This blog is the first entry in a new four-part series about the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), an al Qaeda (AQ)-affiliated, originally Uyghur Islamist terrorist group. While remaining an AQ-affiliate, TIP is also closely linked with Hayat Tahrir al...
Since its brutal subjugation in the early 2000s, Russia has simultaneously succeeded and failed in establishing a stable Chechnya. It succeeded in crushing most of the armed resistance in the country, and it expelled many of those who were left to...
On May 28, 2025, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed the death of the military leader of Hamas in Gaza Muhammad Sinwar, killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a command center beneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza. Despite...
The murder of two Israeli diplomats at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., was quickly seized upon by far-right influencers and conspiracist networks. Within hours, social media platforms were flooded with claims that the attack was a...
Since Spring 2024, new Neo-Nazi youth formations have emerged across Germany. These groups visually and organizationally resemble the “Kameradschaft” (comradeship) scene of the 1990s and 2000s. Currently, three parallel strategies dominate the...
The author regularly visits detention facilities in northeastern Syria, including Roj camp, as part of her academic/journalistic research (i.e., several times a year). This text is based on interviews with the employees and detainees of the Roj camp...
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