Combating Corruption
Combating Corruption: Improving Department of Defense Support in Attacking the Corruption, Transnational Organized Crime, and Transregional Terror Organization Nexus
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Taking Stock: What the US is Learning from Europe’s Spate of Urban Truck Attacks
Evidence from recent truck attacks suggests an objective that cuts deep into the fabric of society: an erosion of the trust-based system of social rules that allow a city to thrive.
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Criminal Networks: A Gateway for Terrorists
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Mon, 05/01/2017 - 10:39am
The U.S. Southern Command has a tremendous bearing on the U.S. National and domestic security efforts based on proximity and the nature of threats to the U.S. borders.
The Two Faces of Terror: Why the West Loses
The fight against Islamic terror has two faces today, public relations and strategic hokum. The Global Coalition on the Defeat of ISIS meeting illustrates these phenomena.
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Winning Indefinite Conflicts: Achieving Strategic Success Against Ideologically-Motivated Violent Non-State Actors
If, as President Obama asserted, “ideologies are not defeated by guns,” but by “better ideas,” then how should the U.S. military be used to help achieve strategic success.
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Honor in Hijrah as Expressed by the Islamic State
Islamic State emphasis for hijrah in the immediate future bring support to previous observations regarding the theme of Urgency.
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The War Has Just Begun: Boko Haram and the Coming Diffusion of Terror in Nigeria
Considering how resilient Boko Haram has been over the years and the recent spate of attacks, I believe the war is anything but won and has entered a new and much more perilous phase.
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CVE Was Doomed to Fail. Under Trump, It Will Get Worse
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Tue, 02/21/2017 - 12:49pm
Federal countering violent extremism programming is more likely to harm than help build trust. Though well-intentioned, the Obama administration’s CVE strategy was flawed in its conception.
“Remote Controlled” Terrorism and its Implications for Counter-Terrorism Efforts
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Sat, 02/11/2017 - 3:02am
Islamic State recruiters and leaders residing in Syria and Iraq are now directing attacks in the West, India, and East Asia via “homegrown” extremists.
Bringing COIN to the Airport: On the Effectiveness of the “Muslim Ban”
This essay examines the Executive Order on protection from foreign terrorist entry into the U.S. from a broader counterinsurgency perspective.