Taliban Return To Power Sparks Fears Of Al-Qaeda Resurgence

The Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan is stoking renewed fear of a resurgence in terrorism from al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups. Al-Qaeda has long pledged allegiance to the Taliban, which provided sanctuary to the terror group before and...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "Nathan Sales, former U.S. ambassador at large and coordinator for counterterrorism, said: 'If this is what a prepared evacuation looks like I would hate to see what improvisation looks like...

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts referenced: "Whilst Ivor Roberts, another senior Tory, used the exact same phrase in the Metro, as does this article in The Sun. All of that in just the last two days."

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts referenced: "Whilst Ivor Roberts, another senior Tory, used the exact same phrase in the Metro, as does this article in The Sun. All of that in just the last two days."

CEP Senior Advisor Sir Ivor Roberts quoted: "Alongside the power the Taliban has demonstrated over the last few days and the potential extremism potentially brewing beneath the surface, the UK and the West will bear the consequences."

CEP Statement on the Anniversary of the Barcelona and Cambrils Attacks

Four years ago, on August 17, 2017, Islamist terrorists drove a rented white van down Barcelona’s busy Las Ramblas boulevard at high speed, careering into pedestrians on the packed tourist street. The following day, five members of the same jihadist...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Ambassador Nathan Sales, coordinator for counterterrorism under the Trump Administration, has accused President Joe Biden of disregarding "the advice of career professionals and head for...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales interviewed: "Former Coordinator for counterterrorism Nathan. A Sales discusses Biden's speech on events unfolding in Afghanistan and his approach to handling the withdrawal."

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "The world should expect little change in the character of the Taliban after nearly 20 years in exile, said Nathan Sales, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism...

CEP Advisory Board Member Ambassador Nathan Sales quoted: "'The Biden administration’s withdrawal from Afghanistan is the best news Al Qaeda has had in decades,' he wrote in a briefing paper for the Atlantic Council."