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Hezbollah in Syria: a gamble too far?
04.18.17
Despite incurring heavy losses, Hezbollah stands to gain from its participation in the Syrian civil war on the side of Assad.
2015: The Year of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
11.9.15
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has operated in Yemen since 2006, when it was called al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY). While al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been dubbed “al-Qaeda’s greatest direct threat to the United States” and is responsible for numerous attempted attacks on the U.S., the al-Qaeda branch has only expanded in the […]
A Prisoner’s Dilemma: Negotiation and American National Security Policy
06.23.15
BY JOSHUA C. FIVESON This piece appeared in our 2015 print journal. You can order your copy here. In September 2013, the most active branch of the Al-Qaeda terror franchise—Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP— kidnapped a British-born American citizen. His name was Luke Somers. Raised in the United States, Somers pursued a degree in […]