By Paul Davis In September 10, 2020 Aleksandar Kavaja pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to possess with intent to
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Emmanuel Macron at the Phare de Biarritz in Biarritz, France. (Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks)
By Olivier Guitta During his French presidential campaign in 2017, then candidate Emmanuel Macron had promised that if elected he
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Palestinian militants march during a rally organized by the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) in al-Buraij refugee camp in Gaza Strip May 23, 2009. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
Religious terrorist organizations, primarily Islamist groups, are far more likely than other ideologically-motivated groups to launch and fight a sustained
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The Home Depot rental truck used by perpetrator Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov during the 2017 Lower Manhattan attack, the morning after the incident. CC BY-SA 4.0 Gh9449
By Dr. Joshua Sinai Terrorist attackers generally employ real weapons in their attacks, such as firearms, improvised explosive devices (IEDs),
Read MoreBy Anthony Ricci How many of you are familiar with the famous stomach twisting back stretch trying to get your
Read MoreMichael J. Chitwood retired as the Upper Darby, Pennsylvania’s Superintendent of Police in December of 2019, ending his more than
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Dozens of mourning people captured during civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks victims. Western Europe, France, Paris, place de la République, November 15, 2015.
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo meets with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara, Turkey on October 17, 2018.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s once hidden agenda of reviving a modern version of the Ottoman Empire is not so
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Colombian Special Forces QRF [quick reaction force] ready to support units during military operations against ELN (Source: author collection)
By Julian Díaz Avila Though a partially successful peace agreement was reached in 2016 between the Colombian government and the
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Read MoreAn Interview with Russell Megonigal, Senior Product Manager for Biometric Hardware, HID Global on the use of mobile biometric readers
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The Chinese Luyang II-class destroyer Jinan (DDG 152) arrives into Naval Station Mayport (U.S. Navy photo)
Interviewed by Paul Davis Bill Gertz is the National Security Columnist for the Washington Times. For more than 20 years,
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Red Cross helpers lift a body bag containing the victim of a bomb blast from a train about one kilometer outside the main train station in Madrid, March 11, 2004. REUTERS: KAI PFAFFENBACH
By Dr. Joshua Sinai The field of counter-terrorism studies requires new ways of thinking and methodologies to enable analysts and
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The Christchurch mosque shootings (along the front of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens) Wikipedia Permission Kebabette
By Jason Destein One of the manifestations of the current escalation in terrorist attacks around the world, particularly by loosely
Read MoreBy Paul Davis On March 11th, the U.S. Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) announced the results of
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Read MoreBy Potkin Azarmehr While the rest of the world is busy battling the coronavirus outbreak, and lockdowns grind economies to
Read MoreAs terrorists seek to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, counterterrorism authorities remain concerned about how malicious actors may escalate attacks or
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