Dmitri Trenin and Marina Ottaway discuss new dynamics and old superpower rivalries between the United States and Russia in the Middle East.
A counseling program in Saudi Arabia tries to alter the radical outlook of Islamic militants. Christopher Boucek, a Middle East scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, takes us inside the program and explains why it is considered a model for other countries.
If it is to make a responsible exit in Afghanistan, the United States must strengthen civilian institutions and empower Afghan partners to take control of national interests.
Five fallacies continue to dominate discussions of the future of European and NATO strategies in Afghanistan, and undermine the hard questions on effectiveness.
The news that two Saudi nationals held at the U.S. military detention center in Guantanamo Bay returned to al-Qaeda in Yemen has raised questions over whether or not terror detainees can be safely released.
The Obama administration should pressure Pakistan to bring the LeT leadership responsible for the Mumbai attacks to justice, and to eliminate the organization's terror infrastructure to prevent it from threatening U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan.
As part of a wider approach to counter-terrorism, Saudi Arabia has implemented an innovative rehabilitation program for the less extreme offenders. Christopher Boucek gives a brief assessment of the program and the lessons the West can learn.
The Obama administration will continue to treat relations with both New Delhi and Islamabad as a non-zero sum game. The new administration will not undo the U.S.-Indian nuclear agreement despite their reservations, while Vice-President Biden's expertise on Pakistan will provide new opportunities for progress.
India will continue to face a serious jihadi threat from Pakistan-based terrorist groups for the foreseeable future. However, India lacks military options that have strategic-level effects without a significant risk of a military response by Pakistan. Neither Indian nor U.S. policy is likely to be able to reduce that threat significantly in the short to medium term.
An analysis of Saudi Arabia's successful soft counter-terrorism strategy to de-radicalize extremists.


















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