Publications

Global Islamism Monitor: No. 5

May 21, 2015

Britain's Jihadis return home;

Pushback in Tunisia;

How the Islamic state is sneaking into Europe;

The Islamic State's resilient terror economy;

In the Sahara, cracks in Islamist identification;

Australia's hard line  

The Economics Of Deterring Russia

May 21, 2015 Ilan I. Berman The National Interest

When it comes to the prospects of war in Europe, perhaps we simply aren't asking the right questions. For months now, Russia watchers within the Beltway and in European capitals have been preoccupied with anticipating the next moves of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the year-old conflict taking place in Ukraine.

Beware China’s Grand Strategy

May 20, 2015 Foreign Affairs

Last month 57 nations applied to become founding members of China's newest creation: the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). Ostensibly designed to help finance projects that sate Asia's expanding appetite for infrastructure, the AIIB has left Washington struggling over how to respond. Some applaud China for assuming greater international responsibility and wielding soft power to aid Asia's growth. Some oppose the move as undermining the U.S.-led economic order and using aid as a tool to advance China's strategic agenda.