018