Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Much of the U.S. strategy towards Iraq will hinge on what goes on in Baghdad itself and the actions that the Iraqi government takes toward its own population.
The Islamic State has ambitions in exporting its ideology outside the Middle East. What kind of threat does this pose to the global community?
With the international investigation of the Malaysian plane crash yet to begin in earnest, the West will base its understanding on evidence supplied mainly by the United States and Russia will see Western actions as punishment not for shooting down the plane, but rather for Moscow’s position on Ukraine.
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, who have laid siege to large parts of Iraq, contains all the necessary ingredients to become a global terrorist group.
Washington’s ability to conclude a security pact with Kabul may hinge on the results of the Afghan elections.
A week before the Olympics kicked off in Sochi, the U.S. State Department urged caution for anyone traveling to the Games.
In advance of the Sochi Winter Olympics, mounting security threats are worrying guests and athletes alike.
The Sochi Olympics may actually be one of the safest places in Russia, but terrorists could still affect the Olympics by carrying out an attack elsewhere.
As Russia prepares for the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, two terrorist attacks in Volgograd raise questions about security at the games and throughout the country.
The conflict between Morocco and the Polisario has resulted in enormous human, economic, and political problems for the region.