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ISIL* instead of Al-Qaeda* as a global franchise of international terrorism

Despite the decline in the number of references in the world press to the two most “publicised” brands – Al-Qaeda (AQ*) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL*) – the topic remains a relevant security concern in various regions of the world. Understanding the actual processes involved in the use of terrorist methods in regions with Muslim populations requires an understanding of the nature and drivers of the groups associated with ISIL* and AQ*. Since 2014, reports on the activities of Al-Qaeda* have largely given way to publications on the activities of another…

Madi Khalis Maalouf

Confronting Colonial Legacies

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s recent expression of ‘shame’ and apology for the colonial atrocities inflicted by his country on Tanzania, particularly during the Maji Maji rebellion in the early 1900s, sheds light on the ongoing global discourse surrounding the colonial legacies of former imperial powers. These instances of apology reflect broader trends in addressing colonial wrongs, while raising questions about the need for more comprehensive acknowledgments of imperialism’s inherent brutality. President Steinmeier’s apology to Tanzania for the…

Taut Bataut

Iran will not be targeted by the US

Following the start of the massive Hamas attack on Israel (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) on 7 October this year, Iran, as is well known, took an unambiguous pro-Palestinian stance and actually led the resistance front against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu. Unlike most of the key countries of the Middle East (including the Arab and Islamic world in general), Tehran did not lean towards “verbal diplomacy” and general appeals (such as “ceasefire”, “humanitarian aid”, “search for compromise”, etc.). Although Iran does not publicly intervene in the military conflict…

Alexandr Svaranc

Washington’s Obsession with Containing China Continues

Brian Berletic

Is the inter-Korean military agreement short-lived?

Konstantin Asmolov

The meeting of the Foreign Ministers of China, Japan and ROK took place in Busan; North Korea was somewhere nearby

Vladimir Terehov

Mike Pompeo: US Secretaries of State are REAL Entrepreneurs with Checkered Pasts

Henry Kamens

Gaza Strip: escalation or stabilization?

Alexandr Svaranc

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