National Security and Defense

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.
Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian students who support the Muslim Brotherhood run from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes following a demonstration outside Cairo University on March 26, 2014. (KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Mokhtar Awad
Research Fellow, George Washington University's Program on Extremism
Samuel Tadros
Former Senior Fellow
Mokhtar Awad & Samuel Tadros
14 Min Read
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks to troops during a question-and-answer session at Camp Arifjan on February 23, 2015 in Kuwait. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter speaks to troops during a question-and-answer session at Camp Arifjan on February 23, 2015 in Kuwait. (Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images)
Commentary
Bryan McGrath
Former Deputy Director, Center for American Seapower
Bryan McGrath
4 Min Read
An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte.  (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
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An image made available by propaganda Islamist media outlet Welayat Tarablos on February 18, allegedly shows members of the Islamic State militant group parading in a street in Libya's coastal city of Sirte. (AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES)
Commentary
Seth Cropsey
President, Yorktown Institute
Seth Cropsey
3 Min Read
Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a memorial ceremony for relatives murdered by Islamic State group militants in Libya, on February 16, 2015, in the village of al-Awar in Egypt's southern province of Minya. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
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Egyptian Coptic Christians attend a memorial ceremony for relatives murdered by Islamic State group militants in Libya, on February 16, 2015, in the village of al-Awar in Egypt's southern province of Minya. (MOHAMED EL-SHAHED/AFP/Getty Images)
Commentary
Nina Shea
Nina Shea
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Religious Freedom
4 Min Read
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