Global Islamism Monitor No. 96
New Zealand's new anti-terror law;
After America, militancy surges in Afghanistan;
Mali's CT strategy: negotiations and outsourcing;
Hamas' secret stash
New Zealand's new anti-terror law;
After America, militancy surges in Afghanistan;
Mali's CT strategy: negotiations and outsourcing;
Hamas' secret stash
Russian plans to shut down NGO roil Berlin;
Citizen apathy aids "foreign agent" policies;
A Russian show of force in support of Belarus;
India risks U.S. sanctions for Russian defenses;
Putin talks Belarus migrant crisis;
Ukraine crisis highlights U.S. intelligence shortfalls
Washington, Seoul once again seek to officially end Korean War;
Israel and India announce 10-year defense cooperation plan;
Beijing lobbies for ASEAN to include Burma's junta...;
...while backstopping the Tatmadaw;
India-Pakistan feud delays critical food aid to Afghanistan
As talks resume over reviving the 2015 global nuclear agreement with Iran, the United States needs to alter the dynamics of its relationship with Tehran if it hopes to secure a deal that will serve American interests.
While much of the world was focused on the recent climate summit in Scotland, China had its eye on a very different environmental issue. For the fifth year in a row, China, with Russian assistance, used an international forum to prevent the establishment of new marine protected areas along the coast of Antarctica. Beijing is increasingly interested in the southern continent, and for all the wrong reasons.