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former Taliban fighter wearing new police uniform, Taliban fighters now have new jobs manning checkpoints on the streets and carrying out security patrols in the Kabul city. The Taliban issued new uniforms for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, police force, after months without an official attire. The biggest changes to the gear include shifting the colour to dark brown and replacing the Afghanistan tricoloured republican flag with the Taliban’s white one. Its roll-out started with 20,000 uniforms mainly in the capital Kabul and Kandahar province. Kabul, Afghanistan, July 22, 2022. Photo by Alfred Yaghobzadeh/ABACAPRESS.COM

Afghanistan in 2023: Taliban internal power struggles and militancy

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, February 3, 2023

A demonstrator yells in front of a burning barricade during a protest for the recent killings of police officers by armed gangs, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti January 26, 2023. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti in 2023: Political abyss and vicious gangs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, February 3, 2023

Fish are seen on a tray before they are smoked for sale in Jamestown, Accra, Ghana November 28, 2018. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

The United States must act to stop illegal fishing in 2023

Friday, February 3, 2023

In preparation for an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launch, 1st Lt. Kimberly Erskine, Missile Combat Crew commander from Malmstrom Air Force Base, practices procedures at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, U.S., March 19, 2015. Picture taken March 19, 2015. To Match Special Report USA-NUCLEAR/ICBM U.S. Air Force/Michael Peterson/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Arms control needs a shot in the arm

Friday, February 3, 2023

A man casts his vote at a polling station during parliamentary and local elections, in Casablanca, Morocco September 8, 2021. REUTERS/Abdelhak Balhaki

The end of the Moroccan “model”: How Islamists lost despite winning

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Somali policemen prepare to take their positions near the mayor's office following a blast in Mogadishu, Somalia January 22, 2023. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Somalia’s challenges in 2023

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 27, 2023

A Houthi supporter with his face painted green and white attends a rally to mark the Prophet Muhammad's birthday in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2021. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

The Houthis after the Yemeni cease-fire

Friday, January 27, 2023

13 February 2019, Syria, Aleppo: Fighters of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militant group hold their weapons at the front lines of the armed opposition overlooking the Syrian government-held city of Aleppo. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia will continue to make every possible effort to assist Syria in liberating the country from lawlessness committed by armed groups. Photo: Anas Alkharboutli/dpa

Syria’s dissolving line between state and nonstate actors

Steven Heydemann

Friday, January 27, 2023

A sign directs voters to a polling location, during the midterm runoff elections in Columbus, Georgia, U.S., December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Cheney Orr

The risk of election violence in the United States in 2024

Daniel L. Byman

Friday, January 27, 2023

One of the Libyan army guards seen during the celebration in Misrata. Libyan security forces affiliated with Tripoli-based interim Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dbeibah take part in a parade marking the 6th anniversary of the liberation of Sirte from the Islamic State (IS) group, in the northwestern city of Misrata. (Photo by Islam Alatrash / SOPA Images/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Libya’s hybrid armed groups dilemma

Stephanie T. Williams

Friday, January 27, 2023

Somali policemen gather near the wreckage of a car at the scene of an explosion following an attack in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, March 9, 2016. Islamist group al Shabaab said it fought off an attack on one of its bases in southern Somalia early on Wednesday that was launched by foreign commandos who flew in on two helicopters, leaving one al Shabaab fighter dead in the gun battle. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

Nonstate armed actors in 2023: Persistence amid geopolitical shuffles

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Friday, January 27, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden and Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attend the Japan-U.S. summit meeting at Akasaka Palace state guest house in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2022.

As Kishida meets Biden, what is the state of the US-Japan alliance?

Friday, January 20, 2023

Nov 5, 2022; Boulder, Colorado, USA; United States military recruits are sworn in during the first half of the game against the Oregon Ducks against the Colorado Buffaloes at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Now is the time to save the all-volunteer force.

Brad McNally, Marcos Melendez, and Jason Wolff

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Gerardo Anicero warms himself in front of a makeshift fire as he watches Duke Energy personnel work to restore power at a crippled electrical substation that the workers said was hit by gunfire after the Moore County Sheriff said that vandalism caused a mass power outage, in Carthage, North Carolina, U.S. December 4, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

Domestic terrorism is evolving. It needs imaginative counterterrorism.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

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