Global Islamism Monitor No. 99
Africa as an illicit finance hub;
Islamic State planned chemical attacks in Europe;
Belatedly, Bangladesh tries de-radicalization;
Islamists on the back foot in Tunisia;
Russia's Muslims increasingly restive
Africa as an illicit finance hub;
Islamic State planned chemical attacks in Europe;
Belatedly, Bangladesh tries de-radicalization;
Islamists on the back foot in Tunisia;
Russia's Muslims increasingly restive
Russia's aviation industry starts to eat itself;
Arms control a casualty of the Ukraine war?;
More Russian nuclear blackmail;
Wooing allies through arms sales;
Russia's military has a manpower problem
Moscow's political power play;
A turnaround in Turkey?;
Language as a battlefield;
Another reason the Kremlin covets Ukraine
Some three-quarters of a century after Kennan’s “long telegram,” the United States—and the West more broadly—has little understanding of the ideological constructs and strategic principles animating contemporary Russian decision-making. In the absence of such awareness, successive governments have fallen short in anticipating Russia’s post-Cold War foreign policy maneuvers. They have likewise floundered in formulating a cogent response to them.
Deportations, "filtration camps" key to the Kremlin's plans;
How Wagner is winning;
The Turkish role in Ukraine's war effort