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Two F-35B combat aircraft from the United States Marine Corp depart after re-fueling from an RAF Voyager aircraft over the North Sea on October 08, 2020 in flight, above Scotland.

Bolshevik fighters pose with their guns in Petrograd, October 1917 (AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

100 Years of Communism—and 100 Million Dead

David Satter

Former Senior Fellow

David Satter

Nov 6, 2017

Commentary

5 Min Read

In the Media

China Sees North Korea as Buffer for U.S.

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Nov 6, 2017

In the Media

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan holds a press conference in Istanbul after the AKP victory in the Turkish elections, November 3, 2002 (Staton R. Winter/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Cold War-era Origins of Islamism in Turkey and its Rise to Power

Behlül Özkan

Associate Professor, Marmara University

Behlül Özkan

Nov 5, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

USS Fitzgerald & McCain Collisions

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Nov 5, 2017

In the Media

Hafiz Saeed, the Pakistani leader of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, speaks to the press after being placed under 'preventative detention' by Pakistan, January 31, 2017 (ARIF ALI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Jamaat-ud-Dawa: Converting Kuffar at Home, Killing Them Abroad

C. Christine Fair

Professor of Security Studies

C. Christine Fair

Nov 4, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

SIMI operatives led to court in Bhopal, India, May 13, 2014 (Praveen Bajpai/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

Commentary

India’s Invisible Jihad

Praveen Swami

Editor, Strategic Affairs, The Indian Express

Praveen Swami

Nov 3, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

Trump Slams Bowe Bergdahl Ruling

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Nov 3, 2017

In the Media

MSP leader Abderrazak Mokri calls for a boycott of the presidential election, January 31, 2014 (Bachir Zemouri/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Commentary

Political Islam in Post-Conflict Algeria

Vish Sakthivel

Robert A. Fox Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute

Vish Sakthivel

Nov 2, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

Damages on the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald, June 18, 2017 (KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

What We Learned From the Navy's Collision Inquiries

Bryan McGrath

Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower

Bryan McGrath

Nov 2, 2017

Commentary

Long Read

In the Media

ISIS Hits Tribeca; Political Islam's History

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Nov 2, 2017

In the Media

Investigators work around the wreckage of a Home Depot pickup truck a day after it was used in a terror attack in New York, November 1, 2017 (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

Prepare Yourself for Jihad 3.0

Husain Haqqani

Senior Fellow

Husain Haqqani

Nov 2, 2017

Commentary

4 Min Read

Members of the Iraqi Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization) paramilitary forces southwest of Mosul, April 28, 2017 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Commentary

The Origins and Ascendancy of Iraq’s Shiite Militias